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  The Designer's Web Handbook: What You Need to Know to Create for the Web

  Published 1 year ago

  by Patrick McNeil, How

  Designers don't have to know how to code to design for the web, but they must understand the constraints of the medium and how it really works so they can work closely with a developer to build a great site. The best web designers create not only beautiful sites, but sites that function well. This book helps designers understand the mechanics of the web, which, in turn, increase their value as a designer.

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  High Performance MySQL: Optimization, Backups, Replication, and More

  Published 1 year ago

  by Baron Schwartz, Peter Zaitsev, Vadim Tkachenko, O'Reilly Media

  High Performance MySQL teaches you advanced techniques in depth so you can bring out MySQL's full power. Learn how to design schemas, indexes, queries, and advanced MySQL features for maximum performance, and get detailed guidance for tuning your MySQL server, operating system, and hardware to their fullest potential. You'll also learn practical, safe, high-performance ways to scale your applications with replication, load balancing, high availability, and failover.

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  Net Smart: How to Thrive Online

  Published 1 year ago

  by Howard Rheingold, The MIT Press

  Like it or not, knowing how to make use of online tools without being overloaded with too much information is an essential ingredient to personal success in the twenty-first century. But how can we use digital media so that they make us empowered participants rather than passive receivers, grounded, well-rounded people rather than multitasking basket cases? In Net Smart, cyberculture expert Howard Rheingold shows us how to use social media intelligently, humanely, and, above all, mindfully.