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- Audit your code for security problems
- If you're a developer who has joined a development project already in progress or have decided to use third-party code, or if you're an administrator who is worried about the quality of code your internal developers are putting on your system, then you need a way to...
- Tags: Developer, Security, Audit, Auditing, Web Application, Syngress, Chapter Coverage
- Book chapters 2007-06-08
- Tour the Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) desktop
- Ubuntu for Non-Geeks, 2nd Edition is the essential newbie guide to Ubuntu, recently updated for Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn and packed with tips, tricks, and helpful pointers. In this chapter download, take a guided visual tour of the GNOME desktop environment. Chapter coverage includes: Navigating the ...
- Tags: Desktop, Ubuntu, GNOME, Chapter Coverage, Open Source
- Book chapters 2007-07-26
- Explore functional programming techniques in Ruby
- There may be no better way to learn how to program than by dissecting real, representative code samples. Accordingly, Ruby by Example analyzes a series of Ruby scripts, examining how the code works, explaining the concepts it illustrates, and showing how to modify it to suit your...
- Tags: Technique, Functional Programming, Ruby, Chapter Coverage, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- Book chapters 2007-07-26
- Securely manage user sessions and create strong user authentication tokens in ASP.NET
- Investigate threats to your Web application code in Hacking the Code: ASP.NET Web Application Security, then consider a menu of solutions, coding considerations and examples, and security policies for every defined threat. In this chapter download from the book, learn how to securely manage user sessions and how to create...
- Tags: User Authentication, Microsoft ASP.NET, Syngress, Chapter Coverage, .Net, Middleware, Security, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
- Book chapters 2007-08-03
- Write automated tests in xUnit using Test Double patterns
- Automated testing is a cornerstone of agile software development: an effective testing strategy delivers new functionality more aggressively, accelerates user feedback, and improves quality. In this chapter download from xUnit Test Patterns, learn how to write automated tests using xUnit, the most popular unit testing framework in use...
- Tags: Addison-Wesley, Test, Chapter Coverage, Software Development, Development Tools, Software/Web Development
- Book chapters 2007-08-08
- Optimize your WAN by overcoming transport and link capacity limitations
- IT organizations face pressure to increase productivity, improve application performance, support global collaboration, improve data protection, and minimize costs. And in today's WAN-centered environments, traditional LAN-oriented infrastructure approaches are insufficient to meet these goals. Fortunately, WAN optimization, when combined with other acceleration techniques and network control capabilities, can...
- Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Chapter Coverage, WANs, Network Technology, Networking
- Book chapters 2007-08-08
- Plan and schedule your project the pragmatic way
- A pragmatic project manager knows that there are many possible "right" ways to schedule a project, and that an initial project plan will always evolve as the project gets underway. As a pragmatic project manager, your job is to start the project with just enough planning and to...
- Tags: Project, Project Manager, Pragmatic Bookshelf, Chapter Coverage, Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, Marketing, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Book chapters 2007-08-08
- Secure your network for free with Snort
- In this chapter download from How to Cheat at Configuring Open Source Security Tools, gain a practical understanding of the open-source IDS known as Snort and how it can help you with your network security concerns. Learn about the history of Snort, how the Snort architecture works, and its system...
- Tags: Snort, Network, Syngress, Chapter Coverage, Networking, Security
- Book chapters 2007-08-08
- Kick-start your Second Life with this guided tour
- Second Life SL is a virtual world construction set full of creative potential, but to get acclimated to SL, users have a lot to learn, and practical information is hard to find and often unavailable. Second Life: A Guide to Your Virtual World is a travel guide for...
- Tags: Second Life, Que Publishing, Chapter Coverage
- Book chapters 2007-08-16
- Successfully build a complex Web site with Adobe Dreamweaver CS3: Start with a comprehensive project plan
- Attempting to create a complex Web site without proper planning would be like taking a trip from New York to California without the benefit of road maps. You may know you need to travel in a general westerly direction, but you'll probably make plenty of wrong turns before you arrive...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Web, Web Site, Que Publishing, Chapter Coverage, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing
- Book chapters 2007-08-16
- Optimize a sluggish Windows Vista system
- Dig deep using expert-level tools and techniques to optimize your Windows Vista system. Microsoft Windows Vista Help Desk offers step-by-step guidance to using these tools effectively whether or not you are a trained IT professional. If your Vista computer performs really slowly, stutters, or stammers, this chapter download...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Que Publishing, Chapter Coverage, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Book chapters 2007-08-16
- Get a bigger multimedia bang out of Windows Media Player 11
- Windows Vista includes a new version of Windows Media Player WMP as its dice-slice-rip-play multimedia powerhouse. With version 11, WMP offers big improvements in usability, support for portable media players, the Xbox game console, CD and DVD burning, Internet access, network support, and file synchronization. In this chapter...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Media Player, Multimedia, Windows Media, Media Player, Que Publishing, Chapter Coverage, Microsoft Windows, Digital Music, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Book chapters 2007-08-23
- Format Web pages using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
- The Cascading Style Sheets CSS standard enables you to apply a property or group of properties to an object by applying a style to that object. Learn how to use CSS to control the presentation of HTML content in this chapter download from Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Dreamweaver...
- Tags: Web, Sams Publishing, Web Page, Chapter Coverage, CSS, Channel Management, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Marketing
- Book chapters 2007-08-23
- Use the QtSql module to build Qt applications that work with various relational database management systems
- Nowadays, it's difficult to imagine many applications being able to function without relational databases to back them up. For this reason, Qt provides a range of classes in the QtSql module that work with various relational database management systems. In this chapter download from The Book of...
- Tags: Module, Database Management System, RDBMS, Chapter Coverage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Book chapters 2007-07-26
- Customize the Windows Vista interface to increase your efficiency and productivity
- Windows Vista is an operating system designed for the masses, so it makes sense that its user interface would incorporate lots of lowest-denominator thinking. The interface is easy for most people to use most of the time and skews toward accommodating neophytes and the newly digital. But there's...
- Tags: Sams Publishing, Microsoft Windows Vista, Chapter Coverage, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software
- Book chapters 2007-07-19
- Troubleshoot and recover from problems in Windows Vista
- Computer problems, like the proverbial death and taxes, are certainties in life. And given Windows Vista's status as possibly the most complex software ever created, we can be reasonably sure that problems will crop up sooner or later. The good news is that most of these problems are fairly obscure...
- Tags: Sams Publishing, Microsoft Windows Vista, Chapter Coverage, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software
- Book chapters 2007-06-15
- Defend the network layer from malicious attack
- The network layer is key to the operation of the stack. In this sample chapter from Hack the Stack: Using Snort and Ethereal to Master the 8 Layers of an Insecure Network, begin by reviewing the protocols that reside here, such as Internet Protocol IP, Internet Control...
- Tags: Snort, Network, Malicious Attack, Syngress, Chapter Coverage, Networking
- Book chapters 2007-06-22
- MCSA/MSCE Exam 70-290 prep: Administer Microsoft Windows Server 2003
- In this sample chapter from MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-290): Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment, Second Edition, explore the various options available for administration and support of local and support systems in Windows Server 2003. Study Microsoft Management Console MMC snap-ins, Remote Desktop for Administration...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Press, Microsoft Corp., Chapter Coverage, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Terminal Services, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Remote Administration, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Book chapters 2007-06-28
- Monitor the processes and performance of your Windows network systems
- An important part of every Windows system administrator's job is to monitor network systems and ensure that everything is running smoothly. Watching the event logs closely helps detect and track problems with applications, security, and essential services. Then, when you detect a problem, digging deeper to search out...
- Tags: Monitor, Network System, Performance, Network, Microsoft Press, Monitoring, Chapter Coverage, Microsoft Windows, Performance Management, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Book chapters 2007-06-28
- Master Building Blocks and other time-saving text tools in Microsoft Office Word 2007
- Microsoft Office Word 2007 includes a number of tools designed to help you speed up typing repetitive text and those monotonous tasks you might face daily or deal with those infrequent tasks that require a few moment for you to refresh your memory. One of these tools is...
- Tags: Microsoft Press, Microsoft Word 2007, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Chapter Coverage, Microsoft Word, Productivity, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Book chapters 2007-06-28
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