LINQ Quickly

This book gets you started with LINQ and shows how it will make your programming life easier by making use of new features from the .NET Framework 3.0.

This book is split into seven chapters, each of which is dedicated to presenting a feature of LINQ and its usage in real-life scenarios.

Language Integrated Query (LINQ) is a new feature in Visual Studio 2008 that extends its query capabilities, using C# and Visual Basic. Visual Studio 2008 comes with LINQ provider assemblies that enable the use of LINQ with data sources such as in-memory collections, SQL relational databases, ADO.NET Datasets, XML documents, etc.

In Visual Studio 2008, Visual C# and Visual Basic are the languages that implement the LINQ language extensions. LINQ language extensions use the new standard query operators API, which is the query language for any collection that implements IEnumerable.

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Web 2.0 Architectures

Web 2.0 is more pervasive than ever, with business analysts and technologists struggling to comprehend the opportunity it represents. But what exactly is Web 2.0 -- a marketing term or technical reality? This fascinating book finally puts substance behind the phenomenon by identifying the core patterns of Web 2.0, and by introducing an abstract model and reference architecture to help you take advantage of them.

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Service-Oriented Java Business Integration

The book first discusses the various integration approaches available and introduces the Enterprise Service Bus, which is a new Architectural pattern that can facilitate integrating services.

ESB provides different forms of mediation services including routing and transformation.

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ASP.NET 3.5: A Beginner's Guide

Essential ASP.NET 3.5 Skills--Made Easy!Learn how to create database-driven ASP.NET 3.5 websites using C# 3.0. ASP.NET 3.5

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How to Calculate Quickly: Full Course in Speed Arithmetic

Many useful procedures explained and taught: two-column addition, left-to-right subtraction, direct multiplication by numbers greater than 12, mental division of large numbers, more.

Also numerous helpful short cuts. More than 8,000 problems, with solutions.

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Service Oriented Architecture For Dummies

Get up to speed on what SOA is and how to use it

Make your business more adaptable and responsive to change

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XML and SQL: Developing Web Applications

XML and SQL: Developing Web Applications is a guide for Web developers and database programmers interested in building robust XML applications backed by SQL databases.

It makes it easier than ever for Web developers to create and manage scalable database applications optimized for the Internet.

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Professional WebObjects with Java

WebObjects 5 is the powerful new release of Apple's award-winning application server, built from the ground up in Java.

This allows WebObjects to run on virtually any server making it easily accessible to millions of Java programmers.

WebObjects also integrates with other Java-based solutions such as EJB containers, servlets, ORBs, and web services.

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XML Bible

The emergence of XML is having an enormous impact on Web development and scaling the learning curve of this new technology is a priority for many developers.

The XML Bible offers a superb introduction to the subject and the groundwork to understand XML's future developments.

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