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2008 editions of ASP.NET and SQL Server
Here are the books you've been asking us for the
most, updated to the latest edition of .NET!
The ASP.NET book (there's one edition
for VB 2008 and one for C#
2008) will teach you to code web applications from scratch, using all the classic features of ASP.NET as well as new 3.5 features like CSS-related tools,
LINQ data sources, the ListView and DataPager
controls, and ASP.NET AJAX.
The SQL Server 2008 book interfaces easily with the ASP.NET books (as well as our core VB and C# 2008 books below) to give you new confidence in coding SQL routines to extract, update, and manipulate database data in your business applications. That includes using the 2008 FILESTREAM storage feature to handle BLOB data, like image, sound, and video files.
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NEW book on Oracle SQL and
PL/SQL
If you're developing applications that use an
Oracle database, this
book presents the SQL and PL/SQL statements
that you can use to harness the power of Oracle.
In no time, you'll be creating effective SQL statements,
designing and implementing tables, and using PL/SQL
to code stored procedures, functions, and triggers...all
using the new SQL Developer tool that makes it
easier to work with Oracle than ever before.
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Core books for .NET 3.5 developers
Develop Windows applications with VB or C# 2008
Visual Basic 2008 and C# 2008 are both great choices for rapid development of high-performance Windows applications.
To
get you up to speed quickly, our VB
2008 and C# 2008
books show you how to use the time-saving features of
Visual Studio 2008 to develop professional, object-oriented
Windows Forms applications that use a 3-layer architecture.
Along the way, you'll gain expertise in using the VB or C# language, the core .NET classes, and the database features that let you work with a SQL Server database. You'll also get a practical introduction to LINQ, the new 2008 feature that lets you use VB or C# to query almost any data source.
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Develop Java applications like the pros do
The SE 6 edition of our core Java book
Since 2001, programmers have been using our core
Java book to master the skills they use every
day in developing desktop and web applications.
Now,
you can get training in the latest version of Java by
using the newest edition of that book, Murach's
Java SE 6. It covers the classic core features that
make Java such a stable product, as well as SE 6 enhancements
like the StAX XML API, automatic database driver loading,
iterable SQL exceptions, and the Derby database that
now comes with Java.
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NEW! The
2nd edition of our Servlets/JSP book
Now covering Java EE 5, Tomcat 6, and MySQL 5, this NEW edition of our bestselling Java web programming book has been updated throughout to reflect the needs of today's web developer. New content includes coverage of the NetBeans IDE, Expression Language (EL), JSTL, listeners, filters, and more!
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Essential database training for .NET 2.0 developers
The 2.0 edition of our ADO.NET book
Master the skills you need to write database
applications the way the professionals do with
this current edition of
our popular ADO.NET book.
First, this book shows you how to use the 2.0 data sources feature for rapid application development and prototyping. Next, it shows you how to build 3-layer applications the way the best professionals do. Then, it shows you how to use the 2.0 object data sources feature to get the best of both worlds by building 3-layer applications with data binding. And that's just the first 2 sections of this 5-section book!
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The SQL book that
most developers
don't even know they need
When it comes to querying databases, most developers
squeak by with a minimal knowledge of SQL, never realizing
all the power they're missing out on.
So the
goal of this book is to boost your SQL skills in a way
that makes you a more effective, efficient, and confident
application developer...whether you're issuing queries,
using backend features like cursors and views, or creating
database objects from within your C# or VB applications
using the 2005 CLR integration feature.
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4 more books for .NET 2.0 developers
Become a top VB developer using our VB 2005 book
Visual Basic 2005 is packed with programming enhancements
and productivity features that make it more powerful than
ever before. So our book teaches you how to take advantage
of that power in a minimum of time, whether you’re
new to VB or upgrading from VB 6 on. Find out how to use
features like data sources, generics, code snippets, My
objects, ClickOnce deployment, and 2005 data and forms
controls to build Windows Forms applications the way the
top professionals do. At that point, you’ll be ready
to master web development using Murach’s
ASP.NET 2.0 Web Programming with VB 2005.
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Teach yourself C# 2005 in record time
If you need to rapidly develop high-performance Windows
applications, C# 2005 on the .NET platform is a great
choice. To get you up to speed quickly, this book shows
how to use the time-saving features of the Visual Studio
IDE to develop professional, object-oriented Windows
applications that use a 3-layer architecture. Along
the way, you'll master the C# language, the core .NET
classes, and the database features and ADO.NET classes
that you need to work with a SQL Server database.
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No other ASP.NET 2.0 book teaches you
so much, so fast, so thoroughly
Get off to a fast start with ASP.NET 2.0's powerful
features for developing web applications in section
1 of this book. By the end of those 4 chapters, you'll
be using Visual Studio to develop multi-page applications
that get database data and manage session state. Then,
the rest of the book teaches you everything you need
to know to develop professional web applications. All
in the paired-pages format that programmers like so
much!
There are two versions of this book: one
for VB and one for
C#.
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Mainframe bestsellers
The JCL book that puts you more in control of your
OS/390 or z/OS system
More than 200,000 programmers and operators have learned
JCL for everyday jobs using this book alone. So you
can be sure that its practical approach will have you
coding significant job streams right away. But more
than that, it teaches you enough about your operating
system that you not only know how to code JCL for a
job but also know why you need to code it that way.
That means you'll soon be handling every program-development
task more effectively.
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Join the more than 200,000 programmers who have
learned CICS using this book alone
Learn CICS in record time! Our best-selling CICS book
is designed to meet today’s need for fast-paced
training as you go from novice to expert. Along the
way, you’ll learn how to design and code CICS programs
so the presentation logic is separated from the business
logic. You’ll also learn how to code CICS programs
for web applications, which is a compelling reason for
separating the presentation and business logic.
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Learn COBOL the way the best professionals use
it
If you need to learn COBOL, here’s the latest
edition of our classic COBOL book that has helped set
the standards for structured design and coding in many
enterprise COBOL shops. As you go from novice to expert
with this book, you’ll also learn the best programming
practices currently in use. And like all our training
books, this one becomes the best COBOL reference you’ve
ever had after you’ve used it as a tutorial.
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