This is a self-paced professional book that shows how to use Visual Studio 2008, C# 2008, and the .NET 3.5 classes to develop Windows Forms applications. It's an object-oriented book that shows how to use business classes, inheritance, and interfaces the way they're used in the real world. It's a database programming book that shows how to prototype professional database applications using RAD features like data sources and the DataGridView control. And it's a book that shows you how to take advantage of 2008 features like object and collection initialisers, automatically implemented properties, and LINQ. When you're done, you'll be able to develop three-tiered, object-oriented applications the way the best professionals develop them. That's why we say: No other book teaches you so much, so fast, or so thoroughly.

This book teaches anyone with a basic understanding of Java how to develop Android apps at a professional level. To start, it shows how to use the Eclipse IDE to code, test, and debug a Tip Calculator app for a smartphone or tablet. Then, it expands upon this app to show must-have Android skills such as working with layouts, widgets, events, themes, styles, menus, preferences, and fragments. Next, this book presents two more apps that illustrate Android skills you'll use every day, such as working with threads, files, adapters, intents, services, notifications, broadcast receivers, SQLite databases, content providers, and app widgets. Finally, this book presents an app that uses the Google Maps API and shows you how to submit your finished apps to the Google Play store. The real-world apps let you see how the skills you're learning work together, and they illustrate how and when you'd use each skill. And all the content is presented in Murach distinctive "paired-pages" style that developers find so clear and time-saving for both training and reference.

Section 1: Introduction to servlets and JSPsBegin with the concepts and terms that you need for Java web programming, then learn how to use the Tomcat web server on your own PC and take a crash course in HTML.Section 2: The essence of web programmingLearn how to develop JSPs and servlets and how to get the best from both by using the Model 2 architecture. Then, learn how to use sessions, cookies, JavaBeans, and custom JSP tags.Section 3: Essential database skillsLearn how to use JDBC for database operations, and learn the specifics for working with MySQL, a popular open-source database that's often used with Java web applications.Section 4: Advanced servlet and JSP skillsMaster the special skills that you need for some applications: JavaMail, SSL, security, HTTP, XML, and EJBs.Section 5: The Music Store web siteStudy a complete e-commerce web site that uses all of the skills presented in the book, and use the source code on the CD as the starting point for your own web applications.

If you are developing applications that access Oracle databases, you can save time and trouble by having the database do more work for you. That is where this book comes in. It teaches you how to create effective SQL queries to retrieve and update the data in an Oracle database. It teaches you how to design and implement a database, giving you insight into performance and security issues. It teaches you how to use Oracle's procedural language, PL/SQL, to take advantage of powerful features like stored procedures, functions, and triggers. In short, it teaches you to write the kind of SQL and PL/SQL that makes you a more effective and valuable developer.

This new edition of Murach's Java Servlets and JSP makes it easier than ever for Java developers to master web programming. It shows how to install and use the Tomcat server and the NetBeans IDE. It shows how to use JSPs and servlets to build secure and well-structured web applications that implement the MVC pattern. It shows how to use sessions, cookies, JavaBeans, EL, JSTL, and custom tags. It shows how to use JDBC or JPA to work with a MySQL database. It shows how to work with JavaMail, SSL connections, authentication, encryption, filters, and listeners. It even includes an introduction to JSF to expand your perspective on Java web programming. These are the skills that you need to build professional Java web applications using servlets and JSP. A great read for any Java developer.

Developers have made Murach's core C# book a perennial best-seller ever since the 1st edition came out in 2004. Now, this 5th Edition is a self-paced, professional book that shows how to use Visual Studio 2012, C# 5.0, and the .NET 4.5 classes to develop Windows Forms applications. It's an objectoriented book that shows how to use business classes, inheritance, and interfaces the way they're used in the real world. It's a data programming book that shows how to prototype professional database applications using RAD features like data sources, how to start using ADO.NET to work directly with databases for more control, and how to use LINQ to query a variety of data sources, from databases to arrays to XML files. It's a book that broadens your knowledge with an introduction to Windows 8 programming. When you're done, you'll be able to develop 3-tiered, object-oriented Windows Forms applications the way the best professionals do.

This is a self-paced, professional book that shows how to use Visual Studio 2010, C# 2010, and the .NET 4 classes to develop Windows Forms applications. It is an object-oriented book that shows how to use business classes, inheritance, and interfaces the way they are used in the real world. It's a database programming book that shows how to prototype professional database applications using RAD features like data sources, as well as how to start using ADO.NET to work directly with databases for more control. And it is a book that shows you how to take advantage of 2010 features like optional parameters, named arguments, and code stubs, along with earlier features like object initialisers and LINQ. When you are done, you will be able to develop three-tiered, object-oriented applications the way the best professionals do. That is why we say: No other book teaches you so much, so fast, or so thoroughly.

If you want to learn how to develop professional Android apps and deploy them to the Google Play store, don't miss our new book: Murach's Android Programming (2nd Edition). To start, it shows how to use Android Studio and Java to develop a Tip Calculator app for a smartphone or tablet. Then, it expands upon this app to show must-have Android skills such as working with layouts, widgets, events, themes, styles, menus, preferences, and fragments. Next, this book presents two more apps that illustrate Android skills you'll use every day, such as working with threads, files, adapters, intents, services, notifications, broadcast receivers, SQLite databases, content providers, and app widgets. Finally, this book presents an app that uses the Google Maps API and shows you how to submit your finished apps to the Google Play store. The real-world apps let you see how the programmer skills you're learning work together, and they illustrate how and when you'd use each skill. And all the content is presented in Murach distinctive paired-pages style that developers find so clear and time-saving for both training and reference.

This practical, hands-on tutorial/reference/guide to MySQL is perfect for beginners, but it also works for experienced developers who are not getting the most from MySQL. As you would expect, this book shows how to code all of the essential SQL statements for creating and working with a MySQL database. But beyond that, this book also shows how to design a database, including how to use the graphical MySQL Workbench to create an EER model. It shows how to take advantage of relatively new MySQL features such as foreign keys, transactions, stored procedures, stored functions, triggers, and events. It even presents a starting set of skills for a database administrator (DBA), including how to secure and back up databases. And like all Murach books, it uses the distinctive "paired pages" format, which breaks the material into manageable skills to speed up both learning and reference. A great help for MySQL users at any level.

If you want to learn how to program but do not know where to start, this is the right book and the right language for you. From the first page, our unique self-paced approach will help you build competence and confidence in your programming skills. And Python is the best language ever for learning how to program because of its simplicity and breadth two features that are hard to find in a single language. But this is not just a book for newbies! Our self-paced approach also works for experienced programmers, helping you learn faster and better than you have ever learned a language before. By the time you are through, you will have mastered all of the Python skills that are needed on the job, including those for object-oriented, database, and GUI programming. To make all of this possible, section 1 of this book presents an 8-chapter course that will get anyone off to a great start. Section 2 builds on that base by presenting the other essential skills that every Python programmer should have. Section 3 shows you how to develop object-oriented programs, a critical skillset in todays world. And section 4 shows you how to apply all of the skills that you have already learned as you build database and GUI programs for the real world.