Revised and updated for the latest Cisco technology,  including the Nexus 7000 series, this 2nd edition takes you step by step through the world of routers, switches, firewalls, and more, including ways to troubleshoot a congested network, and when to upgrade and why.

Subtitled "Using Microsoft Office to Create Content that gets Noticed" this book presents expert techniques and best practices for creating professional-looking documents and expert techniques and provides constructive advice and timesaving tips to help produce compelling content in print or on screen.

Concentrates on the features of C++ in general without getting bogged down in the intricacies of the MFC and other MS-specific coding conventions.  A helpful beginner's book to what can be a complex subject which which doesn't focus entirely on Microsoft's Visual C++. DVD includes C++ compiler and IDE for Windows, Mac & Linux.

Subtitled "Creating Modular Applications in Java" provides a clear introduction to OSGi concepts with examples that are relevant both for architects and developers. Then, it explores numerous practical scenarios and techniques, answering questions like: How do you embed OSGi inside other containers? What are the best practices for moving legacy systems to OSGi?

If you want to use your ActionScript skills to build mobile applications for the Android OS, this guide will show you how to use the programming environment, architecture, and tools in the Adobe AIR for Android SDK. Get practical  experience of device-specific features, optimization techniques and best practices.

This second edition of the hands-on tutorial covers all the basics of ActionScript programming by building 16 robust games. One step at a time, you'll learn techniques (and get tested code) that can be adapted to virtually any project, from games to training and advertising. Includes a chapter on developing games in Flash for the iPhone.

WebMatrix gives developers a "one-stop-shop" for obtaining and installing a complete Microsoft Web stack, including a full-featured development Web server, SQL Server, and a new in-line development language called Razor that's tailor-made to simplify building Web content, and an IDE to pull all your development into one easy tool.

This is a Study Guide for the Foundation Level of the Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering Exam (CPRE) and covers the different subjects of the curriculum defined by the International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB).

Picking up where their first book, The Photoshop Darkrooleft off this second volume has you everything you need to know to take your digital imaging skills to the next level. Packed with eye-popping images has complete coverage of important topics such as compositing, working with layers, and HDR.

Introduces you to a powerful tool that exposes you to the world of computer programming, so you can create technology rather than merely consume it. Teaches you how to quickly design and code apps for anything from texting to location awareness to data storage on the Web, using App Inventor's unique visual interface.

Guides you through essential tasks step-by-step, showing you how to create standards-compliant and accessible websites; develop the coding skills and best practices to build sophisticated web pages, understand HTML tags and attributes to mark-up text, links, images, tables and forms and get started with CSS Style Sheets and format basic elements and font styles.

Subtitled "Developing Graphics, Music, Video, and Rich Media Apps for Smartphones and Tablets" provides concise and clear instruction on how to utilize the media APIs available to create dynamic apps. It takes you from a simple means to gain access to the camera to complex video capture and sharing examples. It also covers sound, graphics, painting, and more.