Programming Books
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Beginning PL/SQL: From Novice to Professional
Published 13 years ago includes sample chapter
by Donald Bales, Apress
Get started with PL/SQL, the built-in language that every Oracle developer and database administrator must know, in Beginning PL/SQL, a fast-paced and example-filled tutorial. Learn from author Don Bales extensive experience to discover the most commonly used aspects of PL/SQL without wasting time with obscure and obsolete features.
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Pro JSP 2 (Expert's Voice in Java)
Published 15 years ago includes sample chapter
by Simon Brown, Sam Dalton, Sing Li, Daniel Jepp, Matt Raible, Dave Johnson, Apress
This is the first comprehensive guide to cover JSP 2 and 2.1. It supplies you with the tools and techniques to develop web applications with JSP and Java servlets. You'll learn to choose and implement the best persistence option for your web applications, and how to secure web sites against malicious attack and accidental misuse. You will improve the performance and scalability of JSP pages, as well as architect reliable, stable applications.
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Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach
Published 15 years ago includes sample chapter
by Chris F.A. Johnson, Apress
This is the type of book that will either solve a specific problem you have or will give you ideas on automating/simplifying something that you've lived with for far too long. — Thomas Duff, Duffbert's Random Musings This book is geared towards any Unix user who doesn't want to spend time creating or testing shell scripts.
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SQL Server 2008 Transact-SQL Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach
Published 12 years ago includes sample chapter
by Joseph Sack, Apress
SQL Server 2008 Transact–SQL Recipes: A Problem–Solution Approach is an example–based guide to the Transact–SQL language that is at the core of SQL Server 2008. Learn to create databases, insert and update data, generate reports, secure your data, and more. Author Joseph Sack takes common Transact–SQL tasks and breaks them down into a problem/solution format that is quick and easy to read so that you can get the job done fast when the pressure is on.
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The Definitive Guide to iReport
Published 13 years ago includes sample chapter
by Giulio Toffoli, Apress
JasperForge.org is the open source development portal for the JasperSoft Business Intelligence Suite, the JasperSoft Business Intelligence solution that delivers comprehensive tools for data access, data integration, analysis, and reporting, including iReport. This definitive, authoritative book covers the following: Covers iReport as an intuitive and easy-to-use visual report builder/designer for JasperReports, written in 100% pure Java.
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Pro XML Development with Java Technology
Published 14 years ago includes sample chapter
by Deepak Vohra, Apress
Pro XML Development with Java Technology has been written to help you, the professional Java developer who needs a practical hands-on guide to marrying these technologies together effectively. There are a lot of books out there, but none really explore the combination deeply, and they are largely theoretical.
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Beginning PivotTables in Excel 2007: From Novice to Professional
Published 13 years ago includes sample chapter
by Debra Dalgleish, Apress
Beginning PivotTables in Excel 2007 explains what Pivot Tables are, how you can benefit from using them, how to create them and modify them, and how to use their enhanced features. Using a Pivot Table in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 is a quick and exciting way to slice and dice a large amount of data.
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Linux Recipes for Oracle DBAs
Published 12 years ago includes sample chapter
by Darl Kuhn, Bernard Lopuz, Charles Kim, Apress
Linux Recipes for Oracle DBAs is an example–based book on managing Oracle Database in a Linux environment. Covering commonly used distributions such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Oracle Enterprise Linux, the book is written for database administrators who need to get work done and lack the luxury of curling up fireside with a stack of Linux documentation. The book is task–oriented: Look up the task to perform. See the solution. Read up on the details. Get the job done.
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Pro SQL Server 2008 XML
Published 12 years ago includes sample chapter
by Michael Coles, Apress
Knowledge and ability to apply XML are de rigueur in today’s world, and SQL Server developers and administrators are no exception to that rule. Pro SQL Server 2008 XML is your key to unlocking the powerful XML feature set first introduced in SQL Server 2005 and since refined in SQL Server 2008. Author Michael Coles shows how to store XML using SQL Server’s built–in XML data type. Learn to query and manipulate XML data using standard technologies such as XQuery and XSLT.
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Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager
Published 13 years ago includes sample chapter
by Michael Lopp, Apress
Managing Humans is a selection of the best essays from Michael Lopps web site, Rands In Repose. Drawing on Lopp's management experiences at Apple, Netscape, Symantec, and Borland, this book is full of stories based on companies in the Silicon Valley where people have been known to yell at each other. It is a place full of dysfunctional bright people who are in an incredible hurry to find the next big thing so they can strike it rich and then do it all over again.