Frankness is a quality permeating the pages of Implementing SAP R/3: How to Introduce a Large System into a Large Organization. Mining nearly three decades worth of combined consulting experience, authors Bancroft, Seip, and Sprengel provide incisive and brutally honest insight into what it means to overhaul both business and computing practices with SAP R/3. The book focuses more on business and process reengineering than configurations or programming. Implementing SAP R/3 does manage to provide a balanced view of the technological components of the R/3 system. The authors take pains to explain what types of businesses it is best suited for, its failures and shortcomings, as well as its triumphs.  The explanation of R/3 that kick starts this book is highly approachable, detailing the philosophical and technical underpinnings of this system. The other three loosely constructed sections deal almost exclusively with the complexity of an R/3 implementation. Throughout these portions, the authors emphasize the importance of identifying and establishing project goals, a point liberally illustrated by various case studies. Additionally, a terrific glossary is tucked away in the final pages, as are four appendices. These appendices cover data-modeling and relational-database concepts, content and structure of the SAP data dictionary, and the development of Advanced Business Application Programming/4GL (ABAP4). --Sarah L. Roberts-Witt

Implementing Sap R/3: How to Introduce a Large System into a Large Organization

Computers & Technology

Manning Publications

Bancroft, Nancy H.

Computer Science

Manning Pubns Co

Addresses technical issues facing the convergence of architectural and software issues, with an emphasis on software. Coverage encompasses performance and architecture, theory and complexity analysis of parallel algorithms, design and scheduling of distributed and parallel tasks, and programming languages and systems for writing distributed and parallel programs. Cutting across these broad topical areas are various programming paradigms, such as data parallel, control parallel, and distributed programming. Includes chapter problems. For senior undergraduate or beginning graduate students in courses in engineering, science, and computer science degree programs, and for practitioners working as programmers, managers, and technologists. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Distributed and Parallel Computing

Lewis, Ted G.

EL-Rewini, Hesham

Lewis, T. G.

Networking & Cloud Computing

Summary Written for Xcode 4, iOS 4 in Action guides you from setting up your development environment, through coding your first app, all the way to selling in the App Store. Work through sample applications including a chat client, a video game, an interactive map, background audio, and more as you explore the iOS 4 SDK.
About the Technology
Version 4 of the iOS SDK adds powerful new features like multitasking, GCD, blocks, and iAds. With the release of Xcode 4, it's easier than ever to get programming, even if you're new to Objective-C.
About the Book
iOS 4 in Action, written for Xcode 4, is a detailed, hands-on guide that goes from setting up your development environment, through your first coding steps, all the way to creating a polished, commercial iOS 4 application. You'll run through examples from a variety of areas including a chat client, a video game, an interactive map, and background audio. You'll also learn how the new iOS 4 features apply to your existing iOS 3 based apps. This book will help you become a confident, well-rounded iOS 4 developer.
 Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book. 
What's Inside
<ul>
<li>Full coverage of iOS SDK 4.3</li>
<li>Mastering Xcode 4</li>
<li>Multitasking for iPhone and iPad</li>
<li>Game Center, iAd, and AirPrint</li>
<li>Local and push notification</li>
<li>Implementing in-app purchasing</li>
</ul>
Who Should Read this Book
No previous iPhone or iPad know-how needed. Familiarity with C, Cocoa , or Objective-C helps but is not required===============================Table of Contents
<ol>
<li>Introducing iOS 4 with iPhone and iPad</li>
<li>Learning Objective-C</li>
<li>Using Xcode 4</li>
<li>Xcode and debugging</li>
<li>Basic view controllers</li>
<li>Monitoring events and actions</li>
<li>Advanced view controllers</li>
<li>Data: actions, preferences, and files</li>
<li>Data: advanced techniques</li>
<li>Positioning: accelerometers, location, and the compass</li>
<li>Media: images and the camera</li>
<li>Media: audio and recording</li>
<li>Graphics: Quartz, Core Animation, and OpenGL</li>
<li>The web: web views and internet protocols</li>
<li>Peer-to-peer connections using Game Kit</li>
<li>Using Event Kit on the iPhone and iPad</li>
<li>Local and Push notification services</li>
<li>The Map Kit framework</li>
<li>In-app purchasing using Store Kit</li>
<li>Making money with iAd</li>
<li>Introducing multitasking</li>
<li>Multitasking in depth</li>
</ol>

iOS 4 in Action: Examples and Solutions for iPhone & iPad

Allen, Christopher

Harrington, Jocelyn

Trebitowski, Brandon

Appelcline, Shannon

Programming

Summary
PowerShell in Depth is the kind of book you'll want open on your desk most of the time. With 40 short chapters, each focused on a specific area of PowerShell, you'll be able to find the answers you need quickly. Each chapter is concise and to-the-point, so you can spend less time reading and more time getting down to the business at hand. It was written by three seasoned PowerShell experts, and every technique has been thoroughly tested. With this book in hand, you'll be able to consistently and quickly produce production quality, maintainable scripts that will save you countless hours of time and effort.
About this BookOrganized into 40 concise chapters, PowerShell in Depth is the go-to reference for administrators working with Windows PowerShell. Every major shell technique, technology, and tactic is explained and demonstrated, providing a comprehensive reference to almost everything an admin would do in the shell. Written by three experienced authors and PowerShell MVPs, this is the PowerShell book you'll keep next to your monitor—not on your bookshelf!This book requires basic familiarity with PowerShell. 
What's Inside
<ul>
<li>Covers PowerShell 3.0</li>
<li>Automating time-consuming tasks</li>
<li>Managing HTML and XML data</li>
<li>Background jobs and scheduling</li>
<li>PowerShell security</li>
<li>Packaging and deploying scripts</li>
<li>Standard scripting conventions</li>
<li>Using the .NET Framework in PowerShell scripts</li>
<li>Much more</li>
</ul>
Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.
About the Authors
Don Jones, Jeffery Hicks, and Richard Siddaway are Microsoft MVPs who have collectively authored nearly three dozen books on PowerShell and Windows administration.Table of Contents
<ol>PART 1: POWERSHELL FUNDAMENTALS<li>Introduction</li>
<li>PowerShell hosts</li>
<li>Using the PowerShell help system</li>
<li>The basics of PowerShell syntax</li>
<li>Working with PSSnapins and modules</li>
<li>Operators</li>
<li>Working with objects</li>
<li>The PowerShell pipeline</li>
<li>Formatting</li>PART 2: POWERSHELL MANAGEMENT<li>PowerShell Remoting</li>
<li>Background jobs and scheduling</li>
<li>Working with credentials</li>
<li>Regular expressions</li>
<li>Working with HTML and XML data</li>
<li>PSDrives and PSProviders</li>
<li>Variables, arrays, hash tables, and scriptblocks</li>
<li>PowerShell security</li>
<li>Advanced PowerShell syntax</li>PART 3: POWERSHELL SCRIPTING AND AUTOMATION<li>PowerShell's scripting language</li>
<li>Basic scripts and functions</li>
<li>Creating objects for output</li>
<li>Scope</li>
<li>PowerShell workflows</li>
<li>Advanced syntax for scripts and functions</li>
<li>Script modules and manifest modules</li>
<li>Custom formatting views</li>
<li>Custom type extensions</li>
<li>Data language and internationalization</li>
<li>Writing help</li>
<li>Error handling techniques</li>
<li>Debugging tools and techniques</li>
<li>Functions that work like cmdlets</li>
<li>Tips and tricks for creating reports</li>PART 4: ADVANCED POWERSHELL<li>Working with the Component Object Model (COM)</li>
<li>Working with .NET Framework objects</li>
<li>Accessing databases</li>
<li>Proxy functions</li>
<li>Building a GUI</li>
<li>WMI and CIM</li>
<li>Best practices</li>
</ol>

PowerShell in Depth: An Administrator's Guide

Jones, Don

Hicks, Jeffrey

Siddaway, Richard

Summary
Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Second Edition is an innovative tutorial designed for administrators. Just set aside one hour a day—lunchtime would be perfect—for a month, and you'll be automating Windows tasks faster than you ever thought possible. You'll start with the basics—what is PowerShell and what can you do with it. Then, you'll move systematically through the techniques and features you'll use to make your job easier and your day shorter.
 Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book. 
About the Technology
PowerShell is both a language and an administrative shell with which you can control and automate nearly every aspect of Windows. It accepts and executes commands immediately, and you can write scripts to manage most Windows servers like Exchange, IIS, and SharePoint.
About the Book
This book is a tutorial designed for busy administrators. Just set aside one hour a day for a month and you'll learn all the practical techniques you need to make your job easier and your day shorter. This totally revised book covers new PowerShell features that run on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and later. This edition is appropriate for PowerShell version 3 and later.
Experience with Windows administration is helpful. No programming experience is assumed.
What's Inside
<ul>
<li>Learn PowerShell from the beginning—no experience required!</li>
<li>Covers PowerShell 3 and later running on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008R2, and later</li>
<li>Each lesson should take you one hour or less</li>
</ul>
About the Authors
Powershell MVPs Don Jones and Jeffery Hicks bring years as successful trainers to this concise, easy-to-follow book. Don blogs at PowerShell.com and you can find Jeff at jdhitsolutions.com/blog.
Table of Contents
<ol>
<li>Before you begin</li>
<li>Meet PowerShell</li>
<li>Using the help system</li>
<li>Running commands</li>
<li>Working with providers</li>
<li>The pipeline: connecting commands</li>
<li>Adding commands</li>
<li>Objects: data by another name</li>
<li>The pipeline, deeper</li>
<li>Formatting—and why it's done on the right</li>
<li>Filtering and comparisons</li>
<li>A practical interlude</li>
<li>Remote control: one to one, and one to many</li>
<li>Using Windows Management Instrumentation</li>
<li>Multitasking with background jobs</li>
<li>Working with many objects, one at a time</li>
<li>Security alert!</li>
<li>Variables: a place to store your stuff</li>
<li>Input and output</li>
<li>Sessions: remote control with less work</li>
<li>You call this scripting?</li>
<li>Improving your parameterized script</li>
<li>Advanced remoting configuration</li>
<li>Using regular expressions to parse text files</li>
<li>Additional random tips, tricks, and techniques</li>
<li>Using someone else's script</li>
<li>Never the end</li>
<li>PowerShell cheat sheet</li>
</ol>

Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches

Don Jones

Jeffery Hicks

Summary
Packed with hands-on labs to reinforce what you're learning, Learn PowerShell Toolmaking in a Month of Lunches is the best way to learn PowerShell scripting and toolmaking. Just set aside one hour a day—lunchtime would be perfect—for each self-contained lesson. You'll move quickly through core scripting concepts and start working on four real-world, practical tools. Each chapter adds more functionality, including custom formatting, error handling, parameterized input, input validation, help files and documentation, and more.
About this Book
You don't have to be a software developer to build PowerShell tools. With this book, a PowerShell user is a step away from becoming a proficient toolmaker.Learn PowerShell Toolmaking in a Month of Lunches is the best way to learn PowerShell scripting and toolmaking in just one hour a day. It's packed with hands-on labs to reinforce what you're learning. It's an easy-to-follow guide that covers core scripting concepts using four practical examples. Each chapter builds on the previous one as you add custom formatting, error handling, input validation, helpfiles, and more.
 Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book. 
What's Inside
<ul>
<li>Build your own administrative tools</li>
<li>Learn by doing with hands-on labs</li>
<li>Make scripts that feel like native PowerShell cmdlets</li>
</ul>
This book does not assume you are a programmer. Experience using PowerShell as a command-line interface is helpful but not required.
About the Authors
Don Jones is a PowerShell MVP, speaker, and trainer. Jeffery Hicks is a PowerShell MVP and an independent consultant, trainer, and author. Don and Jeff coauthored Learn Windows PowerShell 3 in a Month of Lunches, Second Edition (Manning 2012) and PowerShell in Depth (Manning 2013).
Table of ContentsPART 1 INTRODUCTION TO TOOLMAKING<ol>
<li>Before you begin</li>
<li>PowerShell scripting overview</li>
<li>PowerShell's scripting language</li>
<li>Simple scripts and functions</li>
<li>Scope</li>PART 2 BUILDING AN INVENTORY TOOL<li>Tool design guidelines</li>
<li>Advanced functions, part 1</li>
<li>Advanced functions, part 2</li>
<li>Writing help</li>
<li>Error handling</li>
<li>Debugging techniques</li>
<li>Creating custom format views</li>
<li>Script and manifest modules</li>
<li>Adding database access</li>
<li>Interlude: creating a new tool 157</li>PART 3 ADVANCED TOOLMAKING TECHNIQUES<li>Making tools that make changes</li>
<li>Creating a custom type extension</li>
<li>Creating PowerShell workflows</li>
<li>Troubleshooting pipeline input</li>
<li>Using object hierarchies for complex output</li>
<li>Globalizing a function</li>
<li>Crossing the line: utilizing the .NET Framework</li>PART 4 CREATING TOOLS FOR DELEGATED ADMINISTRATION<li>Creating a GUI tool, part 1: the GUI</li>
<li>Creating a GUI tool, part 2: the code</li>
<li>Creating a GUI tool, part 3: the output</li>
<li>Creating proxy functions</li>
<li>Setting up constrained removing endpoints</li>
<li>Never the end</li>
</ol>

Learn PowerShell Toolmaking in a Month of Lunches

Hicks, Jeffery

Summary The Well-Grounded Rubyist, Second Edition addresses both newcomers to Ruby as well as Ruby programmers who want to deepen their understanding of the language. This beautifully written and totally revised second edition includes coverage of features that are new in Ruby 2.1, as well as expanded and updated coverage of aspects of the language that have changed. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the Technology This is a good time for Ruby! It's powerful like Java or C++, and has dynamic features that let your code react gracefully to changes at runtime. And it's elegant, so creating applications, development tools, and administrative scripts is easier and more straightforward. With the long-awaited Ruby 2, an active development community, and countless libraries and productivity tools, Ruby has come into its own. About the Book The Well-Grounded Rubyist, Second Edition is a beautifully written tutorial that begins with your first Ruby program and goes on to explore sophisticated topics like callable objects, reflection, and threading. The book concentrates on the language, preparing you to use Ruby in any way you choose. This second edition includes coverage of new Ruby features such as keyword arguments, lazy enumerators, and Module#prepend, along with updated information on new and changed core classes and methods. What's Inside <ul>
<li>Clear explanations of Ruby concepts</li>
<li>Numerous simple examples</li>
<li>Updated for Ruby 2.1</li>
<li>Prepares you to use Ruby anywhere for any purpose</li>
</ul>
About the Author David A. Black is an internationally-known software developer, author, trainer, speaker, and event organizer. He is a Ruby standard library contributor and one of the founders of Ruby Central, Inc., the parent organization of the official international Ruby and Ruby on Rails conferences. David works at 2U, Inc. in New York City. Table of Contents <ol>PART 1 RUBY FOUNDATIONS<li>Bootstrapping your Ruby literacy</li>
<li>Objects, methods, and local variables</li>
<li>Organizing objects with classes</li>
<li>Modules and program organization</li>
<li>The default object (self), scope, and visibility</li>
<li>Control-flow techniques</li>PART 2 BUILT-IN CLASSES AND MODULES<li>Built-in essentials</li>
<li>Strings, symbols, and other scalar objects</li>
<li>Collection and container objects</li>
<li>Collections central: Enumerable and Enumerator</li>
<li>Regular expressions and regexp-based string operations</li>
<li>File and I/O operations</li>PART 3 RUBY DYNAMICS<li>Object individuation</li>
<li>Callable and runnable objects</li>
<li>Callbacks, hooks, and runtime introspection</li>
</ol>

The Well-Grounded Rubyist

Black, David A.

Summary Getting MEAN with Mongo, Express, Angular, and Node teaches readers how to develop web applications end-to-end using the MEAN stack. You'll systematically discover each technology in the MEAN stack as you build up an application one layer at a time, just as you'd do in a real project.Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the Technology
Traditional web dev stacks use a different programming language in every layer, resulting in a complex mashup of code and frameworks. Together, the MongoDB database, the Express and AngularJS frameworks, and Node.js constitute the MEAN stack—a powerful platform that uses only one language, top to bottom: JavaScript. Developers and businesses love it because it's scalable and cost-effective. End users love it because the apps created with it are fast and responsive. It's a win-win-win!
About the Book
Getting MEAN with Mongo, Express, Angular, and Node teaches you how to develop web applications using the MEAN stack. First, you'll create the skeleton of a static site in Express and Node, and then push it up to a live web server. Next, you'll add a MongoDB database and build an API before using Angular to handle data manipulation and application logic in the browser. Finally you'll add an authentication system to the application, using the whole stack. When you finish, you'll have all the skills you need to build a dynamic data-driven web application.
What's Inside
<ul>
<li>Full-stack development using JavaScript</li>
<li>Responsive web techniques</li>
<li>Everything you need to get started with MEAN</li>
<li>Best practices for efficiency and reusability</li>
</ul>
About the Reader
Readers should have some web development experience. This book is based on MongoDB 2, Express 4, Angular 1, and Node.js 4.
About the Author
Simon Holmes has been a full-stack developer since the late 1990s and runs Full Stack Training Ltd.
Table of Contents
<ol>PART 1 SETTING THE BASELINE<li>Introducing full-stack development</li>
<li>Designing a MEAN stack architecture</li>PART 2 BUILDING A NODE WEB APPLICATION<li>Creating and setting up a MEAN project</li>
<li>Building a static site with Node and Express</li>
<li>Building a data model with MongoDB and Mongoose</li>
<li>Writing a REST API: Exposing the MongoDB database to the application</li>
<li>Consuming a REST API: Using an API from inside Express</li>PART 3 ADDING A DYNAMIC FRONT END WITH ANGULAR<li>Adding Angular components to an Express application</li>
<li>Building a single-page application with Angular: Foundations</li>
<li>Building an SPA with Angular: The next level</li>PART 4 MANAGING AUTHENTICATION AND USER SESSIONS<li>Authenticating users, managing sessions, and securing APIs</li>APPENDIXES</ol>
<ol>
<li>Installing the stack</li>
<li>Installing and preparing the supporting cast</li>
<li>Dealing with all of the views</li>
<li>Reintroducing JavaScript - available online only</li>
</ol>

Getting Mean With Mongo, Express, Angular, and Node

Holmes, Simon

Web Development & Design

Summary
D3.js in Action is a practical tutorial for creating interactive graphics and data-driven applications using D3.js. You'll start with in-depth explanations of D3's out-of-the-box layouts, along with dozens of practical use cases that align with different types of visualizations. Then, you'll explore practical techniques for content creation, animation, and representing dynamic data—including interactive graphics and data streamed live over the web. The final chapters show you how to use D3's rich interaction model as the foundation for a complete web application. In the end, you'll be ready to integrate D3.js into your web development process and transform any site into a more engaging and sophisticated user experience.
Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.
About the Technology
D3.js is a JavaScript library that allows data to be represented graphically on a web page. Because it uses the broadly supported SVG standard, D3 allows you to create scalable graphs for any modern browser. You start with a structure, dataset, or algorithm and programmatically generate static, interactive, or animated images that responsively scale to any screen.
About the Book
D3.js in Action introduces you to the most powerful web data visualization library available and shows you how to use it to build interactive graphics and data-driven applications. You'll start with dozens of practical use cases that align with different types of charts, networks, and maps using D3's out-of-the-box layouts. Then, you'll explore practical techniques for content design, animation, and representation of dynamic data—including interactive graphics and live streaming data.
What's Inside
<ul>
<li>Interacting with vector graphics</li>
<li>Expressive data visualization</li>
<li>Creating rich mapping applications</li>
<li>Prepping your data</li>
<li>Complete data-driven web apps in D3</li>
</ul>
Readers need basic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript skills. No experience with D3 or SVG is required.
About the Author
Elijah Meeks is a senior data visualization engineer at Netflix. His D3.js portfolio includes work at Stanford University and with well-known companies worldwide.
Table of Contents
<ol>PART 1 D3.JS FUNDAMENTALS<li>An introduction to D3.js</li>
<li>Information visualization data flow</li>
<li>Data-driven design and interaction</li>PART 2 THE PILLARS OF INFORMATION VISUALIZATION<li>Chart components</li>
<li>Layouts</li>
<li>Network visualization</li>
<li>Geospatial information visualization</li>
<li>Traditional DOM manipulation with D3</li>PART 3 ADVANCED TECHNIQUES<li>Composing interactive applications</li>
<li>Writing layouts and components</li>
<li>Big data visualization</li>
<li>D3.js on mobile (available online only)</li>
</ol>

D3.js in Action + Ebook

Meeks, Elijah

Object-Oriented Application Frameworks

Surveys concepts and applications in framework technology, showing how the technology is used in applications and languages with commercial and public-domain frameworks, such as MacApp, ET++, Taligent's Frameworks, Unidraw, InterViews, and Prograph. Includes an overview of object-oriented design principles. Useful for computer professionals from programmers to technical managers. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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