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We at Espalier Technologies learn
new things every day. Many things we learn "on
the job", for the other things we read books. We
would like to give you a list of books of which we think
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Core
Java 1.1 Volume II Advanced Features |
Amazon.com
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is certainly no shortage of books on Java, but here
is one that stands out from the pack. This tome, the
second volume of Core Java 1.1, Sun Microsystems' endorsed
guide to Java programming, provides coverage of advanced
Java topics that you won't find discussed anywhere else... |
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Core
Java 1.1 Volume 1: Fundamentals |
| Amazon.com
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| Endorsed
by Sun Microsystems, Core Java 1.1 deals with "fundamental"
Java programming. The first volume deals with "fundamental"
Java programming. Geared toward the more experienced
programmer who has a knowledge of some other programming
language, this guide is full of tips and smart... |
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Programming
with VisualAge for Java 2 |
Amazon.com
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| This
book brings together all the information and trialware
readers need to get powerful results with VisualAge
for Java 2.0. It is a complete tutorial and reference
for writing Java applications and porting them to databases
and the Web--with up-to-the-minute coverage of JFC... |
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Web
Design in a Nutshell : A Desktop Quick Reference |
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| Includes
discussions of the Web environment, monitors, and browsers;
a complete reference to HTML and Server Side Includes,
containing browser support for every tag and attribute;
chapters on creating GIF, JPEG, and PNG graphics, and
designing with the Web Palette; information on multimedia
and interactivity, including audio, video, Flash, Shockwave... |
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Inside
Adobe Photoshop 5 |
Amazon.com
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| This
excellent book teaches you how to use Photoshop 5 for
Windows and Macintosh to do just about anything you
wish. It's a technical guide, a features guide, and
an artistic guide, targeting everyone from hobbyists
to professionals. There are project files on the included
CD-ROM for working along with the exercises in the book,
so you can get hands-on experience as you read... |
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UML
Distilled: Applying the Standard Object Modeling Language |
| Amazon.com
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major strength of UML Distilled is its short, concise
presentation of the essentials of UML and where it fits
within today's software development process. The book
describes all the major UML diagram types, what they're
for, and the basic notation involved in creating and
deciphering them. These diagrams include use cases;
class and interaction diagrams; collaborations; and
state, activity... |
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Applying
UML and Patterns |
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| Written
for the developer with previous programming and design
experience, Applying UML and Patterns combines UML,
software patterns, and Java to illustrate the author's
own design strategy. Though author Craig Larman sometimes
relies heavily on the jargon of software engineering,
there's no doubt that his book contains some immediately
useful ideas on software design... |
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Design
Patterns |
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Patterns is based on the idea that there are only so
many design problems in computer programming. This book
identifies some common program-design problems--such
as adapting the interface of one object to that of another
object or notifying an object of a change in another
object's state--and explains the best ways (not always
the obvious ways) that the authors know to solve them... |
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Managing
the Professional Service Firm |
Amazon.com
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| Professional
firms differ from other business enterprises in two
distinct ways: first, they provide highly customized
services and thus cannot apply many of the management
principles developed for product-based industries. Second,
professional services are highly personalized, involving
the skills of individuals... |
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Capacity
Planning for Web Performance |
| Amazon.com
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| Shows
how to use quantitative methods to analyze the performance
of distributed client/server and Web-based applications
in business contexts. Proceeds step-by-step through
the process of determining the most-effective system
configurations and networking architectures, as an alternative
to intuition, ad hoc procedures, and rules of thumb... |
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Programming
with Enterprise JavaBeans |
Amazon.com
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| Introduces
and explains transactional object middleware, the key
technologies on which application servers are built,
focusing on CORBA and its Object Transaction Service
(OTS), its Java incarnation, Java Transaction Service
(JTS), and Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB). Explains all
three specifications and includes design patterns... |
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Developing
Javabeans Using Visualage for Java |
| Amazon.com
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| Rapid
application development environments, like VisualAge
for Java, are meant for people who don't particularly
enjoy the primitive virtues of writing all code by hand.
As such, documentation for these environments must be
suitable for readers who just want to accomplish tasks
and don't want to spend forever learning a language... |
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Java
Programming With Corba |
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| Shows
how to create CORBA-based business applications that
interact with objects located anywhere on a network
or the Internet, regardless of differences in operating
systems or languages. Introduces Java Object Request
Brokers (ORBs) and provides a solutions guide with detailed
examples and design patterns for Internet-based distribution
systems... |
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Effective
COM |
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| Effective
COM opens with a chapter devoted to the migration from
C++ to COM programming, presenting five "attitude
shifts" that C++ coders need to undergo to program
successfully with COM. It starts with a discussion of
defining interfaces in the Interface Definition Language
(IDL), and then moves on to a discussion of the unique
distribution challenges... |
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Instant
CORBA |
| Amazon.com
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| The
best thing about this book is its remarkably friendly
explanation of the basics of CORBA, along with appropriate
detail on what distributed objects are and what advantages
they offer for distributed computing on the middle tier.
There is excellent material on built-in CORBA interfaces... |
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Essential
COM |
| Amazon.com
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| The
Component Object Model (COM) is deep and extremely difficult,
making it impossible to grasp the ideas behind this
specification quickly or easily. Don Box, the author
of Essential COM concedes that it took him six months
of reading documentation, writing programs, and experiencing
general puzzlement before he had his personal COM epiphany... |
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Inside
COM (Programming Series) |
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| COM
(Component Object Model) forms the foundation of OLE
and ActiveX as well as Microsoft's vision for componentized,
distributed computing. Inside COM explains COM from
the ground up, beginning with a lucid overview of what
COM is and what benefits it offers programmers, then
delving into the details of its actual operation... |
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