Learning PHP 5

PHP has gained a following among non-technical web designers who need  to add interactive aspects to their sites. Offering a gentle learning  curve, PHP is an accessible yet powerful language for creating dynamic  web pages. As its popularity has grown, PHP's basic feature set has  become... more
SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL

To the people who are accomplished in its use, Structured Query  Language (SQL) is a highly capable, eminently flexible, even beautiful  way of describing the data that you want from a database, or the  changes that you want to make to a database. For the rest of us,  however, SQL is a... more
Service-Oriented Architecture : A Field Guide to Integrating XML and Web Services

The emergence of key second-generation Web  services standards has positioned service-oriented architecture (SOA)  as the foremost platform for contemporary business automation  solutions. The integration of SOA principles and technology is  empowering organizations to build applications with... more
