Beginning AutoCAD 2007 is a course based on learning and practising the essentials of 2D drawing using AutoCAD. Bob McFarlane's hands-on approach is uniquely suited to independent learning and use on courses. The focus on 2D drawing in one book ensures the reader gets a thorough grounding in the subject, with a greater depth of coverage than tends to be available from general introductions to AutoCAD. As a result, this book provides a true, step-by-step, detailed exploration of the AutoCAD functions required at each stage of producing a 2D drawing - an approach often not found in the many software reference guides available.

Internet Firewalls and Network Security succeeds precisely because of its restricted focus: half of this book is devoted to firewalls and packet filters. After a comprehensive introduction to the architecture and theory of firewalls, the guide documents several commercial and noncommercial packages, including a shareware product included on the bundled CD-ROM. One of the book's highlights is a fine chapter on defining a network policy. Coauthor Chris Hare is a contributor to SysAdmin magazine, and it shows. This section feels like it was written for real-world network administrators, whether beginning or experienced. There are some weaker points, including an introduction to TCP/IP and Unix basics with too many details for the beginner and too few for the expert. But these flaws are more than offset by the depth of information you'll find on the book's core subjects.

An up-to-date and in-depth look at the weapons used today by the United States Army.

Develop custom Excel VBA macros

With so few Visio 2007 trainings on the market, it's important that you find one that covers a large depth of material.
Visio is a great tool, with lots of flexibility. Our Visio 2007 training course will demonstrate the flexibility of Visio, along with complex functions that most courses don't even acknowledge. This training course will open your eyes to the capabilities of Visio and how it can make you more proficient and efficient.

Effective awk Programming (3rd Edition)For anyone who writes scripts in the awk family of languages, the third edition of Effective awk Programming provides an in-depth guide to processing text files with plenty of working sample code. Whether you are starting out with awk or are an experienced developer, this book will help you extend the reach of your awk scripts.This tutorial covers the entire spectrum of awk script development: From the basics of opening, searching, and transforming text files, to a comprehensive tutorial for regular expressions, to more advanced features like internetworking. The focus is on the practical side of creating and running awk scripts, and there"s plenty of hands-on advice for installing and running today"s awk (and gawk).The book begins with the fundamentals of awk for opening and transforming text flat files. The coverage of regular expressions, from simple rules for matching text to more advanced options, is particularly solid. You learn how to add variables and expressions for more intelligent awk scripts, plus how to parse data into records and fields. You"ll also find out how to redirect output from awk scripts to other programs, a useful technique that can cause awk to get a lot more done in real applications.

Later, you learn several valuable sample awk scripts that mimic existing Unix utilities (like grep, id, and split), plus samples for counting words in documents and printing mailing labels, and even a stream editor. This grab bag of sample code lets you try out the techniques presented earlier in the book. Other sections look at support for networking in today"s gawk; for example, how gawk can read and write to URLs on the network almost just as easily as local files. Full sample code will teach the beginner or expert how to get productive with networks and awk. Final appendices trace the evolution of the awk language and show you how to download and install gawk.Suitable for beginner and experienced awk developers, Effective awk Programming, Third Edition, is an extremely worthwhile source of information on a wide range of programming techniques for today"s awk.

OpenGL is a powerful software interface used to produce high-quality, computer-generated images and interactive applications using 2D and 3D objects, bitmaps, and color images. The OpenGL®Programming Guide, Seventh Edition, provides definitive and comprehensive information on OpenGL and the OpenGL Utility Library. The previous edition covered OpenGL through Version 2.1. This seventh edition of the best-selling “red book” describes the latest features of OpenGL Versions 3.0 and 3.1.

Tutorials on After Effects from Video Copilot (Andrew Kramer), 1-97 tutorial
• All lessons from the site, laid up to 07.11.2009 (1-97 + SinCity Effect)
• Presets from VideoCopilot, used in some tutorials
• Two low-weight programs for easy viewing FLV and SWF

This book is an in-depth step-by-step guide to programming NAV, designed to ease you through the complexities of NAV application development. You will learn the skills and develop the confidence to tackle your own critical NAV applications. This book will act as your experienced NAV programming mentor, helping you to become productive as a NAV developer much more quickly.

The most up-to-date study guide on Exam 70-236-written by Exchange MVP Joel Stidley. Exam 70-236 has been updated to include the latest release of Exchange Server 2007: Service Pack 1 (SP1). This new edition is written by an Exchange MVP, author, trainer, and consultant who arms you with the most up-to-date information on preparing for Exam 70-236.

Tutorials on After Effects from Video Copilot (Andrew Kramer), 1-97 tutorial
• All lessons from the site, laid up to 07.11.2009 (1-97 + SinCity Effect)
• Presets from VideoCopilot, used in some tutorials
• Two low-weight programs for easy viewing FLV and SWF

Tutorials on After Effects from Video Copilot (Andrew Kramer), 1-83 tutorial
• All lessons from the site, laid up to 23.01.2009 (1-83 + SinCity Tutorial)
• Presets from VideoCopilot, used in some tutorials
• Two low-weight programs for easy viewing FLV and SWF

Foundation ActionScript 3.0 Image Effects discusses the ins and outs of graphical manipulation through code of all the different elements available in a Flash project, from vectors to bitmaps to videos, from animated text effects to dynamic video filters. Flash 8 introduced a vast array of image features, such as blend modes and filters as well as ActionScript's powerful BitmapData object, and this book covers all those effects in their current CS4 form, as well as the new graphical options that are available, such as the Pixel Bender Toolkit.

We've all sneaked the odd five minutes here or there playing the latest Flash game that someone sent round the office, but creating those games is trickier than it looks. The aim of Foundation Game Design with Flash is to take you, even if you've minimal multimedia or programming experience, through a series of step-by-step examples and detailed case studies to the point where you'll have the skills to independently design any conceivable 2D game using Flash and ActionScript.

Enhance your PHP applications by increasing their responsiveness through jQuery and its plugins.

Master eZ Publish's flexible web development for the enterprise

In-depth and comprehensive, this RESOURCE KIT delivers the information you need to administer your Windows 7 system.

Pro SQL Server 2008 Mirroring is your complete guide to planning, using, deploying, and maintaining database mirroring as a high-availability option. Mirroring protects you by maintaining one or more duplicate copies of your database for use in the event the primary copy is damaged. It is a key component of any production-level, high-availability solution.

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Windows 7 is released on 22 October 2009, this is one of the most awaited operating system.
It's the most base of operating system functions. Install, turn on, turn off. But first impressions matter, and Microsoft made sure to give Windows 7 a nice sheen when it came to these things. You can read through our full installation guide for an in-depth look at the pitfalls and triumphs of Windows 7 in this department, but in short: it's fast and lightweight, but the real performance gains can be found on net books and with clean installs. Otherwise there's really nothing to put Vista to shame -- though the amazing breath of fresh air a clean install provides should really set cruft-ware happy vendors to a bit of soul searching.

Black and white photography has come a long way in the digital world. This comprehensive reference will help you maximize your workflow with coverage of all of the relevant new features of Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom 2, including every stage of the black and white process from capture to printing.

A cohesive and broad collection of diverse photographic processes; explore any technique in depth.

In-depth and comprehensive, this official RESOURCE KIT delivers the information you need to plan, implement, and manage a virtualized enterprise infrastructure. Covers R2 features. You get authoritative technical guidance from those who know the technology best leading industry experts and the Windows Virtualization Team along with sample scripts, job aids, and other essential resources.