Sample Chapter

Sometimes you just can't go Agile.

Class Shape can provide you with the ability to represent things appearing in a Window. Learn about this class from an industry legend.

C++ programs consist of classes, functions, variables, and other component parts. To get a sense of how a program fits together, you must see a complete working program.

Learn about a C++ mechanism to handle and manipulate different currencies.

SharePoint MVP and Wrox author Andrew Connell shows a little-known approach to publishing content sites using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Nicholas Zakas explores the powerful DOM Range tool and how a range can be used to select a section of a web document regardless of node boundaries.

In the last of this three-part SQL Server Reporting Services recipe series, Wrox author Paul Turley shows how to create the graphics for word-size graphics that visualization pioneer Edward Tufte dubbed sparklines.

Walk through the components of an RSS 2.0 feed for building your own feeds either by hand or programmatically.

Look at how to design your web application URIs to ensure you give them the maximum lifespan possible from Professional Web 2.0 Programming co-author Erik Bruchez.

Learn why threading, which is the current method of choice for extracting performance from multi-core chips, isn't always the best choice for good performance.

Discover the new VMWare programming API - Vix from Professional Web 2.0 Programming author Eric Hammersley.

WROX author Paul Turley shows us how to create a Business Scorecard that mimics the Microsoft Office Business Scorecard Manager.

Microsoft ASP.NET Program Manager and Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Security, Membership, and Role Management author Stefan Schackow explains one of the most confusing permissions for developers.

The current C++ standard library extends the core C++ language with common classes and functions. In recent years, to address limitations in that library, a number of components have been developed to extend the language even further.

The world of TCP/IP protocols can be confusing. Clear up some issues here.

All applications that provide communication between computers on the Internet use IP addresses to identify communicating hosts. Learn how to make IP addresses less difficult for human users to remember.

Read about the "big picture" guide to SQL Server 2005 for every manager, DBA, and developer.

Learn about many additional things you can do to use Outlook in ways you never thought possible.

Learn how to identify the program errors most likely to lead to security breaches, how they can be exploited, the potential consequences, and secure alternatives.

Learn the step-by-step process of building a release version of your software. By a member of the Microsoft Build Team.

Learn how to use manage many Web tasks quickly and efficiently.

From this sample chapter, learn how to develop effective lectures to use when training users on your software products.

The STL is primarily made up of templates for containers, iterators, and algorithms, but it also has a few utility templates. Learn more in this excerpt from "Effective C++, Third Edition: 55 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs."

Learn how to think programmatically.