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Beginning JavaScript with DOM scripting and Ajax; from novice to professional.

A web developer for Yahoo!UK introduces JavaScript syntax and structures, DOM scripting for dynamic behavior, event handling with CSS, image and window manipulation, dynamic enhancements for forms and navigation menus, backend interaction with Ajax, and data validation techniques. A case study develops a JavaScript-enhanced thumbnail gallery backed up by a PHP script. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Client-side reporting with Visual Studio in C#.

Sayed (.NET technologies, Centennial College) takes readers step by step through report authoring, using practical examples from real-world business cases, and explains how reports can be processed by various clients developed using Visual Studio. He focuses on the design of practical reporting projects using the Visual Studio IDE and on viewing the reports using the supplied ReportViewer control. Major emphasis is given to small details of report authoring, with less attention given to clients. About 60% of the book is written for a beginning-level reporting audience. Readers should be familiar with basics of the Visual Studio IDE, the C# programming language, and the .NET framework. An appendix provides a refresher on Visual Studio IDE. The readership for the book includes developers, business intelligence practitioners, and business analysts. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Date on database; writings 2000-2006.

This collection gathers articles published on web sites and in journals by Date, an independent author and consultant specializing in relational database technology. Some of the selections discuss comparatively new topics, such as multiple assignment and temporal data, and others have new things to say about older topics, including principles of normalization and problems of duplicate rows. Because most of the chapters were originally intended to stand alone, each typically contains references, examples, and appendices whose numbering is unique only within the chapter in question. An appendix documents Date's experience in trying to enlist the help of the trade press in his mission to educate the database community on matters related to relational technology. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Pro ASP.NET for SQL server; high performance data access for web developers.

Designed for senior web developers, this reference carefully considers the riches of the databound controls and database functionality features and cuts the best out of the herd. Master developer Stehling makes sure that readers can evaluate their needs properly before they select tools, the result being more efficiency and better web sites. He starts by presenting the process of selection, then describes data model choices and methods of database management more or less in a comprehensive menu from which readers can choose. He then analyzes databound controls and their applications, choices in SQL providers, caching features as an efficiency tools, best use of manual data access layers and generated data access layers. Along with tips on deployment he offers a sample application, which readers can use to develop their own. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Pro Windows Small business server 2003.

According to the author, Microsoft's Small Business Server 2003 (SBS) is the most cost-effective IT "total solution" that a small business can buy. Aimed at business owners and IT consultants, this guide explains how to make the best use of the many services SBS offers. The focus is on how SBS can free up time and money and help small businesses to run more smoothly. Case studies from real and fictitious businesses are used as illustrative examples. Consultant Campbell is also the author of Using Microsoft Windows XP Media Center 2005. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)