The Oracle Advanced PL/SQL Developer Professional Guide helps you master advanced PL/SQL concepts. Besides the clear and precise explanation on advanced topics, it also contains example code and demonstrations, which gives a sense of application and usage to readers In this article by Saurabh Gupta, author of Oracle Advanced PL/SQL Developer Professional Guide, we'll cover the following topics: Collections—an overview Associative arrays Nested tables Varray PL/SQL collection methods

In this article by Andy Penver, we will cover the following: Introducing Workflow Builder Installing the database objects Creating an advanced queue Building a workflow Creating a business event Viewing a workflow status and monitoring progress Adding a function Creating a lookup Creating a subprocess Sending notifications and processing responses Calling an API

This article by Jaime Campbell, CPA, MBA, CTT, MCT, author of Intuit QuickBooks Enterprise Edition 12.0 Cookbook for Experts illuminates a number of accounting errors that are common in QuickBooks files, and enables you to resolve them.You will examine a number of accounting errors that are common in QuickBooks files, and enables you to be powerful and efficient in resolving them. In this article, we will cover the following recipes: Clearing stale undeposited funds Adjusting cash basis receivables or payables balances Writing off stale receivables Writing off stale payables Balancing the balance sheet Classifying unclassified transactions Reclassifying opening balance equity transactions Classifying uncategorized income or expenses Resolving opening balance discrepancies in bank reconciliations

Drush is a command line shell and scripting interface for Drupal. It is not a module, and does not participate in the usage statistics system at drupal.org and was originally developed by Arto for Drupal 4.7 in May 2007. Drush User's Guide will help a user to be more productive and efficient in building and maintaining their Drupal sites. Majority of tasks like building and maintaining a website can be achieved with a single Drush command. Users can learn how to install Drush on different systems, and download and install a full Drupal site in seconds.

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Drupal Views module provides a flexible method for Drupal site designers to control how lists and tables of content, users, taxonomy terms and other data are presented. This tool is essentially a smart query builder that, given enough information, can build the proper query, execute it, and display the results.

Joomla is one of the world’ s most popular open source Content Management Systems. With millions of websites running on Joomla, the software is used by individuals, small & medium-sized businesses, and large organizations worldwide to easily create & build a variety of websites & web-enabled applications.

The majority of time administrating a network is spent managing users. Users not only need access to a Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2011 network but they all need access to its resources. The key to good network administration is doing this in the most effective manner. Probably the most important part of a network will be the users. They need access to the resources on the server as well as the services that it provides. To do this securely they are firstly going to need a network login ID that identifies them to the domain. They will typically use this login ID at a workstation connected to the domain. In this article by Robert Crane and Drew Hills, co-authors of (MCTS): Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard, Configuring (70-169) Certification Guide, we shall look at creating and managing user accounts.

FusionCharts Suite helps you create stunning charts, gauges, and maps in a jiffy for all your web and enterprise applications. Using it, you can build awesome dashboards, reports, analytics, monitors, surveys that blend aesthetic elegance and actionable insights. In this artice by Sanket Nadhani, Shamasis Bhattacharya, and Pallav Nadhani, authors of FusionCharts Beginner's Guide, we will look at the features of FusionCharts. We will cover the following topics: Learn how to set up FusionCharts Build your first chart and configure basic parameters Understand the eXtensible Markup Language (XML) and JavaScript Object Notation(JSON) data format supported by FusionCharts and different ways to provide it to the chart Learn how to build charts with multiple series and axes Create advanced charts such as Combination charts

In this article by James D. Miller, author of IBM Cognos TM1 Developer's Certification Guide, we will identify and discuss each of the components of IBM Cognos TM1 that are covered in the current IBM Cognos TM1 Developer (Test COG-310) certification exam. The current exam assigns a weightage of 3 percent to this topic. The components of TM1 are divided into two basic types which are: Client components Sever components

Packt Publishing has met the thirst for this topic by publishing Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3, the first practical manual for web designers who want to build websites with HTML5 and CSS3 that respond to any screen size. Whether designing for mobile or large display, designing responsively using the latest powerful features of HTLM5 and CSS3 will enable the reader to make fast, powerful and maintainable websites with ease. Written by Ben Frain, an experienced front-end developer who has also authored over a hundred technology-related magazine articles over the last decade; the book is the must-have practical guide to learn responsive web design using CSS3 and HTML5.

In this article by Gill Cleeren and Kevin Dockx, authors of Microsoft Silverlight 5 Data and Services Cookbook, we will cover: Connecting and reading from a standardized service Persisting data using a standardized service Configuring cross-domain calls Working cross-domain from a trusted application Reading XML using HttpWebRequest

Monkey is a new programming language that allows you to create apps on multiple platforms very easily. In this article by Michael Hartlef,author of Monkey Game Development Beginner's Guide we will work together through some Monkey game development basics and cover the following topics: How to load a script About projects and how we can create one The basic structure of a simple game How to draw circles and rectangles How to read keyboard input How to print messages to the browser window How to export your game to HTML5 and run it inside a browser At first, we will experiment with Monk a little bit, by creating a project. Then, you will write your first lines of Monkey code, a typical Hello World app. And of course how to save your code and reopen it at a later point. Of course, you will have to create your first little game, PONGO—a very simple one, but a game in all its glory. You want be a game developer, right? So you've got to do what a game developer has to do. Together, we will recreate one of the first video games in history, Pong. Never heard about it? As always, look at this Wikipedia page to get an idea about Pong: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pong As a game developer, you have to start small, and this game is the perfect ground to build up your development skills with Monkey. After we are finished with the development of the little game, you can call yourself a Monkey programmer! You don't think so? Yes you are! You learned to walk, and now we will learn how to run. And as they say, practice makes perfect . The best way to learn is by creating some nice little games. So let's get down to business, shall we?

Web2py web framework is a free open source full-stack framework for rapid development of fast, scalable, secure and portable database-driven web-based applications. Web2py was inspired by Ruby on Rails (RoR) and Django frameworks. Like RoR, it focuses on rapid development, favors convention over configuration approach and follows Model–View–Controller (MVC) architectural pattern.

In this article by Michael Kuhlmann we'll be learning the following topics: Why customer value proposition, sustainability, and timing matter How to set up memberships and make category-specific content restrictions applicable only to non-members Key opportunities to mention your other social networking accounts on our site How to implement page-specific custom scripts like a countdown timer More ways to reward site members for using our site Let's bring some of these ideas to fruition.

If you are using Moodle , you are likely to be delivering some form of course content or providing resources to others. This could be for supporting learning, training, or other educational activity. Many online courses, qualifications, or educational resources have a final goal which is likely to include required elements to be completed. The gradebook can be a valuable tool to help the teacher to manage the online course and track the progress of the student through the required elements. This article by Rebecca Barrington, author of Moodle Gradebook will introduce you to the gradebook and the key features it offers. It will outline the benefits of using the gradebook, the activities that can be graded and used within the gradebook, and the types of grades that can be used.

BizTalk enables the integration and managment of automated business processes within or across organizational boundaries. To build a solid BizTalk solution, deploy a robust environment, and keep it running smoothly you sometimes need to broaden your spectrum, explore all possibilities, and choose the best solution for your purpose. In this article by Steef-Jan Wiggers, author of BizTalk Server 2010 Cookbook, we will cover: Gathering requirements by asking the right questions Analyzing requirements and creating a design Installing and using the BizTak Best Practices Analyzer Validating BizTalk installation with the BizTalk Benchmark Wizard tool Automating performance analysis by using the PAL tool

Microsoft Exchange Server is the server side of a client–server, collaborative application product developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Servers line of server products and is used by enterprises using Microsoft infrastructure products.

GameSalad is an online community that empowers everyone to express and share their ideas through games. It provides a platform used by creators to rapidly design, publish and distribute original games that have been played by millions of people worldwide.

This article by Christer Kaitila, author of The Game Jam Survival Guide focuses on the early stages of a Game Jam. These most important first few hours will set the state for the rest of your experience. Topics that we will cover include: Dealing with the Game Jam theme An example of a winning entry Coming up with a plan of action Brainstorming and prototyping

gnuplot is the world's finest technical plotting software that can generate two- and three-dimensional plots of functions, data, and data fits. It was originally created to allow scientists and students to visualize mathematical functions and data interactively, but has grown to support many non-interactive uses such as web scripting.

This article by Tanner Ezell, author of Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8: Expert Administration Cookbook focuses on implementing local route groups, device pools, and route patterns. All the recipes in this article require administrator access to the Unified Communications Manager (UCM). It is strongly recommended you get comfortable performing these recipes in a lab environment before implementing them into production. We will cover: Implementing local route groups with device pools for E.164 call routing Implementing E.164 route patterns and partitions Implementing E.164 called and calling party transformations Implementing least cost call routing using Tail End Hop Off Implementing call restrictions with line blocking patterns and calling search spaces

Alfresco Share is a modern, browser-based platform for social content management and collaboration. It provides a rich web-based collaboration environment for managing documents, wiki content, blogs and more. Share leverages the Alfresco repository to provide content services and utilizes the Alfresco Surf Platform to provide the underlying presentation framework.

It can be difficult to combine multiple different frameworks into the same solution while working with new technologies. This article will focus on how to combine Silverlight 4, Windows Azure, and a WCF 4.0 (Windows Communication Foundation) service together. In this article by David Burela, author of Microsoft Silverlight 5 and Azure Enterprise Integration, we will discuss the following topics: Combining Silverlight and Windows Azure projects Consuming an Azure-hosted WCF service within a Silverlight application Configuring the number of web roles

Logging services play a vital role in the life of the administrator and developer to manage the application from the phase of development to production issues. It's the logging services that help you to find the actual problem in the web application. Also, it plays an essential role in performance tuning for many applications. In this artice by Tanuj Khare, author of Apache Tomcat 7 Essentials, we will look at the logging features in Apache Tomcat 7. We will cover the following topics: Logging services in Tomcat 7 JULI Log4j Log level Valve component Analysis of logs

In this chapter, we will switch from the admin user interface to code, creating a view within a module and other examples of using code in conjunction with Drupal and Views architectures to manipulate the content. These methods should only be considered if you are comfortable with PHP and the Drupal architecture and API. The benefits of using code include more granular control, as well as the ability to achieve behaviors otherwise unavailable. The drawbacks are that the Views environment can be very complex, and one can easily break the environment. The differences between using the Views UI to create a view and doing it in a module is that the UI does the coding for you and makes it more convenient to make changes to the view afterwards. That said, the UI method does not make it easy to distribute a ready-made view, nor does it make it facilitate tying such a view to other code. In this artice by J. Ayen Green, author of Drupal 7 Views 3 Cookbook, we are going to cover the following topics: Programming a view Handling a view field Styling a view field Fine tuning the query

The book is a comprehensive guide covering all the key features of Spring-WS 2. The book provides professional expertise on topics ranging from setting up a contract-first Web-Service, and creating client for SOAP Web-Services to serialization, monitoring, testing and security using Spring-WS.

jQuery Tools UI Library is a fast paced book which helps readers explore different functionalities in the compact yet powerful jQuery Tools using plenty of practical examples. The book is laid out with different projects on each tool in the Library, which can be copied from the book or downloaded from Packt's website. The book follows an easy step-by-step instruction approach to help readers navigate smoothly through the Library, and implement complex functionalities on their website with only a few lines of code. Readers are introduced with a short explanation on the origins of jQuery Tools, followed by best practices that should be used alongside guidance on its API and event capabilities.

The Drupal Mobile Web Development Beginner’s Guide follows a humble ‘Mom & Pop’ restaurant website which gets a makeover complete with cutting edge features that play to mobile, tablet and desktop audiences. Restaurant websites are notoriously horrible to navigate and our Mom & Pop example is wellintentioned but no exception to this rule. We bring this site out of the early 1990’s with cutting edge development practices and a team development workflow. This pizza chain goes mobile with location services, audio, video, charting and mapping worthy of any multi-million dollar site. In this article by Tom Stovall, author of Drupal 7 Mobile Web Development Beginner’s Guide, we'll: Examine touch events and go over the differences between touch events and mouse-click events Learn to add touch events to our jQuery cycle on the home page Take a look at the adaptive web page designs and begin the process of adapting a design for three layouts—phone, tablets, and desktop Learn to set the viewport with JavaScript

In this article by Adrian Neagu and Robert Pelletier, we will cover: Setting up HADR by using the command line Setting up HADR by using Control Center

Sencha Touch is a user interface (UI) JavaScript library, or framework, specifically built for Mobile Web. It can be used by Web developers to develop user interfaces for mobile web applications that look and feel like native applications on supported mobile devices. It is fully based on web standards such as HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript.

This article by Thomas Mooney, author of Unreal Development Kit Game Design Cookbook contains lessons in adjusting configuration, scripts, and even supplying additional actors and Kismet actions. Everything here is about altering the editor or gameplay settings to provision a customized playing experience: Groundwork for adjusting configuration defaults Enabling the remote control for game inspection Changing the Play in Editor view resolution Removing the loading hints and similar articles Editing DefaultEngineUDK to allow 4096x4096 texture compression Setting the preview player size reference object Binding a keyboard shortcut to a player action

The book is now available with Packt in print and popular e-book formats. Cinema 4D R13 Cookbook begins with the basics of using the Cinema 4D program, moving right into recipes for creating 3D objects. It continues with easy guidance on setting up lights, cameras, and materials true to practical art-work. Towards the end, the book introduces the reader to powerful tools like Xpresso, Mograph, and Dynamics.

Application integration becomes the most common project in every enterprise and corporate. Integration is an important core component in IT systems. Oracle Application Integration Architecture (AIA) is a framework based on a Service Oriented Architecture approach that provides proven methodologies and best practices for integrating application systems. In this article by Hariharan V. Ganesarethinam, author of Oracle Application Integration Architecture (AIA) Foundation Pack 11gR1: Essentials, we will look at AIA Enterprise Business Message (EBM) standards. In this article, we are going to cover the following topics: Overview of Enterprise Business Messages (EBM) Structure of EBM EBM Use Cases

In this article by Richard M.Reese and Jennifer L.Reese authors of Java 7 New Features Cookbook , we will cover the following: Creating files and directories Controlling how a file is copied Managing temporary files and directories Setting time-related attributes of a file or directory Managing file ownership Managing ACL file permissions Managing POSIX attributes

UAG customizations can be very intense and deeply technical, but what everyone wants is for everything to look its best, right? The fact is, a large portion of UAG customers perform at least some adjustments to the appearance, even if it is just changing the title of the portal page. Look and feel customizations are considered to be rather well documented, as opposed to some of the more advanced stuff you will see later on in the book, but the purpose of this chapter is not to repeat that official documentation. We will be guiding you through the actual process, of course, but also suggesting some creative thoughts to get the message across in ways that you may have never thought of. In this article by Erez Ben-Ari and Rainier Amara , the authors of Mastering Microsoft Forefront UAG 2010 Customization,the following topics will be covered: Visual customization overview Customizing the login and admin pages Customizing the portal Portal application icons Changing texts Adding a user-interface language Portal selection for clients

We can now start using the content we optimized to work well with iAd, to build our first ad. In this article by Ben Collier we'll be covering the following topics: Installing iAd Producer on your Mac Familiarizing ourselves with the iAd Producer interface Setting up a blank iAd to work with Using templates to build each section of your iAd Tweaking the templates to make your ad even more awesome Using Safari to preview the animations in an iAd

In this article by John E. Clark and Bryan P. Johnson, authors of Sencha Touch Mobile JavaScript Framework, we will take a look at the individual components available in Sencha Touch. we will use the simple base components as a starting point for learning about the more complex components. We'll also talk a bit about how to access our components after they have been created. This article will cover the following topics: The TabPanel and Carousel components The FormPanel components MessageBox and Sheet The map component The List and NestedList components

In this article by John E. Clark and Bryan P. Johnson, authors of Sencha Touch Mobile JavaScript Framework, we will examine the layout configuration option and how it affects each of the components. Specifically, we will cover the following points: The base component class Layouts revisited

This article will walk you through creating a simple application in Sencha Touch. We will cover the basic elements that are included in any Sencha Touch application, and we will take a look at the more common components you might use in your own applications: containers, panels, lists, toolbars, and buttons. In this article by John E. Clark and Bryan P. Johnson, authors of Sencha Touch Mobile JavaScript Framework, we will cover: Setting up your folder structure Starting from scratch with TouchStart.js Controlling the container using layouts Testing and debugging the application Updating the application for production Putting the application into production

JBoss ESB is the next generation of EAI - better and without the vendor-lockin characteristics of old. As such, many of the capabilities mirror those of existing EAI offerings: Business Process Monitoring, Integrated Development Environment, Human Workflow User Interface, Business Process Management, Connectors, Transaction Manager, Security, Application Container, Messaging Service, Metadata Repository, Naming and Directory Service, Distributed Computing Architecture.

A man with the most powerful tools in hand is unarmed without the knowledge of their usage. Eclipse, GCC, Ant, Bash, Shell, Linux—any new Android programmer needs to deal with this technologic ecosystem. Depending on your background, some of these names may sound familiar to your ears. Indeed, that is a real strength; Android is based on open source bricks which have matured for years. Theses bricks are cemented by the Android Development Kits (SDK and NDK) and their set of new tools: Android Debug Bridge (ADB), Android Asset Packaging Tool (AAPT), Activity Manager (AM), ndk-build, and so on. So, since our development environment is set up, we can now get our hands dirty and start manipulating all these utilities to create, compile, and deploy projects which include native code. In this article by Sylvain Ratabouil, author of Android NDK Beginner’s Guide we are going to do the following: Compile and deploy official sample applications from the Android NDK with Ant build tool and native code compiler ndk-build Learn in more detail about ADB, the Android Debug Bridge, to control a development device Discover additional tools like AM to manage activities and AAPT to package applications Create our first own hybrid multi-language project using Eclipse Interface Java to C/C++ through Java Native Interfaces (in short JNI) By the end of this article, you should know how to start up a new Android native project on your own.

Liferay Portal is the leading open source enterprise portal, available under the GNU Lesser General Public License. Including a built in web content management system as well as multiple social collaboration services, it is used in diverse situations often to power corporate intranets and extranets and external websites. Liferay Portal is Java based but supports multiple scripting languages, and runs on multiple computing platforms, web containers, operating systems and databases. Liferay has a very large community with roughly four million downloads and 350,000-500,000 worldwide deployments.