Illustrator CS4 Bible or Understanding Net

Illustrator CS4 Bible

Author: Ted Alspach

The ultimate comprehensive guide to everything from drawing basics to advanced techniques

• Adobe expert Ted Alspach reveals the latest on Illustrator CS4’s new features and thoroughly explains how to integrate Illustrator with the rest of Creative Suite 4
  
• Teaches you step-by-step how to create designs that work beautifully, whether in print or online
  
• Covers the basics of drawing, painting, coloring, and uncoloring
  
• Offers essential tips for mastering paths, masks, blends, patterns, transparency, and type
  
• Introduces you to enhanced Smart Guides and a new Crop Area tool
  
• Demonstrates how to work in multiple pages with CS4’s new Artboard tool
  
• Packed with practical tips and tricks to improve designs and conquer the Web with scripts and online design techniques
  

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Understanding .Net: Second Edition (Independent Technology Guides Series)

Author: David Chappell

Microsoft's .NET is revolutionizing Windows-based software development. Since its initial release in 2002, .NET has changed significantly, becoming the foundation for a new generation of Windows applications. The .NET Framework and Visual Studio, the two core aspects of this initiative, provide a multilanguage environment in which developers can create Web services, graphical user interfaces, and other kinds of applications. Taken as a whole, the .NET technologies have changed the way nearly every Windows application is built.

Now fully updated for version 2.0 of the .NET Framework and Visual Basic 2005, Understanding .NET, Second Edition, is a concise guide to the landscape of Windows development. Margin notes, detailed diagrams, and lucid writing make this book easy to read and navigate, while analysis sections explore controversial issues and address common concerns. David Chappell's independent perspective and straightforward descriptions clarify both how the .NET technologies work and how they can be used.

Coverage includes

• An overview of .NET and its goals
• The Common Language Runtime (CLR)
• The .NET languages, including C#, Visual Basic, and C++
• The .NET Framework class library
• Building Web Applications with ASP.NET
• Accessing Data with ADO.NET
• .NET framework integration with SQL Server 2005

The key to using a new technology is to understand the fundamentals. This book provides the robust foundation developers and technical managers need to make the right decisions and maximize the potential of this revolutionary framework.