Koders Announces Full Compatibility with Microsoft's Visual Studio Team System

Koders Inc., the leading provider of source code search solutions for software developers and enterprises, seamlessly integrates its products and services with the Microsoft suite of developer tools.

The Koders Enterprise Edition enhances the utility of Team Foundation Server (TFS), Microsoft's ALM offering for source control, data collection, reporting, and project tracking. Adding code search to TFS provides software development teams with a powerful solution to quickly gain visibility and access to the code assets managed by TFS.

Extensible APIs connect the Koders Enterprise Edition to SharePoint, Microsoft's portal-based collaboration and document management tool. SharePoint Search combined with Koders' solutions allows for unified search of both content and code to facilitate software development, reuse and learning. "Code search is a missing capability in TFS and SharePoint," said Ben McDonald, product manager for the Koders Enterprise Edition. "Koders fills the gap and can help facilitate the transition to TFS from CVS, Visual SourceSafe or other legacy version control systems."

The Koders Enterprise Edition:

• Searches private source code across multiple repositories inside an enterprise
• Deploys as a virtual appliance or as installable software
• Finds code stored in Microsoft Team Foundation Server and other version control systems
• Integrates easily with SharePoint Search or other leading enterprise content search systems

Koders also offers plugins that integrate code search into Microsoft's Visual Studio IDE. Plugins for VS 2003 and VS 2005 can be downloaded for free from the 'Plugins' menu on http://www.koders.com..

The Koders Visual Studio Plugins:

• Allow developers to search for code without leaving their IDEs
• Search millions of lines of open source code indexed by Koders
• Search private code when used in conjunction with the Koders Enterprise Edition or Pro Edition
• Feature SmartSearch™, a contextual search agent that transparently finds code and proactively alerts developers to opportunities for code reuse

About Koders Inc.
Koders is the leader in code search for enterprises, communities and software developers. Koders solutions allow programmers to quickly find and leverage existing source code assets to bring new software applications to market faster, with fewer defects, and at substantial cost savings. The Koders.com website is a free resource for searching open source code. The Koders Enterprise Edition and the Koders Pro Edition both search private source code, and have been adopted by development teams in a broad range of settings, from small ISVs to Fortune 500 companies. Koders is a privately-held company headquartered in Santa Monica, California. For more information, visit http://www.koders.com.

Koders, Koders.com are trademarks or registered trademarks of Koders Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

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Learn to Build Robust, Efficient, and Secure PHP/Oracle Solutions

PHP Oracle Web Development is a new book from Packt that helps users combine the power, scalability, and reliability of the Oracle Database with the ease of use, short development time, and high performance of PHP. Written by experienced author, Yuli Vasiliev, this book is built entirely around example code, covering the most popular and up-to-date topics on using PHP in conjunction with Oracle.

When building a PHP/Oracle application, users have two general options. The first is to use an Oracle database just to store data, performing all the operations on that data on the client side; the other is to use the database not only to store data, but also to process it, thus moving data processing to the data.

While building the key business logic of a database-driven PHP application inside the database is always a good idea, users should bear in mind that not all of the databases available today allow you to do. The Oracle database, which offers record-breaking performance, scalability, and reliability, does. The partnership of Oracle and the open-source scripting language PHP is an excellent solution for building high-performance, scalable, and reliable data-driven web applications.

This 100% practical book is crammed full of easy-to-follow examples. It provides all the tools a PHP/Oracle developer needs to take advantage of the winning combination. It addresses the needs of a wide spectrum of PHP/Oracle developers, placing the emphasis on the most up-to-date topics, such as new PHP and Oracle Database features, stored procedure programming, handling transactions, security, caching, web services, and Ajax.

Through numerous examples, this book will show readers how to build simple and efficient PHP applications on top of Oracle, efficiently distributing data processing between the Web/PHP server and Oracle Database server.

Although PHP Oracle Web Development covers only the most popular and up-to-date topic areas on the use of PHP in conjunction with Oracle, the author does not make any assumption about the skill level of the reader. Packed with information in an easy-to-read format, the book is ideal for any PHP developer who deals with Oracle. For more information, please visit: www.PacktPub.com/PHP-Oracle-Web-Development-XML-Ajax-Open-Source/book Read More >>

Learn to Create Professional Quality Joomla! Templates

Packt is pleased to announce a new book on designing Joomla! templates. Written by Tessa Blakeley Silver, Joomla! Template Design is a complete guide for web designers to all aspects of designing unique website templates for the free Joomla! PHP Content Management System.

The Joomla! template is a series of files within the Joomla! CMS that controls the presentation of content. A template is the basic foundation design for viewing a Joomla! website. To produce the effect of a "complete" website, the template works hand in hand with the content stored in the Joomla! databases.

The Joomla! development team recently announced that they are committing themselves to the GPL license and that all propriety extensions will need to comply to the same license. This has caused some confusion concerning the distribution of templates. This is because a template package is made up of different files; some that the GNU GPL applies to and others that it doesn’t. Joomla!’s official stance is that non-code elements of a template package are just data acted upon by the software and may be licensed in any way that the author deems fit. Therefore, the current uncertainty over third party development of templates will require more users to create their own quality, professional-level templates.

Joomla! Template Design is a well-crafted, easy-to-use book and a complete guide to creating Joomla! templates for a website. It guides users through setting up a basic workflow for Joomla! template design, debugging and validating the template code, creating drop-down menus, interactive forms, and dynamic forms for a site, and packaging up the finished template in a ZIP file for users.

The book explains how to deal with and use multiple templates in the same site. It advises users on creating beautiful Joomla! designs using CSS rather than tables in your templates. The book offers guidelines on using animations and other effects in Joomla! templates and provides tricks for tweaking existing templates.

This book is aimed at web designers who want to create their own unique templates for Joomla!. Readers should have basic knowledge of Joomla! and also some knowledge of CSS and HTML, and using Dreamweaver for coding purposes.

Joomla! Template Design is published by Packt and will be released in July 2007. For more information, please visit http://www.packtpub.com/Joomla-Template-Design-open-source-PHP-MySQL/book

About Packt
Packt is a modern, unique publishing company with a focus on producing cutting-edge books for communities of developers, administrators, and newbies alike.

Packt’s books and publications share the experiences of fellow IT professionals in adapting and customizing today's systems, applications, and frameworks. Their solutions-based books give readers the knowledge and power to customize the software and technologies they’re using to get the job done.

Packt believes in Open Source. When they sell a book written on an Open Source project, they pay a royalty directly to that project. As a result of purchasing one of their open source books, Packt will have given some of the money received to that open source project.

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Create Joomla! 1.5 Extensions with new Book

Technical IT publishing company Packt, has today published Learning Joomla! Extension Development, a book that helps create Joomla! 1.5 extensions with PHP. Written by professional Joomla! Extension Developer Joseph L. LeBlanc, this book gives programmers their first step in customizing and extending the features of Joomla! through custom PHP development.

While Joomla! is packed with features, its greatest quality is that it is extremely extensible, allowing any number of complex applications to be cleanly integrated. Shopping carts, forums, social networking profiles, job boards, and real estate listings are all examples of extensions developers have written for Joomla!. All of these can run off one Joomla! site, while only one database, template, and core need to be maintained. When you build an extension to Joomla!, it will inherit the look and feel of the overall site. Any type of program that can be coded in PHP is a potential component waiting to be written!

Walk through the development of complete Joomla! components and modules with this tutorial for PHP programmers. Written for Joomla! version 1.5 and tested against pre-final releases, this book will get programmers started with coding professional looking extensions as quickly as possible.

The book builds example extensions to create, find, promote, and cross-link restaurant reviews. A component will handle common data items seen across all reviews such as price range, reservations, cuisine type, and location. Visitors will be able to search and sort through the reviews; adding their own criteria to zero in on their dining options for the evening. Modules will highlight new reviews, drawing the attention of frequent visitors. Finally, plugins will pull pieces of the reviews into feature articles and others will integrate them into searches.

As an open source project, Joomla! is free to download. This means that it survives through volunteers and donations from an enthusiastic community. In a move designed to demonstrate their support and to help provide a sustainable source of revenue for the project, Packt is paying Joomla! a percentage of every book sold.

“This is something we do for all open source projects that we publish books on” explains Packt spokesman Damian Carvill. He goes on to state that Packt’s aim is to “establish publishing royalties as an essential part of the service and support business model that sustains Open Source.”

Learning Joomla! Extension Development: Creating Modules, Components, and Plugins with PHP is published by Packt and is out now. For more information, please visit www.PacktPub.com/Joomla-Extensions/book Read More >>

Confio Software Introduces Confio Ignite for Sybase

Confio Software, the leader in wait-time application performance management tools, today announced the immediate availability of Confio Ignite™ for Sybase. On display this week at TechWave 2007, the Sybase User Training and Solutions Conference, Confio's solution provides increased visibility into the cause of performance problems that can occur in a Sybase environment. Confio Software's comprehensive Igniter Suite™ now covers multiple Oracle, Microsoft, IBM and Sybase databases to address approximately 90% of the RDBMS market.
Confio Ignite for Sybase improves how enterprises monitor, analyze and optimize their Sybase databases and applications. Designed for database administrators (DBAs) responsible for business critical systems and solutions, Confio's latest product gives DBAs and expanded range of platforms where they can utilize best-practice performance management. The product is tailored for Sybase installations and allows DBAs to instantly highlight the most important database problems, their root cause and resolution.

"Ignite for Sybase introduces best practice wait-time methods into the Sybase environment, allowing DBAs to eliminate costly delays at the database layer that can impede critical application performance," stated Don Bergal, chief operating officer, Confio Software. "Sybase has a rich history of being a high performance database, especially for demanding industries such as financial services and insurance. Confio Ignite for Sybase ensures that companies are always operating at peak performance and achieving expected service levels."

Organizations with mixed database environments now have a single monitoring architecture to cover multiple systems. The new product is dedicated to giving the Sybase user community a fast-to-results tool and best practice methodology that has mostly been unavailable to the Sybase market. Highlights of the new product include:

• Common repository for capturing data from Sybase, Oracle, SQL Server and DB2
• Single desktop client for DBAs, developers, and managers to monitor all database types
• Monitors any application that is depending on information from Sybase databases, such as .NET, Java and client server applications.

Built on industry best-practice Wait-Time methods , Confio Ignite uses a patented agent-less architecture that identifies the exact command and database process causing delays without draining performance. Confio Ignite measures end-user wait-time with detailed granularity and gives IT management a clear direction of who should own the performance problem. For DBAs, the product identifies the exact modules and screens that affect database performance and prescribes the best path towards resolution.

More about Confio Software's leading multiplatform wait-time application performance management tools can be found at www.confio.com or by stopping by the Confio Software booth, #207. In addition, free trials of Confio Software are available for download at http://www.confio.com/freetrial Within 30 minutes customers can download, install and begin identifying a path to improving application performance and service levels.

About Confio Software
Confio Software develops Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Sybase & Java application performance management tools that are revolutionizing how databases and the applications that depend on them are monitored, managed and optimized. Built on industry best-practice Wait-Time methods, Confio Igniter Suite improves service levels and reduces costs for database and application infrastructure. Confio is based in Boulder, Colorado, with customers worldwide. For more information see Confio.com.

Confio and Confio Ignite are trademarks or registered trademarks of Confio Software Corporation, in the United States and/or in other countries. Other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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New Software Protection And Licensing System with Full Windows Vista Support Released

Leading Software Protection and Licensing company Sampson Multimedia has released a new version of its Award Winning "Crypto++ SDK 2007" Professional Software Protection and Licensing System with full Windows Vista support.

Jorge Sampson, CEO of Sampson Multimedia explained how Software Developers really need a Quick, Easy, and Affordable Software Protection and Licensing System that provides full support for the new Windows Vista operating system.

Independent Software Developers as well as Software Development companies have a real need to protect their software applications from piracy and have full software licensing control over them, while providing ease of use to end users says a senior software developer.

The new Windows Vista operating system has more restrictions on users, so older Software Protection and Software Licensing systems just don't work on Vista. This fact had to be seriously addressed in new Software Protection and Software Licensing systems Mr. Sampson advised.

Mr. Sampson also explained that the new "Crypto++ SDK 2007" Professional Software Protection and Licensing System provides support for Windows Vista, and highlighted some of the many powerful features of this new Software Protection and Licensing system that will benefit Software Developers by:

• Giving them the power to easily control who uses their protected software. Through a single Activation Code they have a wide range of protection options. Days and runs limits, days only, runs only, unlimited full unlock, number of allowed users running on a network, etc.
• Safely protecting their software applications with the newest "Anti-Debug Technology" that will protect them against debugging tools.
• Allowing them to Quickly and Easily create protected Trial versions of their software, that will require product registration to fully unlock it after the Trial period expires, and turn their Trial versions into full-blown applications instantly through an Activation Code that only they can provide.
• Arming them with the power to instantly authorize their software over the web. They'll be able to easily automate their software activation with the new fully "Integrated Internet Activation Functions" to get their applications authorized over the web without having to do any complicated Internet programming, and totally transparent to the user.

The above Software Protection and Licensing features are only a few of the many that software developers around the world will benefit from, with this new "Crypto++ SDK 2007" Professional Software Protection and Licensing System release, added Mr. Sampson.

For additional information and to download a FREE Trial version of the new "Crypto++ SDK 2007" Professional Software Protection and Licensing System, go to:http://www.sampson-multimedia.com/

About Sampson Multimedia
Sampson Multimedia is a leading Software Protection and Licensing company that has been providing thousands of Software Developers of all sizes in 87 countries around the world with Software Protection and Licensing programming tools since 1997.

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Idera Improves SQL Server Database Performance with Solution for Automated Defragmentation

Idera, a leading provider of management and administration solutions for Microsoft SQL Server environments, today announced the availability of SQL defrag manager 1.2. The first and only product of its kind, SQL defrag manager continuously analyzes SQL Server fragmentation levels, pinpoints fragmentation hot spots, and intelligently defragments SQL Server tables and indexes automatically or on demand – providing improved and more consistent SQL Server database performance and response times.

Over time, as data is inserted, updated, and deleted, databases become fragmented – a condition that adversely affects database performance, especially in large scale SQL Server environments. Fragmentation ranks as one of the top causes of poor database performance, yet the task of defragmentation is often neglected because it can be extremely time-consuming, labor-intensive, and often must be done in off-hours to avoid service interruption.

“SQL defrag manager is the first and only product that intelligently and safely automates the process of SQL Server database defragmentation,” said Rick Pleczko, President and CEO at Idera, “It significantly increases DBA productivity by reducing the time spent finding and remediating fragmented tables and indexes and ensures the performance and availability of critical SQL Servers.”

“One of the most difficult tasks in my day to day operations has been to maintain index optimization.” commented Mike Flanagan, Senior DBA with Aries Systems Corporation, “SQL defrag manager allows me to configure automated index maintenance based on the fragmentation level of the individual indexes. The maintenance process runs each night, takes a fraction of the time it used to and has very little load impact. I find SQL defrag manager to be an indispensable tool in my day to day duties as a DBA.”

Key features and benefits provided by SQL defrag manager include:

• Improved SQL Server performance: SQL defrag manager continuously monitors fragmentation levels and takes automated action to resolve fragmentation issues, resulting in better, and more consistent database performance.
• Automatic Analysis: SQL defrag manager automatically analyzes index and table fragmentation levels to quickly pinpoint “hot spots” or areas where performance is severely hindered.
• Customizable Remediation: SQL defrag manager offers three easy options for performing SQL Server defragmentation:

Automated: Performs automatic remediation according to user-specified parameters and fragmentation levels.

Semi-automated: Performs automatic analysis and highlights fragmentation problem areas in a to-do list for subsequent ‘one-click’ remediation.

Manual: Initiate fragmentation analysis on demand and remediate manually as required.

• Centralized Management: View fragmentation analysis in real-time and manage defragmentation activity across hundreds of servers and thousands of databases from a central console.
• Comprehensive Reporting: Generate comprehensive reports of analysis and defragmentation activity providing proof that database performance is continuously optimized.

Pricing and Availability
SQL defrag manager is now available and is priced at $995 per SQL Server instance. More information about SQL defrag manager as well as a free, 14 day, fully-functional evaluation copy is available at: www.idera.com/products/sqldefrag

About Idera
Idera delivers a new generation of tools for proactively managing, administering, and securing the world's fastest growing database management system – Microsoft SQL Server. Battle-proven and engineered for distributed enterprises, Idera’s solutions help companies ensure database availability while also reducing tedious administrative tasks and expense. Idera’s solutions include: Security and Compliance Management, Performance and Availability Management, Backup and Recovery, and Change and Configuration Management. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Idera’s products are sold and supported directly and via authorized resellers and distributors around the globe.

To learn more, please contact Idera at 713-523-4433 or visit http://www.idera.com/.

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Learn SQL Server 2005 with AppDev's Newest Release

AppDev recently released the SQL Server™ 2005 Power Suite for developers using or learning Visual Basic 2005 or Visual C# 2005. A major upgrade from its very successful predecessor, SQL Server™ 2000, SQL Server™ 2005 includes numerous new features and functionalities. By utilizing the AppDev SQL Server™ 2005 Power Suite developers can learn how to take advantage of these improvements and increase productivity and performance.

The SQL Server™ 2005 Power Suite includes seven courses on 66 CD’s or eight DVDs. It is also available on AppDev’s latest learning solution, KSource Online Learning™. The SQL Server™ 2005 Power Suite begins with AppDev’s exploring series for an overview of the new features and functionality of SQL Server™ and moves onto more in-depth discussion of topics including Business Intelligence, BizTalk Server and ADO.NET.

Each course is led and written by some of the most recognized names in the industry and most include hands-on labs, sample code, printable courseware, and pre/post exams.

“The AppDev SQL Server™ 2005 Power Suite is an excellent way to get up to speed with the over five years of Microsoft SQL Server™ enhancements,” AppDev President and CEO Craig Jensen said. “AppDev’s easy to follow instruction and award-winning content ensures that developers will be able to capitalize on all these SQL improvements.

AppDev is an award-winning technical learning company providing in-depth, real-world content in multiple formats. AppDev offers 80+ titles for today's latest technologies including Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005, Business Intelligence, ASP.NET 2.0, Visual Basic® 2005, Visual C#® 2005 and more. For more information on the AppDev training or for additional training and reference resources, contact AppDev at (800)578-2062 or http://www.appdev.com.

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Improve your PHP Coding Productivity with new CodeIgniter Book

Packt is pleased to announce the release of its new book, CodeIgniter for Rapid PHP Application Development. Written by David Upton, this book will help users build a dynamic website quickly and easily using CodeIgniter's prepared code CodeIgniter (CI) is a powerful open source PHP framework with a very small footprint, built for PHP coders who need a simple and elegant toolkit to create full-featured web applications. CodeIgniter is an MVC framework, similar in some ways to the Rails framework for Ruby, and is designed to enable, not overwhelm.

This book explains how to work with CodeIgniter in a clear and logical manner. It is not a detailed guide to the syntax of CodeIgniter, but makes an ideal complement to the existing online CodeIgniter user guide, helping you grasp the bigger picture and bringing together many ideas to get your application development started as smoothly as possible.

If you're looking for a better way to develop PHP applications, or want to find out more about the CodeIgniter framework as a viable option for one of your own projects, this book will help you. It carefully explains the basic concepts of CodeIgniter and its MVC architecture by walking through the main features of CodeIgniter in a systematic way, explaining them clearly with illustrative code examples.

CodeIgniter for Rapid PHP Application Development is out now and is written for developers who are new to CodeIgniter. Basic skills in PHP and MySQL are required, but only rudimentary object-oriented knowledge is required. For more information, please visit http://www.packtpub.com/codelgniter-php-application-development-mvc/book Read More >>

PHP Web 2.0 Mashup Projects

Packt is pleased to announce details of a new book designed to teach users how to create practical mashups in PHP. Written by experienced programmer Shu-Wai Chow, PHP Web 2.0 Mashup Projects teaches users how to create PHP projects that grab and mix data from the likes of Google Maps, Flickr, Amazon, YouTube, MSN Search, Yahoo!, Last.fm, the Internet UPC Database, and the California Highway Patrol Traffic service!

A mashup is a web page or application that combines data from two or more external online sources into an integrated experience. PHP Web 2.0 Mashup Projects is written as an entryway to the world of mashups and Web 2.0. Users will create PHP projects that grab data from one place on the Web, mix it up with relevant information from another place on the Web and present it in a single application.

The book is made up of five real-world PHP projects. Each project begins with an overview of the technologies and protocols needed for the project, and then dives straight into the tools used and details of creating the project:

• Look up products on Amazon.Com from their code in the Internet UPC database
• A fully customized search engine with MSN Search and Yahoo!
• A personal video jukebox with YouTube and Last.FM
• Deliver real-time traffic incident data via SMS and the California Highway Patrol!
• Display pictures sourced from Flickr in Google maps

Users will learn the technologies, data formats, and protocols needed to use these web services and APIs, and some of the freely-available PHP tools for working with them. Readers will understand how these technologies work with each other and see how to use this information, in combination with their own imagination, to build cutting-edge websites.

PHP Web 2.0 Mashup Projects is due out in June, 2007. There are a lot of formats and protocols, web services and web APIs encountered in this book however users do not need to know anything about them; everything needed is found in the book.

For more information http://www.packtpub.com/php-web-20-mashups/book

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Microsoft AJAX Library Essentials Book Announced

Packt is pleased to announce details of a new book for ASP.NET developers, which will help them to understand how Microsoft AJAX will impact on the way they develop web applications and help them to make the transition to better, more responsive applications as easily as possible.

With ASP.NET AJAX (formerly known as ATLAS), developers can quickly create rich and responsive web pages with efficient server communication by simply adding a few server controls to their pages. Because ASP.NET AJAX is integrated with ASP.NET, developers have full access to the built-in ASP.NET 2.0 application services and the entire .NET Framework.

Microsoft AJAX Library Essentials is the most practical and efficient resource a reader can get to enter the exciting world of AJAX in ASP.NET. This book is the first step to creating faster, lighter, and richer web applications by using the Microsoft AJAX technologies to their full potential.

Written by experienced authors Cristian Darie and Bogdan Brinzarea, the main goal of this book is to get users comfortable with the Microsoft AJAX Library, a huge set of functions that can be used for developing powerful client-side functionality. To help aid efficiency in working with this library, Darie and Brinzarea walk through this new environment, and help users adapt to it with a detailed exploration of its object-oriented programming model. To compliment these new found skills, and to help users tackle their own projects, a comprehensive guide to the classes used in the book is included, providing an invaluable reference that can be referenced again and again.

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Learn to Model Business Processes in JBoss jBPM

Packt is pleased to annouce a new book on JBoss jBPM, the free, open source, business process management solution. Written by Matt Cumberlidge, Business Process Management with JBoss jBPM shows business analysts how to model business processes in JBoss jBPM and use these models to generate a fully-functioning workflow application.

JBoss jBPM enables users to create business processes that coordinate people, applications, and services. Business Process Management with JBoss jBPM shows business analysts how to model business processes in JBoss jBPM and use these models to generate a fully-functioning workflow application. The book shows how business analysts can use the tools to build a solution without the need for Java coding expertise. It also introduces more advanced functionality that can be implemented by Java developers in partnership with the BA.

Business Process Management with JBoss jBPM is a book for Business Analysts (BAs) who need to develop a process model for implementation in a business process management system. Developers looking at the JBoss jBPM toolset will also find it a useful introduction to the key concepts.

This is a full toolkit for someone who wants to implement BPM in the right way. This toolkit is particularly aimed at Business Analysts, although Project Managers, IT managers, developers and even business people can expect to find useful tools and techniques in here. Cumberlidge presents the project framework, analysis techniques and templates, BPM technology and example deliverables that professionals need to successfully bring a BPM solution into their organization.

Business Process Management with JBoss jBPM is published by Packt and is out in August. For more information, please visit www.PacktPub.com/jboss-jbpm/book Read More >>

Learn jQuery with New Book

A new book on jQuery, the powerful JavaScript library, has been announced today by Packt. In Learning jQuery, Karl Swedberg and Jonathan Chaffer, creators of the popular jQuery learning resource www.LearningjQuery.com, share their knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm about jQuery to help users get the most from the library and to make their web applications shine.

Announced only in January 2006, jQuery is growing steadily into a fast, concise, JavaScript Library that simplifies how users traverse HTML documents, handle events, perform animations, and add Ajax interactions to web pages. jQuery is designed to change the way that JavaScript is written.

jQuery is a powerful JavaScript library that can enhance websites regardless of the developer’s background. For designers, jQuery leverages existing CSS and HTML skills, allowing them to dynamically find and change any aspect of a page. For programmers, jQuery offers an open -source, standards-compliant, unobtrusive approach to writing complex JavaScript applications.

Learning jQuery provides a gentle introduction to jQuery concepts, allowing users to add interactions and animations to pages, even if previous attempts at writing JavaScript have been unsuccessful. The book is designed to guide users past the pitfalls associated with AJAX, events, effects, and advanced JavaScript language features, as well as provide users with a reference to the jQuery library to return to again and again.

The book is written for web designers who want to create interactive elements for their designs, and for developers who want to create the best user interface for their web applications.

Learning jQuery is published by Packt and is out in July 2007. For more information, please visit www.PacktPub.com/jQuery/book

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Forget Paris in April, Think Atlanta in November for Ruby on Rails Bootcamp, November 12-16, 2007

To meet the rising demand for quality Ruby on Rails training, Big Nerd Ranch, Inc., premier provider of week-long, intensive training classes for web developers, system administrators and programmers, announced the fall dates for Ruby on Rails Bootcamp (http://bignerdranch.com/classes/ruby.shtml) for November 12-16, 2007. The five-day class features Ruby on Rails guru, Charles Brian Quinn (http://bignerdranch.com/instructors/quinn.shtml), and is designed specifically for developers, web designers and project managers charged with the development of robust, efficient and stable database-driven web applications. Students attending this class are not just paying for a simple overview of an over-hyped equivalent of programming bling. Instead, they are thrust head-first into a rigorous study of one of the most elegant and powerful languages and frameworks available to the serious web developer.

Tapping his extensive experience as a full-time Ruby on Rails developer, Charles Brian Quinn presents information within a real-world context, where the introduction of concepts is followed by examples of how those concepts are utilized. In addition, attendees of the class are encouraged to bring their own projects to the class to receive individualized guidance.

"One of the greatest benefits to Ruby on Rails Bootcamp is also one of the more fluid and intangible aspects of the Big Nerd Ranch learning environment," commented Charles Brian Quinn, class instructor. "So much of the learning process occurs after class is over, during the evenings in the lab. That is when students come together for post-class brain dumps, code show-offs and assistance in helping architect their next big application. It is during those late night sessions when many students get their big 'ah ha!' moment."

At the end of the five-day Ruby on Rails training class, students will leave fully schooled in the key elements of Ruby on Rails development, including:

• Understanding Rails major components: Active Record, ActionPack, ActionMailer and ActiveSupport
• Understanding Ruby on Rails conventions and the Model View Controller
• Being able to install, setup, design, develop and deploy Ruby on Rails applications using Capistrano and update and maintain existing Ruby on Rails applications
• Building, parsing and manipulating XML Documents by generating RSS feeds and creating and consuming Web Services
• Making sophisticated and dynamic user interfaces utilizing AJAX and using Ruby libraries, plug-ins and generators to enhance extensibility of functionality

No previous experience with Ruby or Rails is required, however, students attending the class should be familiar with basic programming principles such as if/else, methods, objects and data.

The Big Nerd Ranch incorporates intensive training classes for Unix and Mac OS X programmers and system administrators in a retreat setting outside Atlanta, GA. Class price of $3500 includes lodging, all meals, original instruction materials, 24-hour lab access and ground transportation to and from the Atlanta airport. Students are encouraged to bring independent projects to class, allowing for input from classmates and individual instructor attention. For more information, call 678-595-6773 or visit www.bignerdranch.com.

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Warm Your Mug with Cocoa Bootcamp, October 1-5, 2007

In order to meet escalating demand for superior quality Cocoa training, Big Nerd Ranch, Inc., premier provider of intensive five-day training classes for programmers, system administrators, and web developers, announced today another Cocoa Bootcamp class for the fall. The class, scheduled for October 1-5, 2007, comes on the heels of the September class, which sold out shortly after the dates were released. The ever-increasing popularity of Cocoa Bootcamp is clear evidence of Apple's rapidly growing market share; a trend Steve Jobs announced at the recent WWDC. The class, which boasts the talents of the legendary Aaron Hillegass, features the most in-depth Cocoa training available and uniquely satisfies both the needs of novice Cocoa programmers and those of experienced Cocoa developers seeking a deeper understanding of Cocoa.

"While I am not saying there is a correlation between the crowds lining up to purchase Ms. Rowling's latest book and sold-out Cocoa Bootcamp classes, it does make one wonder," mused Aaron Hillegass, Cocoa Bootcamp instructor. "At the very least it demonstrates that people will go to any length to experience excellence. Cocoa Bootcamp provides that opportunity and opens students' eyes to the magic and possibility not only within Cocoa programming, but within themselves and the power of their own creativity."

Over five days, Aaron brings his own brand of Cocoa wizardry to the instruction of core and advanced principles of Cocoa programming. While students are not required to be familiar with Cocoa or working on Macs, they are expected to have some background in an object-oriented language like Java, C++, Python or Ruby. The class is fast-paced and intense as it traverses a lot of Cocoa territory. After a preliminary crash course in Objective-C, the class moves onto the key competencies required of any Cocoa programmer worth his/her salt:

• Mastering Interface Builder and Xcode
• The Objective-C language
• Using CoreData and binding in the creation of sophisticated applications
• Custom drawing and event handling
• Adding sheets, formatting, printing, drag and drop, and dynamic menu items to an application

Aaron Hillegass's seminal work, 'Cocoa Programming on Mac OS X,' provides the text for the class. This class is being taught on Mac OS X 10.4 and Xcode 2.3, but the new Leopard edition will be discussed during class.

Read more about Cocoa Bootcamp at http://bignerdranch.com/classes/cocoa.shtml

The Big Nerd Ranch incorporates intensive training classes for Unix and Mac OS X programmers and system administrators in a retreat setting outside Atlanta, GA. Class price of $3500 includes lodging, all meals, original instruction materials, 24-hour lab access, and ground transportation to and from the Atlanta airport. Students are encouraged to bring independent projects to class, allowing for input from classmates and individual instructor attention. For more information, call 678-595-6773 or visit www.bignerdranch.com.

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Restart SQL Server Services on all Network Devices and Instances in One Click

SQL Farms, Inc. announced one-click restart of SQL Server services on all network machines to assist network and database administrators (DBAs) handle automated SQL patches and multi-server configuration changes. The new features are available as part of SQL Farm Combine 1.8, the latest release of SQL Farms' flagship product, which aims to assist enterprises with large SQL Server environments and data centers.

The ability to control SQL services on all network computers eliminates the need for tedious manual work. Instead of logging to individual machines and restarting services, database managers can now easily enable automated patches and then select the servers that they wish to restart from a single client interface, without any remote agents or installations. In addition, configuration changes can be pushed to all servers in one click within the same interface and the appropriate services can be restarted to load configuration updates.

With the recent advancement in SQL Server patches, the ability to stop or start SQL services throughout the network allows DBAs to handle and monitor their servers much more effectively after patch-Tuesday and other automatic updates", said Thomas Goff, Founder and CTO at SQL Farms. He added, "DBAs can now manage, push changes, configurations, and pull status or monitoring data from multiple servers and easily manage even the largest server farms".

SQL Farm Combine 1.8 represents a recent addition in managing the data tier of modern datacenters and SQL server environments. The company also reported that new distributed management and monitoring capabilities will be avaialble in the near future as part of the ongoing frequent release plan of its award-winning user interfaces.

About SQL Farms
SQL Farms, Inc. is a leading provider of tools and frameworks for working with many databases and servers. SQL Farms products are focused on database management, administration, and deployment in mid-size to very large SQL Server environments and data centers. Key features of SQL Farms products include distributed deployment of changes to all databases and servers, collection of data and performance metrics from all servers through distributed querying capabilities, deployment of admin changes to multiple databases and servers in parallel, and more. SQL Farms tools are based on patent-pending technologies and do not require any remote agents or installations. For additional information please visit SQL Farms website at http://www.sqlfarms.com

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Zmanda Delivers Powerful New Way to Manage MySQL Backups

Zmanda™, the leader in open source backup and data protection, today announced that its Zmanda Recovery Manager (ZRM) for MySQL is now available with the Zmanda Management Console - a set of powerful graphical tools designed to simplify and accelerate the complex process of MySQL database backup and recovery. ZRM with the Zmanda Management Console can dramatically reduce the workload of a MySQL database administrator (DBA) while providing enterprise-class, MySQL-specific backup and recovery.

"Backing up MySQL data is a business-critical task for DBAs at thousands of Web 2.0 companies and other data-driven enterprises," said Dmitri Joukovski, Zmanda's vice president of Product Management. "ZRM is the only comprehensive backup solution that addresses the unique needs of MySQL databases -- such as multiple database storage engines. The new graphical management console means secure, scalable enterprise-grade MySQL backup is more manageable than ever."

ZRM: Open Source Backup Solution Specifically for MySQLZmanda's ZRM for MySQL is the only comprehensive, enterprise-class backup and recovery solution designed specifically for MySQL databases. An open source solution, ZRM delivers robust backup and recovery functionality to help MySQL DBAs prevent the serious damage caused by data loss in the event of system or database failure.

ZRM is different from traditional backup solutions that simply provide an agent for MySQL as part of a more general, system-wide backup process. It features MySQL-specific functionality, such as storage engine awareness, to meet the enterprise-class requirements of the MySQL DBA.

The new version of ZRM includes a range of updates and additions to deliver added simplicity, security, flexibility and support:

• Simplicity - Zmanda's new comprehensive Management Console for ZRM lets MySQL DBAs graphically explore MySQL database servers and choose which database and/or tables to back up. It also gives DBAs the power to choose where, when and how the backup will occur and to create detailed reports.
• Security - ZRM allows DBAs to delegate responsibility and set specific privileges of MySQL databases within their database network.
• Flexibility - Zmanda has added plug-in support to ZRM for MySQL, allowing partners and DBAs to create their own plug-ins to drive snapshot mechanisms.
• 24/7 Enterprise-Class Support - For those customers who need the extra level of support, Zmanda has now offers round-the-clock, 24 x 7 Premium support.

"As the role of the DBA has become more complex, simplifying critical ongoing operational processes like data backup have become increasingly important," said Robin Schumacher, MySQL's director of Product Management. "Zmanda's ZRM with the new management console can make backing up MySQL data much easier, giving DBAs the peace of mind that their MySQL data is protected, even in demanding production environments."

Pricing and Availability
Zmanda's Management Console for MySQL Backup is available today through a paid subscription to the Zmanda Network, a cost-effective service that offers everything businesses need to successfully deploy low cost, enterprise-grade backup solutions.

For enterprise use, Zmanda offers three Zmanda Network subscription levels that include a range of premium-level software, support and services. For community users, Zmanda Network includes a free-of-charge subscription level that provides access to resources such as whitepapers, tutorials, and community forums. For additional details on ZRM for MySQL, please go to http://www.zmanda.com/zrm-mysql-enterprise.html

About Zmanda
Zmanda was founded in 2005 to bring the benefits of open source software to the critical operational task of data protection through backup and recovery. The company's flagship offering is the Zmanda Network, a suite of software and services for enterprise data backup and recovery. Zmanda Network offers a network backup solution based on Amanda, the world's most popular open source data backup and recovery technology, as well as an application-specific backup solution, ZRM for MySQL. Zmanda's corporate leadership includes technology veterans with broad experience in enterprise storage and open source software. The company's headquarters are located in Sunnyvale, California. For more information about Zmanda, please go to http://www.zmanda.com/.

Zmanda is a trademark of Zmanda Incorporated in the USA. Other products mentioned may be trademarks of their respective corporations.

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