Mac OS X Snow Leopard is the newest version of the Macintosh operating system, and “Dr. Mac” Bob LeVitus is the ideal expert to introduce you to Snow Leopard. Mac OS X Snow Leopard For Dummies covers all the cool stuff and prepares you for the quirks, so whether it’s your first Mac or an upgrade, you’ll enjoy a truly rewarding relationship.

The consumer guide to small-scale wind electricity production! Maybe you're not T. Boone Pickens, but you can build your own home-sized wind-power empire right in your back yard. Wind Power for Your Home For Dummies supplies all the guidance you need to install and maintain a sustainable, cost-effective wind generator to power your home for decades to come.

Understand Dreamweaver basics, set up your site and create new pages, and work with text, graphics, and links. You can manage, test, and publish a site, define and apply styles with CSS, coordinate your design work, add audio, video, and Flash files to your site, build a dynamic Web site, and use Dreamweaver’s database features. Know how to:

* Design, build, and deploy professional-looking Web sites
* Use Dreamweaver’s new, more versatile preset layouts
* Fine-tune styles with enhanced CSS support
* Keep your pages cutting-edge with SmartObjects
* Take advantage of the new, more customizable interface
* Understand browser differences, make the most of CSS, build dynamic sites
* Create and optimize Web graphics
* Learn to maximize Cascading Style Sheets and Dreamweaver’s Layers features for creating fluid layouts

Web site designers, Web developers, and visual designers all use Dreamweaver CS4 to build world class Web sites. Whether you’re just starting out or you’re a design pro, DreamweaverCS4 All-In-One for Dummies makes Web development easy!

You’ll start with Dreamweaver basics and the essentials of a good Web site. Then you’ll learn to add zing with Spry effects, set up Contribute, build dynamic pages, extend your site with Web applications, configure database connections using PHP, ASP.NET, or ColdFusion, and more!

Discover how to:
* Get familiar with Dreamweaver’s workspace, use the toolbars and panels, and set preferences
* Plan, design, build, and manage a site that meets your audience’s expectations
* Add Flash files, movies, and sound, and keep your site updated with Cascading Style Sheets
* Create and use code snippets and history panel commands
* Follow the right steps for setting up links

Ajax for Dummies is a e-book intended for web developers who need ajax for web development.This book gives you the whole Ajax concepts, taking a look at some cutting-edge applications. Like other For Dummies books, this one has been designed to let you skip around as much as possible. You don’t have to read the chapters in order if you don’t want to.

As Ajax is based on usingJavaScript in the browser, there’s a chapter on how to use JavaScript Then the book plunges into Ajax itself, creating Ajax applications from scratch, from the beginning level to the most advanced. And you’ll see how
to put many of the free Ajax frameworks, which do the programming for you,
to work. Because Ajax also often involves using XML, Cascading Style Sheets
(CSS), and server-side programming (using PHP in this book), there’s also a
chapter on each of these topics.You can also leaf through this book as you like, rather than having to read it from beginning to end.

Publisher: : For Dummies
Number of Pages: 792
Publication Date: 2008-05-12

Nobody ever said AutoCAD was easy, which is why you need AutoCAD & AutoCAD LT 2009 All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies! These nine minibooks cover all the stuff you need to know to set up AutoCAD for 2D or 3D, create drawings, modify and share them, publish your work, and more. There’s even a minibook devoted to increasing your options with AutoCAD LT!

From the Outback to the Great Barrier Reef to glorious, sophisticated cities like Sydney, this guide helps you find the Australian adventures and attractions that are right for you, whether you’d like to cuddle a koala, explore a shipwreck, swim with whale sharks, or climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It gives you the scoop on:
The mysterious Uluru (Ayers Rock) in Red Center that has awed people for thousands of years
Where to spot all kinds of wildlife, including kangaroos, platypuses, wallabies, Tasmanian devils, wombats, marsupials, and man-eating crocodiles
The best places to take a beach walk or a bushwalk, where you’ll wind beneath dripping tree ferns and pounding cascades
All kinds of activities, from boomerang- and spear-throwing instruction to hiking to snorkeling over dazzling reefs, fishing for coral trout, or discovering Australia’s best wines

Great accommodations, ranging from luxury hotels to an African-style safari camp with air-conditioned tents to a motel with underground rooms reached by a maze of tunnels dug out of the rock
The best places to experience Aboriginal culture and find Aboriginal arts and crafts

* A gentle, humorous introduction to this fearsomely complex software that helps new users start creating 2D and 3D technical drawings right away
* Covers the new features and enhancements in the latest AutoCAD version and provides coverage of AutoCAD LT, AutoCAD's lower-cost sibling
* Topics covered include creating a basic layout, using AutoCAD DesignCenter, drawing and editing, working with dimensions, plotting, using blocks, adding text to drawings, and drawing on the Internet
* AutoCAD is the leading CAD software for architects, engineers, and draftspeople who need to create detailed 2D and 3D technical drawings; there are more than 5 million registered AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT users

Mastering AutoCAD is no picnic, and using it for 3D modeling is among the toughest challenges. This unique workbook offers over one hundred exercises that lead you skill by skill toward AutoCAD 3D success. You get the hands-on practice you need to tackle everything from solid and surface modeling to rendering and plotting.

See How To:
* Transition from 2D to 3D
* Model solids using primitives, extrusions, and sweeps
* Tackle complex surface modeling
* Visualize and render designs
* Plot, import, or export 3D designs