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Nobody ever said AutoCAD was easy, which is why you need AutoCAD & AutoCAD LT 2009 All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies ! These nine minibooks cover all the stuff you need to know to set up AutoCAD for 2D or 3D, create drawings, modify and share them, publish your work, and more. There’s even a minibook devoted to increasing your options with AutoCAD LT!. This one-stop guide to creating great technical drawings using AutoCAD 2009 shows you how to navigate the AutoCAD interface, set up drawings, use basic and precision tools, and use drawing objects. You’ll learn how to annotate your drawings, use dimensioning and hatching, and work with AutoCAD’s new Annotation Scaling feature. You’ll also find out how to work with solids, texture surfaces, add lighting, and much more. Discover how to.:.; Navigate the AutoCAD interface.; Work with lines, shapes, and curves.; Add explanatory text.; Understand AutoCAD LT’s limitations.; Render your drawings.; Create and manage blocks.; Use AutoCAD advanced drafting techniques.; Comply with CAD management and standards.; Share your work with others.; Customize the AutoCAD interface, tools, and more. Complete with Web links to advanced information on navigating the AutoCAD programming interfaces, using custom programs, getting started with AutoLISP, and working with Visual Basic for AutoCAD, AutoCAD & AutoCAD LT 2009 All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies is the only comprehensive AutoCAD guide you’ll ever need. more...

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Beginning Algorithms A good understanding of algorithms, and the knowledge of when to apply them, is crucial to producing software that not only works correctly, but also performs efficiently. This is the only book to impart all this essential information-from the basics of algorithms, data structures, and performance characteristics to the specific algorithms used in development and programming tasks. more...

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Following the proven pattern of its previous .NET 2.0 edition, this updated guide teaches novice users how to use ASP.NET by gradually building their knowledge of the technology. Comprehensively revised for both ASP.NET 3.5 and the new C# 2008 language, this book presents the easiest path to their mastery. more...

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Gives you what you need to know in order to develop interactive, robust, and personalized pages using JavaScript. This guide helps you learn how to take advantage of native JavaScript objects, manipulate objects that are available to you in the browsers, use cookies, and jazz up your web pages with Dynamic HTML. more...

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The book is aimed at novice programmers who wish to learn programming with C# and the .NET framework. The book starts with absolute programming basics. It then moves into Web and Windows programming, data access (databases and XML), and more advanced technologies such as graphics programming with GDI+ and basic networking. The book is divided into sections including:.:.; The C# Language: Basic language skills using console application. Content moves from the absolute basics to fairly involved OOP skills.; Windows Vista Programming: Using basic Windows applications, reinforcing earlier OOP and debugging skills.; Web Programming: Putting together basic Web applications, highlighting differences between Web and Windows programming.; Data Access: Accessing all kinds of data sources from Web and Windows applications, including SQL usage, XML, file system data, and Web Services.; Additional Techniques: "The fun stuff", including Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Workflow, Windows Communication Foundation, GDI+, networking, Windows Services, and so on. The book makes complicated subjects seem easy to learn, and it inspires readers to investigate areas further on their own by providing references to additional material, and exercise questions that require significant effort and personal research to complete. more...

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