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Because you’re looking at a book called PHP & MySQL Everyday Apps For Dummies, I assume you want to build a Web application with the PHP scripting language and a MySQL backend database. If you need to build a dynamic Web application for a specific purpose, you’re in the right place. You will find six popular applications in this book and one additional application chapter on the CD. If the exact application you need isn’t here, you can probably adapt one of the applications to suit your needs. This book is a practical introduction to dynamic Web applications. It provides the code and information needed to build several of the most popular applications on the Web. The applications in this book allow you to:
- Restrict your Web site or part of your Web site to authorized users
- Sell products on your Web site
- Provide a place where users can communicate with each other online
- Allow users to publish and edit their documents on a Web site
- Manage mailing lists
You can use these applications as is, modify them for use on your Web site, or build your own application by using techniques that I show you in these applications.
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Our purpose in Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 is to point out both the new and the improved in the latest version of SQL Server. Because this version is Release 2 (R2) of SQL Server 2008, you might think the changes are relatively minor—more than a service pack, but not enough to justify an entirely new version. However, as you read this book, we think you will find that there are a lot of exciting enhancements and new capabilities engineered into SQL Server 2008 R2 that will have a positive impact on your applications, ranging from improvements in operation to those in management. It is definitely not a minor release! This book is for anyone who has an interest in SQL Server 2008 R2 and wants to understand its capabilities. In a book of this size, we cannot cover every feature that distinguishes SQL Server from other databases, and consequently we assume that you have some familiarity with SQL Server already. You might be a database administrator (DBA), an application developer, a power user, or a technical decision maker. Regardless of your role, we hope that you can use this book to discover the features in SQL Server 2008 R2 that are most beneficial to you.
Beginning SQL Server 2008 for Developers is for those who see themselves as becoming developers, database administrators, or a mixture of both but have yet to tread that path with SQL Server 2008. Whether you have no knowledge of databases, have knowledge of desktop databases such as Microsoft Access, or even come from a server-based background such as Oracle, this book will provide you with the insight to get up and running with SQL Server 2008. Right from the start, this book will expand your basic knowledge, and you will soon find yourself moving from a beginner toward a competent and professional developer. This book aims to cater to a wide range of developers, from those who prefer to use a graphical interface for as much work as possible, to those who want to become more adept at using SQL Server 2008’s programming language, Transact SQL (T-SQL). Where practical, this book demonstrates, explains, and expands upon each method of using SQL Server 2008 so that you can evaluate which works best in your situation. This book contains plenty of examples that let you see how areas of SQL Server work and how you can apply the technology in your own work. You will learn the best way to complete a task, and you’ll even learn how to make the correct decision when presented with two or more choices. Once you reach the end of this book, you will be able to design and create solid and reliable database solutions competently and proficiently.
This chapter is a gentle introduction to the practice of programming in Python. Python is a very rich language with many features, so it is important to learn to walk before you learn to run. Chapters 1 through 3 provide a basic introduction to common programming ideas, explained in easily digestible paragraphs with simple examples. If you are already an experienced programmer interested in Python, you may want to read this chapter quickly and take note of the examples, but until Chapter 3 you will be reading material with which you’ve probably already gained some familiarity in another language. If you are a novice programmer, by the end of this chapter you will have learned some guiding principles for programming, as well as directions for your first interactions with a programming language—Python. The exercises at the end of the chapter provide hands-on experience with the basic information that you’ll have learned.
Get up to speed in Visual C++ in a flash with these instant answers to your programming questions. Visual C++ 6 For Dummies Quick Reference is the fast and friendly way to get the most from your C++ programming for the Windows 95 and Windows 98 environments without having to spend hours on end poring through dense reference books. Besides, you’ve got better things to do, like creating cool Windows applications! Visual C++ 6 For Dummies Quick Reference is divided by sections into subject areas and then alphabetized for easy reference. The book’s lay-flat design keeps the book open to the page you’re reading. From a quick review of C++ basics to creating new applications, building and debugging projects, implementing user controls, and performing error handling to scripting help files, you’ll find everything you absolutely need to know at a glance. Confused by syntax issues on constants, arrays, or variables? Looking for fast solutions to writing reusable object-oriented code? Need a quick refresher on C++ operators and the Microsoft Foundation Class that comes with C++? With this book, the information you need is all right at your fingertips!
No matter who you are or what your background is, you are not a dummy if you’re reading this book. You might, however, be a dummy about what Visual Basic is, how to use it, or why it can help you do your job better. This book is expressly designed to make you a good Visual Basic programmer. As such, I don’t spend every page talking about the features of the language, or how to use Visual Studio, or how to connect to a database. I spend a fair amount of time talking about how to make good decisions, build the right software for the problem you need to solve, and not make common mistakes. Visual Basic — despite all appearances — is really very easy to use. Much of the complexity of the language is hidden in tools provided to you by Microsoft. Many of these tools are not expressly for Visual Basic, but they will become very important to your success as a programmer. This book is also about those tools, because they make writing good, working programs faster and easier. This book is also about you, the programmer. I’m a programmer like you. I have been writing in BASIC since 1981, and I’ve lived through all the ups and downs. For about 15 years, Visual Basic was a program, not a language, and I lived through that. Now the tables have turned — Visual Basic is again a language (Visual Studio is the program). In this book, I help you become a good Visual Basic programmer.
My main job in this book is to show you the best way to master the various techniques that, collectively, put you on the path to VB Express programming expertise. If a task requires hands-on programming, I show you, step-by-step, how to write that programming. In other cases, I tell you about a simpler, better way to accomplish a job. Otherwise, you could spend days handprogramming something that’s already been built — something you can create by clicking a simple menu option, adding a prebuilt component, firing up a wizard, or using a template. Because VB Express is so huge, you can easily overlook the many shortcuts it contains. I’ve been on the betas for VB for about 14 years now, and I was on the VB Express technical beta from its start. I’ve also written many books on Visual Basic. All modesty aside, I do know Visual Basic well. I’ve been exploring VB .NET several hours a day for five years — since its debut in July 2000. I’ve written five books on the topic. You’d think I would have pretty much mapped out the .NET world by now, but no. As you will discover yourself, .NET is a gigantic collection of interrelated technologies, and even at this late date you can find yourself boldly going where no one has gone before. I hope that all my work these past years will benefit you — showing you the many useful shortcuts and guiding you over the rough spots. I won’t pull any punches: I confess it took me several hours of wrestling with VB Express to figure out how to get data successfully displayed in a grid. Now I can show you how to do it in just a few minutes. Also, unlike some other books about Visual Basic programming (which must remain nameless) as well as the VB Express Help system, this book is written in plain, clear English. You will find sophisticated tasks made easy: The book is filled with step-by-step examples that you can follow, even if you’ve never written a line of programming or designed a single computer application before. Visual Basic Express does require some brains and practice to master, but you can handle it. To make this book as valuable for you as possible without writing a six-volume life’s work on all of Visual Basic’s features and functions, I geared this book toward familiarizing you with the most useful tools. You can use most of them to create both Windows and Web applications. (The approach to both platforms is quite wonderfully similar, thanks to the WebForms and “code-behind” features you explore in Part IV.) VB Express gives you dozens of ways to get a job done, but one way nearly always proves to be the best, most sturdy, most effective, and, often, most efficiently programmed. I show you those best ways throughout the book.
Snort For Dummies is a reference guide for installing, configuring, deploying and managing Snort IDS sensors on your network. This book covers everything from why you need an IDS, to installing Snort, to dealing with network attacks, to deploying multiple Snort sensors. There are thousands of ways that Snort can be deployed and a myriad of databases, logging systems, and tools it works with. We focus on the tools and techniques that are widely deployed and known to work best with Snort, all the while remaining generic enough that the information should be helpful no matter what your situation. Whether you’re watching for attacks on a home network, a small company network, or an enterprise network, Snort For Dummies provides you with the information you need.
Discover the world of Office 2003 programming and development. Microsoft has put many of its best cutting-edge tools into this powerhouse package. And you can also add .NET technology to Office 2003 quite easily, taking your programming to the next level. There’s lots to explore. This book shows you — the Office user, programmer, or developer — how best to exploit, expand, administer, and write code for Office 2003, the world’s most popular application suite. And it certainly is popular: Experts estimate that Office has over 90 percent of the market share. I think I know why (and the answer isn’t what Microsoft-haters claim).
Think of this book as a good friend who started at the beginning, learned the ropes the hard way, and now wants to help you get up to speed. In this book, you can find everything from JavaScript basics and common pitfalls to answers to embarrassingly silly questions (and some really cool tricks, too), all of which I explain from a first-time JavaScript programmer’s point of view. Although you don’t find explanations of HTML in this book, you do find working examples on the companion CD complete with all the HTML you need to understand how JavaScript works. Some sample topics you can find in this book are:
