I wrote this book to help developers discover Force.com as a viable, even superior tool for building business applications. I’m always surprised at how many developers I meet who aren’t aware of Force.com as a platform.They know of Salesforce, but only that it’s a CRM. Even those who have heard of Force.com are amazed when I describe what Appirio and other companies are building with it.…
The Java API for Representational State Transfer (JAX-RS) specification defines a set of Java APIs for building web services conforming to the REST style. This specification defines how to expose POJOs as web resources, using HTTP as the network protocol. Applications using these APIs can be deployed to an application server in a portable manner. Some of the key features that are introduced i…
This may seem like a strange way to start a tech book—but you really, really need to read this book. Let us explain. We’ll start with a little bit about ourselves and why we needed this book. I’m Dave, the developer. I’ve been obsessed with Microsoft Web Application technolo‐ gies since I was 16 years old. It began with the beta of classic ASP and Access 2.0 to be exact. Since then, I…
This article presents the purchase management information system, finance management information system and security information system, their interdependence and tight correlation. Furthermore, we state the goals of the purchase management information system that must be achieved in any organisation, as the purchase (sub)process is carried out in every organisation. P-K matrix gives a deta…
In dark days, men need a clear faith and a well-grounded hope; and as the outcome of these, the calm courage which takes no account of hardships by the way. The times through which we are passing have afforded to many of us a confirmation of our faith. We see that the things we had thought evil are really evil, and we know more definitely than we ever did before the directions in which men must…
As program manager for ESRI’s ArcGIS mapping software product, Jim is responsible for a daily build of 20 million lines of code. He previously managed the transportation and logistics department for ESRI Professional Services, where he brought many multi-million–dollar software projects in on-schedule and on-budget using the design techniques described in this book. Lots of people have m…
We begin with basic questions and theories. Why do states adopt certain goals or objectives, and pursue particular foreign military and economic policies? Why do wars start and end? Why are they fought in certain ways? What role is played by objective factors, such as the balance of power, uncertainty, and the ability to make “credible commitments”? How does the political system or “regim…
This is not a book about algorithms, nor is it a replacement for a book about algorithms. We deliberately avoided an algorithm-centered approach. We believe there is a relatively small set of fundamental concepts or principles that underlie techniques for extracting useful knowledge from data. These concepts serve as the foundation for many well- known algorithms of data mining. Moreover, these…
If you are like the rest of the networking community, you probably have many certifications. Certification is one of the best things you can do for your career in the computer or networking field. It proves that you know what you’re talking about when it comes to the area in which you are certified. In this book, you’ll find out what the Network+ exam is all about. Each chapter covers a pa…
About a year ago, whilst looking rather casually through the preface to an earlier book, A Measured Life (1994), I came upon this sentence: ‘You could write a book about the English character, warts and all, simply by putting together in thematic groups the traditional cant expressions that lubricate our daily life’.
Businesses sit on data, and every second that passes, they generate some more. Surely, there must be a way to make use of all this stuff. But how, exactly—that’s far from clear. The task is difficult because it is so vague: there is no specific problem that needs to be solved. There is no specific question that needs to be answered. All you know is the overall purpose: improve the busin…
The book’s chapters follow pretty closely the actual set of steps that need to be accomplished before data can be visualized, from the design of the survey to the collection of the data to ultimately its visualization. Really pretty simple. So if you’re fairly new to the game, it is probably going to make sense for you to start at the beginning and read the whole way through the book. Likew…
PREFACE THE Traffic Library consists of twenty-five volumes. The information which it contains is both practical and authentic. It embraces the field of freight, express and parcel post rates and services, and comprehends a systematic and scientific study of the principles and problems of the second greatest industry in America — Transportation. The information is arranged in correlat…
PREFACE ALL transportation and functions of common carriers are not controlled by the Act to Regulate Commerce and other federal legislation. There are forms of transportation and corporate rights, responsibilities and duties of carriers, which do not come within the purview of the national system of regulation. The Act to Regulate Commerce was intended by Congress to afford an effecti…