Beginning PHP5 is a complete tutorial in PHP5’s language features and functionality, beginning with the basics and building up to the design and construction of complex data-driven Web sites. Fully functioning applications are developed through the course of the book. Other features of the book include installation guide and troubleshooting tips, introduction to relational databases, practical working examples and applications, and a detailed language reference.
If you’re lost in cyberspace and need direction, this invaluable handbook includes all the information you’ll need to get the most out of broadband. It guides you through the decisions you’ll want to make, from choosing the right anti-virus software to setting up a wireless network in your home. Learn how to make the most of your high-speed connection, with chapters on instant messaging, downloading music, making phone calls from your computer and finding the best broadband websites on the net. It’s the book everyone with broadband needs next to their PC.
Download: Biginner’s Gude to Broadband and Wireless Internet
This book outlines everything people need to make the move from a dial-up connection to an always-on DSL or cable Internet connection that is up to forty times faster than a standard modem connection
Nielsen estimated there were thirty-nine million U.S. homes with broadband access in April 2003
Gaskin explains available broadband options, shows how to pick the right one, describes wireless alternatives inside and outside of buildings, details how to connect more than one computer to a home broadband connection, and provides information about securing your wireless network
This new Desktop Edition format provides need-to-know coverage of all topics related to broadband home networking in an easy-to-use format that will appeal to novices and techies alike
Offers a useful customer service FAQ and a Web directory appendix that lists Web sites for additional utilities, tools, games, and more
Beginning Perl Web Development: From Noive to Professional
Beginning Perl Web Development: From Novice to Professional introduces you to the world of Perl Internet application development. This book tackles all areas crucial to developing your first web applications and includes a powerful combination of real-world examples coupled with advice. Topics range from serving and consuming RSS feeds, to monitoring Internet servers, to interfacing with e-mail. You’ll learn how to use Perl with ancillary packages like Mason and Nagios. Though not version specific, this book is an ideal read if you have had some grounding in Perl basics and now want to move into the world of web application development. Author Steve Suehring emphasizes the security implications of Perl, drawing on years of experience teaching readers how to “think safe,” avoid common pitfalls, and produce well-planned, secure code.
Foundation PHP for Flash shows how to add dynamic content to Flash movies, by using PHP server-side scripting and the MySQL open-source database. Some knowledge of Flash is assumed, but PHP and MySQL are explained from scratch.
The advantage of combining these technologies is that Flash movies can interact with data on the Web server. A simple example, explained in the first chapter, is a user registration form. On the Flash side, ActionScript is the key ingredient that makes this kind of interaction possible. The author begins by showing how to send and receive external data from Flash movies. Next comes an introduction to PHP, from the basics of variables, statements and operators, through to functions, string handling, and regular expressions. There is also a chapter on cookie handling, often a vital part of a Web application. A mailing list example illustrates how to access external files from Flash and PHP. Finally the book introduces MySQL, showing how to get started with a system for serving up dynamic news items. That leaves space for three extensive case studies: online voting, an event planner, and a discussion forum. An appendix covers installation, and offers a brief guide to object-oriented programming.
With its friendly approach and practical examples, this is an excellent book for Flash designers looking to get started with dynamic content. It is not so good for existing PHP developers, as much of the material will already be familiar. Flash and PHP are a great combination, and this title offers plenty of ideas that you can take up in your own projects.
The physical linkages responsible for carrying a company’s data continue to be the most neglected components of the typical network—to the extent that nearly 700f all network-related problems result from poor cabling.
In this third edition of a widely acclaimed resource, three networking experts share their extensive experience, teaching you the cabling skills you need to build a reliable, efficient, and cost-effective network cabling infrastructure. As you master these techniques, you’ll learn to avoid common pitfalls and troubleshoot problems as quickly as they arise. Coverage includes:
-Choosing the right cables and components for your network architecture and topology
-Avoiding unnecessary and unexpected costs
-Understanding the current limitations of data communications and network cabling
-Understanding how laws and building codes constrain cabling
-Understanding the function and importance of universal cabling standards
-Determining when you have a cabling-related network problem
-Assembling a complete cabling toolkit
-Integrating voice and data on the same cable system
-Setting up an infrastructure in which desktops, printers, copiers, and other nodes share cabling
-Understanding issues of bandwidth, impedance, resistance, attenuation, crosstalk, capacitance, propagation, delay, and delay skew
-Working effectively with USB and Firewire
-Knowing when to discard legacy cabling and begin anew
-Documenting your cabling
-Creating an RFP and selecting a vendor
Network Tutorial delivers insight and understanding about network technology to managers and executives trying to get up to speed or stay current with the complex challenges of designing, constructing, maintaining, upgrading, and managing the network infrastructure. The focus is on practical knowledge aimed at continually improving the effectiveness and efficiency of core business functions. Enterprise networks, and the public networks that link them together, are an organization’s primary strategic and competitive assets in the information economy. Consequently, a practical understanding of network technology is essential to managing a successful business or organization.Starting with the basic precepts of networks, the book explores protocols, hardware and software components, and the unique jargon of networking. Concepts are explained clearly and simply, without assuming an extensive understanding of network internals. The glossary provides a quick reference for unfamiliar terms.
The fifty edition features extensive new coverage of network security topics, plus new and expanded tutorials on wireless networks, optical networking, virtual private networks, and many other topics.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Section 01 – Understanding Networks—Layers and Protocols
Section 02 – Physical Layer Protocols
Section 03 – Data-Link Protocols
Section 04 – Network and Transport Layer Protocols
Section 05 – Application Layer Protocols
Section 06 – Network Hardware
Section 07 – Network Software
Section 08 – Internetworking
Section 09 – Network and Systems Management
Section 10 – Network Security and Backup Systems
This unique book offers a vendor-neutral approach for designing large local area networks according to business or organizational needs, rather than from a product perspective. Author and independent network design consultant Kevin Dooley outlines “top-down network design” for building a technological infrastructure to fit your organization’s requirements, a process far more effective and cost-efficient than fitting the organization to the parameters of a shrink-wrapped proprietary solution. Dooley argues that the design of a network is largely independent of the products used. Whether you use a Cisco or Juniper router, the same security issues and protocols apply. The questions he addresses in this book are need-specific: Do I use a router or a switch? Should I route between switched areas or switch between routed areas? Designing Large-Scale LANs covers everything from security, bandwidth and scalability to network reliability, which includes backup, redundancy, and points of failure. Specific technologies are analyzed in detail: network topologies, routing and switching strategies, wireless, virtual LANs, firewalls and gateways, security, Internet protocols, bandwidth, and multicast services. The book also discusses proprietary technologies that are ubiquitous, such as Cisco’s IOS and Novell’s IPX. This complete guide to top-down network design will help you choose the right network solutions. If you’re designing large scale networks and need expert advice and guidance, look no further than Designing Large-Scale LANs.
