The Elements of Java Style or Photoshop Elements 4

The Elements of Java Style

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The Elements of Java Style, written by renowned author Scott Ambler, Alan Vermeulen, and a team of programmers from Rogue Wave Software, is directed at anyone who writes Java code. Many books explain the syntax and basic use of Java; however, this essential guide explains not only what you can do with the syntax, but what you ought to do. Just as Strunk and White's The Elements of Style provides rules of usage for the English language, this text furnishes a set of rules for Java practitioners. While illustrating these rules with parallel examples of correct and incorrect usage, the authors offer a collection of standards, conventions, and guidelines for writing solid Java code that will be easy to understand, maintain, and enhance. Java developers and programmers who read this book will write better Java code, and become more productive as well. Indeed, anyone who writes Java code or plans to learn how to write Java code should have this book next to his/her computer.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
1	General Principles	1
2	Formatting Conventions	5
3	Naming Conventions	15
	Package Names	18
	Type Names	20
	Method Names	23
	Variable Names	25
	Constant Names	29
4	Documentation Conventions	31
	Comment Types	32
	Documentation Comments	36
	Internal Comments	52
5	Programming Conventions	57
	Type Safety	64
	Statements and Expressions	66
	Construction	70
	Exception Handling	72
	Assertions	75
	Concurrency	79
	Synchronization	80
	Efficiency	85
6	Packaging Conventions	89
	Summary	95
	Glossary	105
	Bibliography	119
	Index	123

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Photoshop Elements 4: The Missing Manual

Author: Barbara Brundag

Photoshop Elements 4 has everything you need to edit and organize your photos. In fact, the program gives you most of what big-daddy Photoshop offers. What it doesn't give you is a manual. Enter Photoshop Elements 4: The Missing Manual. It explains not only how the tools and commands work, but when you'd want to use them, too.

Mastering InDesign CS3 for Print Design and Production or Ultimate Blogs

Mastering InDesign CS3 for Print Design and Production

Author: Pariah Burk

Mastering InDesign for Print Design and Production shows how experienced professionals with deadlines and billable hours use InDesign efficiently and effectively. Through the case studies and interviews, readers will find inspired to look beyond the over-emphasized basic features and into the depths of InDesign's utility for real-world print design.

Most InDesign books are written for beginners, and experienced users are frustrated by them. When you already know how to make, fill, and thread a text box, the entire first half of most InDesign books is useless. But this one doesn't dwell on the basics. Mastering InDesign for Print Design and Production fulfills the promise of the Mastering series, to provide real-world skills to professionals and students. Like all Mastering books, this one includes:

• A "by pros for pros" approach: The author is an active professional working in the field of graphic arts, layout, and design, writing for professionals who want to improve their skills or learn new skills.

• Real-world examples: Running throughout the text are examples of how the various skills are applied in real scenarios, described throughout the book in the form of examples and case studies from the author's own design and consulting work, as well as interviews with other designers using InDesign on the job.

• Skill-based teaching and hands-on exercises

Although the book has a comprehensive glossary, page one begins right away speaking to the core market—print professionals—in industry terms about industry challenges. This immediately lets experienced InDesign usersknow the book is about them. The approach is humorous, making the digestion and retention of complicated information easier for the reader through quips, anecdotes, and design- and print-geek humor. But at all times the book is true to its mission: Helping a professional do their job in InDesign without frustration, confusion, or aesthetic compromise.

Table of Contents:

Introduction.

Chapter 1: Customizing.

Chapter 2: Text.

Chapter 3: Characters.

Chapter 4: Drawing.

Chapter 5: Images.

Chapter 6: Objects.

Chapter 7: Pages.

Chapter 8: Stories.

Chapter 9: Documents.

Chapter 10: Output.

Chapter 11: Efficiency.

Chapter 12: Collaboration.

Appendix: The Bottom Line.

Glossary.

Index.

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Ultimate Blogs: Masterworks from the Wild Web

Author: Sarah Boxer

“What are you working on?”
“An anthology of blogs.”
“I didn’t know you had a blog.”
“I don’t. It’s an anthology of other people’s blogs.”
“How do you find good blogs?”
“I read. I surf. I look at blog contests. I follow links. I ask people about the blogs they like.”
“Is a good blog hard to find?”
“Yes. Very.”

A Book of Blogs? WTF!!

Sarah Boxer, a former New York Times reporter and critic, travels through the blogosphere (more than 80 million blogs — and counting) and finds some masterpieces along the way. Among the bloggers in the anthology are:

two fashion critics mocking the inexplicable “fugliness” of celebrities
a Marine Corps lieutenant stationed in Fallujah in 2006
a 19-year old student in Singapore cheerfully pining for her ex
an illustrator’s tiny saga of a rodent and his ball of crap
Odysseus’s sidekick telling his side of the Iliad and Odyssey

Revealing and deceptive, grand and niggling, worldly and parochial, these blogs comprise a snapshot of life on the wild, wild Web.

Publishers Weekly

With this collection of 27 blogs culled from disparate corners of the Internet, Boxer, who writes for the New York Times, attempts to impose some kind of fixed order on a form that generally relies on the satisfaction of timely updates. For many blog-savvy readers, this collection would appear to have all the appeal of a new MP3 converted into 8-track format, but much of the writing contained in the book is well worth browsing for even the most hardened Web aficionado. The highlights in book format, predictably, are the blogs that maintain relatively tight spelling and grammar standards and focus on subjects beyond the writer's petty complaints. Benjamin Zimmer's "Language Log" reads like a wonderfully expansive and more self-aware William Safire column, while Sean Carroll's "Cosmic Variance" manages to be wryly humorous even while discussing theoretical physics at the Ph.D. level. Ringers like Alex Ross of the New Yorkerand Matthew Yglesias of the Atlantic Monthlyhardly seem like fair choices to demonstrate the democratization of the Web, but their blogs, on music and classical politics, respectively, are must-reads. Other, less conventional highlights include the neocon-spoofing comic "Get Your War On," the ruminative expat diary "How to Learn Swedish in 1000 Difficult Lessons" and the cheerfully hyperactive idea stockpile "Ironic Sans." (Feb.)

Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information

Forbes

The irony that an anthology of compelling blogs would appear in paperback is not lost on Sarah Boxer, the former New York Times Web critic and editor of Ultimate Blogs. But here it is, 27 blogs from the more than 80 million out there. Boxer has done the surfing for us, turning up a Nobel Prize laureate and U.S. Court of Appeals judge discussing immigration and global warming; a 19-year-old student in Singapore pining for her ex; an African-American arguing that King Kong is an inherently racist film. Many bare their souls, like gear-head-turned-Marine-Corps-lieutenant Jeffrey Barnett, who is thrilled to connect with the children of Abu Ghraib prisoner and yet plainly con-fesses, "That's right, we profile based on age and gender . . . and it works." Apparently there is more to the blogosphere than mere navel-gazing.—Stephanie Cooperman

AutoCAD AutoCAD LT All in One Desk Reference For Dummies or The Java EE 5 Tutorial

AutoCAD & AutoCAD LT All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies 

Author: David Byrnes

AutoCAD is the leading software tool for creating technical and architectural drawings, but it definitely doesn't lead in the "easy to master" category. That's why there's AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies—the perfect way to break a complex topic into bite-size, easy-to-understand pieces.

Once you get the hang of using AutoCAD and its slightly less feature-rich cousin, AutoCAD LT, you discover that it offers wonderful advantages. AutoCAD allows you to

• Create precision to 14 significant digits

• Re-use portions of your drawings by copying and pasting

• Draw things full size and print your drawings in any scale

• Produce drawings that are easier to read when reduced

• Electronically share and distribute drawings

• Design in 2D or 3D

So obviously, the trick is to speed up that "getting the hang of it" process. That's where AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies comes in especially handy. Ten easy-to-follow minibooks cover every aspect of AutoCAD, including the latest features of AutoCAD 2007, so you can find just what you need to know quickly and easily. You'll get the scoop on

• AutoCAD basics, such as setting up drawings, finding your way around the interface, and using all the tools

• Drawing and modifying objects in 2D and annotating your drawings

• 3D modeling and viewing, working with solids and surfaces, and rendering

• Understanding how AutoCAD LT differs from AutoCAD and deciding which program you need

• Advanced drafting skills,including organizing drawings, working with blocks, and using AutoCAD utilities

• Setting up your drawings for plotting to paper and publishing

• Sharing your drawings online for collaboration

• Customizing and programming AutoCAD to make it work the way you want it to

In the familiar, friendly For Dummies fashion, AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies gives you plain-English explanations and step-by-step directions. Written by a pair of AutoDesk Authorized Authors, this handy guide will help make your relationship with AutoCAD a happy and productive one.

Table of Contents:

Bk. 1	AutoCAD basics	7
Ch. 1	Drawing on (and in) AutoCAD	9
Ch. 2	Navigating the AutoCAD interface	15
Ch. 3	All about files	35
Ch. 4	Basic tools	55
Ch. 5	Setting up drawings	67
Ch. 6	Precision tools	93
Bk. II	2D drafting	115
Ch. 1	Drawing objects	117
Ch. 2	Modifying objects	143
Ch. 3	Managing views	171
Bk. III	Annotating drawings	185
Ch. 1	Text : when pictures just won't do	187
Ch. 2	Dimensioning	213
Ch. 3	Hatching your drawings	241
Bk. IV	LT differences	251
Ch. 1	The LT difference	253
Ch. 2	Extending AutoCAD LT	261
Ch. 3	Mixed environments	269
BK. V	3D modeling	275
Ch. 1	Introducing the third dimension	277
Ch. 2	Using the 3D environment	285
Ch. 3	Viewing in 3D	297
Ch. 4	Moving from 2D to 3D	307
Ch. 5	Working with solids	321
Ch. 6	Working with surfaces	329
Ch. 7	Rendering : lights, cameras, AutoCAD!	337
Bk. VI	Advanced drafting	347
Ch. 1	Playing with blocks	349
Ch. 2	Dynamic blocks	365
Ch. 3	External references	381
Ch. 4	Organizing your drawings	405
Ch. 5	AutoCAD utilities	415
Bk. VII	Publishing drawings	427
Ch. 1	Page setup	429
Ch. 2	Sheet sets without regret	449
Ch. 3	Print, plot, publish	477
Bk. VIII	Collaboration	497
Ch. 1	CAD management : the necessary evil	499
Ch. 2	CAD standards	509
Ch. 3	Working with drawing files	527
Ch. 4	Sharing electronic files	547
Bk. IX	Customizing AutoCAD	567
Ch. 1	The basics of customizing AutoCAD	569
Ch. 2	Customizing the interface	587
Ch. 3	Customizing the tools	607
Ch. 4	Delving deeper into customization	629
Bk. X	Programming AutoCAD	651
Ch. 1	The AutoCAD programming interfaces	653
Ch. 2	Using custom programs	663
Ch. 3	Introducing AutoLISP	681
Ch. 4	Visual Basic for AutoCAD	719

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The Java EE 5 Tutorial

Author: Eric Jendrock

The Java™ EE 5 Tutorial, Third Edition, is the definitive, task-oriented, example-driven guide to programming server-side applications with Sun Microsystems' new Java(TM) EE 5 platform. Written by members of Sun's Java EE 5 platform team, this book enables new and intermediate Java programmers to build production-quality Java applications right away, as they gain a deep, rich understanding of the entire platform.

This tutorial offers expert guidance on developing presentation layers with the Java EE 5 platform's web tier technologies, using the platform's rich web services support, developing business logic with Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0 technology, accessing databases via the Java Persistence API, and leveraging the Java EE 5 platform's powerful services. It contains extensive new material throughout, including detailed introductions to the latest APIs, and instructions for using the NetBeans 5.5 IDE and Sun Java System Application Server 9.

The technologies and services covered in depth include:

• Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0
• Java Persistence
• JavaServer Faces Technology
• Java API for XML-Based Web Services (JAX-WS)
• Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB)
• Streaming API for XML (StAX)
• Java Servlet 2.5
• JavaServer Pages 2.1
• JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library (JSTL)
• SOAP with Attachments API for Java (SAAJ)

The Java™ Series is supported, endorsed, and authored by the creators of the Java technology at Sun Microsystems, Inc. It is the official place to go for complete, expert, and definitive information on Java technology. The booksin this Series provide the inside information you need to build effective, robust, and portable applications and applets. The Series is an indispensable resource for anyone targeting the Java 2 platform.

Simulation Using Promodel or Tomorrows Technology and You Complete

Simulation Using Promodel

Author: Charles R Harrell

The second edition of Simulation Using ProModel covers the art and science of simulation in general and the use of ProModel simulation software in particular. The lead author is the Chief Technology Advisor for ProModel Corporation. The text is appropriate for use in both a graduate or undergraduate course in simulation in a Business, Engineering or Computer Science program, and as a self-study guide to simulation for practitioners in business and industry.

The second edition of Simulation Using Promodel reflects the most recent version of the ProModel software available (version 6.0) and includes a new chapter and lab that provide deeper coverage of how random behavior is simulated and how output results are generated and evaluated. Additional examples, review questions, lab exercises and case study assignments have also been added to further enhance students’ learning experience.

This text blends theory with practice presenting actual applications in business, services and manufacturing. General topics include simulation basics, planning, data collection and analysis, model building, model verification and validation, output analysis and experimental design. Additionally, this is the first simulation text that covers simulation optimization using modern techniques. For a practical emphasis, complete chapters are devoted to typical modeling issues encountered in manufacturing, material handling and service systems.

Table of Contents:

I Study Chapters

1 Introduction to Simulation

2 System Dynamics

3 Simulation Basics

4 Discrete-Event Simulation

5 Getting Started

6 Data Collection and Analysis

7 Model Building

8 Model Verification and Validation

9 Simulation Output Analysis

10 Comparing Systems

11 Simulation Optimization

12 Modeling Manufacturing Systems

13 Modeling Material Handling Systems

14 Modeling Service Systems

II Labs

1 Introduction to ProModel 6.0

2 ProModel World View, Menu and Tutorial

3 Running a ProModel Simulation

4 Building Your First Model

5 ProModel's Output Module

6 Fitting Statistical Distribution to Input Data

7 Basic Modeling Concepts

8 Model Verification and Validation

9 Simulation Output Analysis

10 Comparing Alternative Systems

11 Simulation Optimization with SimRunner

12 Intermediate Modeling Concepts

13 Material Handling Concepts

14 Additional Modeling Concepts

III Case Study Assignments

Case 1 Toy Airplane Manufacturing

Case 2 Mi Cazuela - Mexican Restaurant

Case 3 Jai Hind Cycles Inc. Plans New Production Facility

Case 4 The FSB Coin System

Case 5 Automated Warehousing at Athletic Shoe Company

Case 6 Concentrate Line at Florida Citrus Company

Case 7 Balancing the Production Line at Southern California Door Company

Case 8 Material Handling at California Steel Industries, Inc.

Appendixes

A Common Continuous and Discrete Distributions

B Critical Values for Students t Distribution

C F Distribution for a=0.05

D Critical Values for Chi-Square Distribution

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Tomorrow's Technology and You, Complete

Author: George Beekman

Completely updated, Tomorrow’s Technology and You, Ninth Edition provides you with an understanding of information technology so you can successfully navigate change and advance into the future.

 

Today we’re standing at the junction of three powerful and rapidly evolving technological forces: computers, communications, and digital entertainment. Computer technology is showing up in everything from automobiles to home appliances to telephones to televisions, and the lines that separate these machines are fading. This digital convergence is rapidly—and radically—altering the world in which we live.

FastCARD or A Step by Step Approach to Using the SAS System for Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling

FastCARD: Lotus Notes 7

Author: Course Technology

Get up to speed quickly with Course Technology's new four-color, tri-fold, six-sided FastCARDs! Our easy-to-follow design makes each FastCARD the perfect self-study tool to get you started with a new application, technology, or business skill. Use FastCARDs to roll out a new application, Office suite, or business topic, get answers to frequently asked questions, or teach a 1-2 hour or half-day course.

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A Step-by-Step Approach to Using the SAS System for Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling

Author: Larry Hatcher

Packed with concrete examples, Hatcher's book provides an introduction to more advanced statistical procedures and includes handy appendices that give basic instruction in using SAS. Novice SAS users will find all they need to master SAS basics and to move into advanced statistical analyses in this one book. Featured is a simple, step-by-step approach to testing structural equation models with latent variables using the CALIS procedure. The following topics are explained in easy-to-understand terms: exploratory factor analysis, principal component analysis, and developing measurement models with confirmatory factor analysis. Other covered topics of note include "LISREL-type" analyses with the user-friendly PROC CALIS and solving problems encountered in real-world social science research.

Supports releases 6.09E and higher of SAS software.