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This book offers a unified treatment of mobile middleware technology

Mobile Middleware: Architecture, Patterns and Practiceprovides a comprehensive overview of mobile middleware technology. The focus is on understanding the key design and architectural patterns, middleware layering, data presentation, specific technological solutions, and standardization. The author addresses current state of the art systems including Symbian, Java 2 Micro Edition, W3C technologies and many others, and features a chapter on widely deployed middleware systems. Additionally, the book includes a summary of relevant mobile middleware technologies, giving the reader an insight into middleware architecture design and well-known, useful design patterns. Several case studies are included in order to demonstrate how the presented patterns, solutions, and architectures are applied in practice. The case studies pertain to mobile service platforms, mobile XML processing, thin clients, rich clients, and mobile servers. Chapters on Architectures and Platforms, Mobile Messaging, Publish/Subscribe, Data Synchronization and Security are also included.

Key Features:

• Provides a comprehensive overview of mobile middleware technology
• Unified treatment of three core topical areas: messaging, publish/subscribe, and data synchronization
• Discusses the role of middleware in the protocol stack
• Focus on both standards and research systems including current state- of-the-art systems such as Symbian, Java 2 Micro Edition, W3C technologies
• Contains concrete examples showing the presented architectures and solutions in practice
• Includes an accompanying website with links to open source software, and other resources

This book serves as an invaluable guide to systems architects, researchers, and developers. It will also be of interest to graduate and undergraduate students studying computer science (distributed systems, computer networks).

"Microsoft Office InfoPath represents a revolutionary leap in XML technologies and a new paradigm for gathering business-critical information. I am delighted that Scott Roberts and Hagen Green, two distinguished members of the InfoPath product team, decided to share their experience in this book."

--From the Foreword by Jean Paoli, cocreator of XML 1.0 and Microsoft Office InfoPath

Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 offers breakthrough tools for gathering, managing, and integrating business-critical information, and creating efficient forms-driven processes. Two longtime members of Microsoft's InfoPath product team have written the first comprehensive, hands-on guide to building successful XML-based solutions with InfoPath 2007.

The book opens with a practical primer on the fundamentals of InfoPath form template design for information workers and application developers at all levels of experience. It then moves into advanced techniques for customizing, integrating, and extending form templates--with all the code examples and detail needed by professional developers.

Learn how to:

• Design form templates: create blank form templates, insert and customize controls, use advanced formatting, and construct and lay out views
• Work with data: start with XML data or schema, manually edit data sources, and understand design-time visuals
• Add custom business logic to forms, and integrate them with other applications
• Retrieve and query data from external data sources, including XML files, databases, SharePoint lists, Web services, and ADO.NET DataSets
• Submit and receive form data using ADO.NET
• Save, preview, and publish to e-mail, SharePoint, and more
• Build reusable components with template parts
• Create workflows with SharePoint and InfoPath E-Mail Forms
• Administer Forms Services and Web-enabled form templates
• Build advanced form templates using C# form code, custom controls, add-ins, and the new InfoPath 2007 managed object model
• Design form templates using Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
• Update, secure, and optimize your form templates

List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword
Preface
About the Authors
PART I: Designing Forms
Chapter 1: Introduction to InfoPath 2007
Chapter 2: Basics of InfoPath Form Design
Chapter 3: Working with Data
Chapter 4: Advanced Controls and Customization
Chapter 5: Adding Logic without Code
Chapter 6: Retrieving Data from External Sources
Chapter 7: Extended Features of Data Connections
Chapter 8: Submitting Form Data
Chapter 9: Saving and Publishing
Chapter 10: Building Reusable Components
Chapter 11: Security and Deployment
Chapter 12: Creating Reports
Chapter 13: Workflow
Chapter 14: Introduction to Forms Services
Part II: Advanced Form Design
Chapter 15: Writing Code in InfoPath
Chapter 16: Visual Studio Tools for Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007
Chapter 17: Advanced Forms Services
Chapter 18: Hosting InfoPath
Chapter 19: Building Custom Controls Using ActiveX Technologies
Chapter 20: Add-ins
Chapter 21: Importers and Exporters
Appendix: Further Reading
Index

The Only Complete Guide and Reference for NetBeans™ IDE 5.0

The award-winning NetBeans™ IDE eases all aspects of Java application development, incorporating a wide range of powerful features into one well-designed package. NetBeans IDE is consistently first in supporting the latest Java technologies for developing desktop, web, enterprise, and mobile applications.

NetBeans™ IDE Field Guide provides an introduction to the IDE and an extensive range of topics to help you with both everyday and advanced programming tasks, including

• Taking advantage of the Ant-based project system to create easily deployable projects
• Developing web applications with the built-in Apache Tomcat web server
• Constructing, assembling, and verifying large-scale Java EE applications
• Managing the Sun Java System Application Server through NetBeans IDE
• Developing mobile applications with the NetBeans Mobility Pack
• In this expanded second edition, you can also learn how to
• Build powerful and attractive desktop applications with the Matisse GUI Builder
• Profile your applications for performance issues
• Develop modules for NetBeans IDE and rich-client applications based on the NetBeans Platform
• Chat and share code with other developers using the NetBeans Collaboration Modules

The shift from stand-alone desktop applications to Web-enabled applications that accommodate hundreds of thousands of simultaneous users makes performance testing critical. Find out how to make your Microsoft® .NET-based applications perform as well as or better than traditional desktop applications with this book—written by the Microsoft team that tests and tunes hundreds of Web sites and Web-based applications. You’ll learn how to take advantage of the best available tools to plan and execute performance tests, configure profile tools, analyze performance data from Microsoft Internet Information Services, Microsoft ASP.NET, managed code, the SQL tier, and more. You’ll also learn how to use the testing methodology that Microsoft uses to stress test its own sites—some of the most popular, high-performance Web sites in the world.

Topics covered include:

• The testing methodology used on Microsoft.com, Xbox™.com, and other high-volume sites
• Planning the performance test
• Stress testing with Microsoft Application Center Test (ACT)
• Monitoring application performance with Performance Monitor
• Testing Web site security
• Application Network Analysis
• Analyzing the Web tier
• Analyzing managed code
• Analyzing the SQL tier
• Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA)

INCLUDED ON CD-ROM:

• A fully searchable electronic copy of the book
• Scripts that test the performance of IbuySpy.com

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Taking a psychological perspective, this book examines the role of Human-Computer Interaction in the field of Information Systems research.
The introductory section of the book covers the basic tenets of the HCI discipline, including how it developed and an overview of the various academic disciplines that contribute to HCI research. The second part of the book focuses on the application of HCI to Information Systems research, and reviews ways in which HCI techniques, methodologies and other research components have been used to date in the IS field. The third section of the book looks at the research areas where HCI has not yet been fully exploited in relation to IS, such as broadening user groups and user acceptance of technology. The final section of the book comprises of a set of guidelines for students to follow when undertaking an HCI based research project.
* Offers a comprehensive insight into the social shaping of technology
* Includes in depth analysis of HCI issues relating to mobile devices
* Provides guidelines, technical tips and an overview of relevant data analysis techniques to help students develop their own research projects

ASP.NET 3.5 was released in November 2007 and has proven itself a great success within the Microsoft web-development community, as sales of the Second Edition of this book have shown. During the course of 2008 Microsoft is launching a number of upgrades and additions that enhance ASP.NETs functionality.

This Third Edition is a revision of the popular Second Edition text that includes coverage of the Silverlight web-presentation technology, Silverlight ASP.NET controls, ASP.NET MVC, the ASP.NET Extension package and the ADO.NET Entity Framework. These technologies have all been released since ASPs official publication and exte nd its capacities considerably. They will be covered within the third edition without increasing the book’s page-count.

Up-to-speed with ASP.NET? This book gives you a topic and the 5 to 24 "recipes" you need to get the common or not-so-common task done using ASP.NET. ASP.NET Developer¿s Cookbook will use VB.NET exclusively but will include both VB and C# examples on the supporting Web site (in both working and downloadable forms). Each recipe has what you need ¿ a brief descriptive name, followed by a description of the task, followed by the technique itself, and finally a "comments" section where the technique is discussed.

"Professor Yang and Dr. Zheng are two of the passionate young researchers in the field with a lot of hands-on experience. Professor Ni, on the other hand, is a veteran in wireless technologies, 2.5G/3G cellular phones, and embedded systems. The energy, the hands-on experience, and the long-term vision ensure that the book is of highest quality."
--From the foreword by Ya-Qin Zhang, Corporate Vice President for Research, Microsoft China
The second-generation Smartphone applications are exclusively designed to leverage the advantages of mobility and ubiquitous wireless access. This book provides you with an in-depth look at software development issues and design guidelines, and helps you gain the skills you need to develop your own efficient and feature-rich Smartphone applications that utilize the latest cutting-edge technologies.
Complete with code and examples, the book first walks you through the Microsoft Smartphone platform from a software developer's perspective. It next uncovers the .NET Compact Framework as well as the Smartphone programming environment. You'll then find detailed information on Microsoft Smartphone-related application design and programming topics in the domains of the .NET Compact Framework (managed code). Plus, you'll explore advanced development topics such as security and performance considerations that you'll be able to incorporate into your own applications.
What you will learn from this book
* How to use the programming framework and classes available in Windows Mobile and Smartphone SDK
* The fundamentals of .NET Compact Framework 2.0
* Techniques for developing your own robust Smartphone applications
* Steps for customizing components and P/Invoke
* How to enhance data and communication security
* Ways to improve the performance of your applications
* Fundamental techniques for supporting world-ready applications
Who this book is for
This book is for software architects and developers working in the area of mobile application development as well as professionals who want a quick and thorough overview of the Microsoft Smartphone software development platform.
Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

Practical .NET 2.0 Networking Projects demonstrates some of the key networking technologies that are being made easily accessible through .NET Framework 2.0. It discusses communication between wired machines and between networks and mobile devices. The book teaches you about the technologies by walking you through sample projects in a straightforward and direct way.

The book begins by discussing background theory so you'll get comfortable with the layout of the .NET Framework and Compact Framework from a networking perspective. Then you'll use the APIs within these frameworks to build a variety of cutting-edge networking applications that cover everything from Bluetooth and RFID communication to sockets programming and chat servers. You'll build working examples for each project, which you can also customize and use for your own purposes. The featured projects cover:

• Basic introduction to network programming in .NET 2.0
• Sockets programming
• Serial communication
• Bluetooth and GPS
• Infrared networking to mobile devices
• RFID

Table of Contents

1. Sockets Programming
2. Serial Communications
3. Incorporating Fingerprint Recognition into Your .NET Application
4. Infrared Programming
5. Fun with RFID
6. Interfacing with External Devices

¿Enterprise Development with Visual Studio .NET, UML, and MSF¿ is for programmers dealing with or those that have an interest in developing Enterprise .NET solutions. It will guide readers through all aspects of Enterprise modeling, from design considerations and project management design processes to modeling a .NET solution using UML. In today¿s IT world, the need for complex solutions designed the right way and delivered on time is a success factor for the entire Enterprise. ¿Enterprise Development with Visual Studio .NET, UML, and MSF¿ will help readers succeed by providing them with guides and examples that they can use in their own .NET projects. It will cover the Microsoft Solutions Framework and how to benefit from this process when designing. Programmers can also use this book as a reference or as a step-by-step guide for creating Enterprise solutions the right way with design processes, UML, .NET Framework, and C# and VB .NET. About the Author Carsten Thomsen is a Microsoft MVP, recognition he received in August 1999. He lives in his native Denmark and currently holds the MCSE and MCSD certifications. Carsten has been programming in Visual Basic for almost 10 years, with a specialization in data access. However, with the advent of Visual Basic .NET and, more important, Visual Studio .NET, he has concentrated on two programming languages, C# and Visual Basic .NET¿staying focused with regard to data access from these two programming languages. John Erik Hansen is a freelance consultant specializing in project management (MSF) and business analysis. He has 8 years of experience working as a project manager, consultant, Microsoft CTEC Trainer, business analyst, and programmer (Data Warehousing, eProcurement, Active Server Pages (ASP), Visual Basic, .NET). Lately John has been working as a consultant doing projects all over Europe. He lives with his girlfriend Karen in Odense, Denmark. He currently holds the Microsoft MCSD and Rational Rose certifications. John enjoys traveling and is a passionate soccer fan and squash player. See more about John at this address: http://www.project2.dk.