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Unified Modeling Language User Guide, The (2nd Edition)
by Grady Booch, James Rumbaugh, Ivar Jacobson
Amazon
Product Description
One of the most important recent developments in software engineering is the Unified Modeling Language (UML) standard for documenting
software designs. Written by UML's inventors (the so-called Three Amigos of software engineering), The Unified Modeling Language User
Guide provides a very appealing guide to all the fundamentals of using UML effectively. The book opens with a basic tour of the essential
concepts and modeling diagrams used in UML, including class diagrams, use case diagrams, and basic modeling principles. The authors pay
close attention to modeling classes (and documenting the relationships between classes) as well as use case diagrams (which show how
software will be used by various actors in a system). This book mixes in a little software-engineering theory, too, but it makes use
of clear examples and actual UML diagrams to illustrate key concepts.
Later in the book, the authors discuss more difficult notational diagrams (such as state diagrams and activity diagrams, which can be
used to model behavior in a system). Whatever your background in software engineering, you'll no doubt appreciate the author's clear
explanations of basic (and advanced) modeling concepts, as well as the nuts-and-bolts details of today's powerful UML. With its combination
of expert modeling advice and excellent detail on the specifics of UML, this book will be absolutely essential reading for anyone who wants
to use UML for real-world software design. --Richard Dragan--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Details
# Hardcover: 496 pages
# Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 2 edition (May 19, 2005)
# Language: English
# ISBN: 0321267974
Access Hacks
by Ken Bluttman
Amazon
Product Description
As part of the Microsoft Office suite, Access has become the industry's leading desktop database management program for organizing,
accessing, and sharing information. But taking advantage of this product to build increasingly complex Access applications requires
something more than your typical how-to book. What it calls for is Access Hacks from O'Reilly.
This valuable guide provides direct, hands-on solutions that can help relieve the frustrations felt by users struggling to master
the program's various complexities. For experienced users, Access Hacks offers a unique collection of proven techniques and tools
that enable them to take their database skills and productivity to the next level. For Access beginners, it helps them acquire a
firm grasp of the program's most productive features.
A smart collection of insider tips and tricks, Access Hacks covers all of the program's finer points. Among the multitude of topics
addressed, it shows users how to:
* work with Access in multi-user environments
* utilize SQL queries
* work with external data and programs
* integrate Access with third-party products
Just imagine: a learning process without the angst. Well, Access Hacks delivers it with ease, thanks to these down-and-dirty techniques
not collected together anywhere else.
Part of O'Reilly's best-selling Hacks series, Access Hacks is based on author Ken Bluttman's two decades of real-world experience in
database programming and business application building. It's because of his vast experiences that the book is able to offer such a deep
understanding of the program's expanding possibilities.
Product Details
# Paperback: 352 pages
# Publisher: O'Reilly; 1 edition (April 17, 2005)
# Language: English
# ISBN: 0596009240
SQL : Visual QuickStart Guide (2nd Edition)
by Chris Fehily
Amazon
Product Description
As dynamic, database-driven Web sites become the standard, more and more nonprogrammers just like yourself are being forced to work with
database information and create and edit database objects. With SQL and this task-based guide to it, you can do it too--no programming
experience required!
After going over the relational database model and SQL syntax in the first few chapters, veteran author Chris Fehily launches into the tasks
that will get you comfortable with SQL fast. In addition to explaining SQL basics, this updated reference covers the ANSI SQL:2003 standard
and contains a wealth of brand-new information, including a new chapter on set operations and common tasks, well-placed optimization tips to
make your queries run fast, sidebars on advanced topics, and added IBM DB2 coverage.
Best of all, the book's examples were tested on the latest versions of Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, IBM DB2, MySQL, and
PostgreSQL. On the companion Web site, you can download the SQL scripts and sample database for all these systems and put your knowledge to
work immediately on a real database..
Product Details
# Paperback: 440 pages
# Publisher: Peachpit Press; 2 edition (May 12, 2005)
# Language: English
# ISBN: 0321334175
MCAD/MCSE/MCDBA 70-229 Exam Cram 2 : Designing & Implementing Databases w/SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition (Exam Cram 2)
by Thomas Moore, Ed Tittel
Amazon
Product Description
The MCAD/MCSE/MCDBA 70-229 Exam Cram 2: Designing & Implementing Databases with SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition covers exactly
what you need to know to pass the 70-229 exam. It is the ideal refresher that ensures readers cover the essentials and the ultimate
complement guide for larger training guides, instructor-led classes or CBT training. This comprehensive reference guide also comes
with the popular "Cram Sheet" tear card for your last minute cram sessions, and the accompanying CD includes a practice test engine
powered by MeasureUp. You will also benefit from the community support at
www.examcram2.com, which features industry news, study tips,
practice exams, and discussion boards.
Product Details
# Hardcover: 504 pages
# Publisher: Que; Bk&CD-Rom edition (June 1, 2005)
# Language: English
# ISBN: 0789731061