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Publisher: Wrox Press
Author: James Ross
ISBN: 0764596748
Release Date: 04 November 2005

eBook Description
Packed with detailed explanations and instructive examples, the book begins by offering you some fundamental data structures and then goes on to explain various sorting algorithms. You’ll then learn efficient practices for storing and searching by way of hashing, trees, sets, and maps. The authors also share tips on optimization techniques and ways to avoid common performance pitfalls. In the end, you’ll be prepared to build the algorithms and data structures most commonly encountered in day-to-day software development.

What you will learn from this book

• The basics of algorithms, such as iteration and recursion
• Elementary data structures such as lists, stacks, and queues
• Basic and advanced sorting algorithms including insertion sort, quicksort, and shell sort
• Advanced data structures such as binary trees, ternary trees, and heaps
• Algorithms for string searching, string matching, hashing, and computational geometry
• How to use test-driven development techniques to ensure your code works as intended
• How to dramatically improve the performance of your code with hands-on techniques for profiling and optimization

Who this book is for

This book is for anyone who develops applications, or is just beginning to do so, and is looking to understand algorithms and data structures. An understanding of computer programming is beneficial.

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Beginning Algorithms (Wrox Beginning Guides)

Publisher: For Dummies
Author: Charles Sphar
ISBN: 0764597043
Release Date: 28 October 2005

eBook Description
The book is aimed at novice programmers with no prior C# programming experience and begins with creating your first C# program then moves into C# and OO programming fundamentals, Windows programming and coverage of generics.

The book is divided into sections including:

• Creating your first C# program - gets the reader creating and Windows and Console application immediately.
• Basic C# programming - variables, operators
• Object - based programming - classes and arrays, class methods for C#
• Object-oriented programming - OO primer, inheritence, handling C# files, exceptions
• Windows Programming - Creating Windows applications with C# and Visual Studio
• Part of 10’s - Debugging, errors, and C#, C and Java comparisons

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C# 2005 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

Publisher: For Dummies
Author: Bill Sempf
ISBN: 076457728X
Release Date: 17 October 2005

eBook Description
Visual Basic X For Dummies is a completely new book. It targets the core For Dummies programming audience providing practical knowledge, offering a fun and creative environment for developing programs with Visual Basic X. - From the fundamentals of writing code to the excitement of building next-generation applications for Whidbey, Visual Basic X For Dummies explains this popular language in terms that nonprogrammers and first-time Visual Basic programmers can understand. Experienced Visual Basic programmers will also benefit from this book as it highlights features and functions new and much-changed version of Visual Basic.

Coverage will include:

• Variables, constants, loops and other programming fundamentals
• Visual Basic X Syntax
• Forms and controls
• Understanding objects

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Visual Basic 2005 For Dummies

Publisher: For Dummies
Author: Alan Simpson
ISBN: 0764583603
Release Date: 12 December 2005

eBook Description
Visual Web Developer for Dummies will approach its subject matter in a straightforward way and explain the relationship of Visual Web Developer to the Whidbey Framework and Visual Studio. Readers will be up and running in no time with their own deployed Web applications. -As they progress through Visual Web Developer for Dummies, readers will find out how to use the development environment and the controls that ship with Visual Web Developer. They will create Web applications using the Whidbey versions of VB and C#. -Database access in Visual Web Developer will be explained using the new Data Source controls. Readers will learn how to create dynamic database-driven Web applications, and how to bind data sources to Web applications using visual designers and without having to hand-code SQL. -Finally, readers will discover how easy it is to create and deploy powerful Web effects and applications using Visual Web Developer including site navigation, personalization, and much more.

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Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

Publisher: Wrox Press
Author: Bryan Newsome
ISBN: 0764574019
Release Date: 04 November 2005

eBook Description
This book is intended to be an introduction to programming using VB.NET and a precursor to other titles that will discuss more advanced topics. Beginning VB.NET 2003, shows you how to get up and running with Visual Basic .NET or the Visual Studio .NET IDE. It also discusses what the .NET Framework is and why it is important. You then learn how to use loops and branching structures for good decision-making. The book also includes information on how to use menus, toolbars, dialog boxes, and other controls in Windows programs. Explanation of object-oriented programming concepts and theory are included to give the reader an understanding of its benefits.

What does this book cover?

In this book, you will learn how to

• Build class libraries
• Create your own custom controls
• Program custom graphics
• Access databases
• Work with Web services and .NET remoting
• Deploy your application

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Beginning Visual Basic 2005

Publisher: Wrox Press
Author: Bill Sheldon 
ISBN: 0764575368
Release Date: 10 November 2005

eBook Description
Visual Basic .NET has changed dramatically from its predecessor, and this book shows developers how to build traditional console applications, ASP.NET applications, XML Web Services, and more

The top-notch author team shares their years of experience in VB programming and helps readers take their skills to new heights

Addresses issues such as security, data access (ADO.NET), and the latest Visual Studio .NET IDE

Explores Common Language Runtime, variables and data types, object syntax, inheritance and interfaces, Windows forms, error handling and debugging, XML, namespaces, and advanced features of the latest version of ASP.NET

What you will learn from this book

In 1955 a UFO book by a previously little-known author was published. The book was The Case for the UFO, and the author was Morris K. Jessup. Jessup was a 55-year-old Indiana farm boy who had dreamed all his life of being an astronomer. He had, in fact, studied astronomy at the University of Michigan and later been an instructor there, being part of the University’s 1926 expedition to Mexico to view and photograph the solar eclipse.

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How many light-years is it to the nearest alien civilization? In 1960, when Frank Drake made the first modern effort to eavesdrop on radio signals from ET, he trained his antenna on two relatively close stars, Epsilon Eridani and Tau Ceti: respectively 10 and 12 light-years from Earth. He picked these backyard buddies for several reasons. For one thing, they are Sun-like stars, the type most likely to have planets suitable for the dirty chemistry we call life. But of great importance, they are nearby, and signals from close-in transmitters are likely to be stronger. Such signals will suffer less from the inevitable dilution of distance. In addition, it would be more interesting to find aliens in our neighborhood, as opposed to halfway across the Galaxy. If the aliens are really close – say less than 100 light-years – then two-way communication, while admittedly tedious, would at least be thinkable.

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In Star Trek, the USS Enterprise is powered by what is called a “warp drive” and at the moment only Paramount Pictures know its secrets.

But new, highly mathematical research may have brought us one step closer to being able to explore the Universe in a starship capable of travelling faster than the speed of light.

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In some future history, 1994 may be remembered as the year that the warp drive was first conceived to be a physical possibility. Long a cliche’ of science- fiction writing, the warp drive has transported countless fictional characters through light-years of interstellar space in the time it takes for you or me to travel to the market. Unfortunately for real-world travelers, the warp drive has always been thought to be inconsistent with the laws of physics.

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