Helps to learn HTML so that you can create Web pages and communicate effectively with friends, family, fans and fanatic customers. Using the research in neurobiology, cognitive science, and learning theory, this book provides information on HTML, CSS, and XHTML.

Using the latest research in neurobiology, cognitive science, and learning theory, 'Head First Design Patterns' loads patterns into your brain in a way that sticks. In a way that makes you better at solving software design problems, and better at speaking the language of patterns with others on your team.

A highly interactive, multi-sensory learning experience that lets new programmers pick up the fundamentals of the Java language quickly. Through mind-stretching exercises, memorable analogies, humorous pictures, and casual language, it encourages readers to think like a Java programmer. This revised second edition focuses on Java 5.0.

Even the best developers have seen well-intentioned software projects fail - often because the customer kept changing requirements, and end users didn't know how to use the software you developed. This work guides you through the best practices of software development. It gives you information about each step of the software development lifecycle.

Shows you how to analyze, design, and write serious object-oriented software. This work helps you learn how to: use OO principles like encapsulation and delegation to build applications that are flexible; apply the Open-Closed Principle (OCP) and the Single Responsibility Principle (SRP) to promote reuse of your code; among others.

Helps you pass the J2EE 1.5 exam. This book helps you learn how to write servlets and JSPs, what makes a web container tick (and what ticks it off), how to use JSP's Expression Language (EL for short), and how to write deployment descriptors for your web applications.

Gives you a perspective that lets you see exactly what you can do with Ajax. Using a visual format, this book offers a big picture overview to introduce Ajax, and then explores the use of individual Ajax components as it progresses. It is suitable for experienced programmers in Java, PHP, and C# who want to learn client-side programming.

Helps readers learn the basics of programming, from variables to types to looping; how the web browser runs code, and how readers can talk to the browser with their code. This book shows how to use the Document Object Model to change web pages without making users click buttons.

Teaches you: object-orientation-building objects and learning how they relate to each other; variables; hashtables; user interfaces; exceptions; good programming habits; web services 101; and debugging and deploying. This book includes plenty of graphics, games, and puzzles.

Shows readers the fundamentals of SQL and how to take advantage of it. This book takes readers on a journey through the language, from basic INSERT statements and SELECT queries to hardcore database manipulation with indices, joins, and transactions.

A PMP certification means that you have the knowledge to solve most common project problems, and proves that you know your stuff. This work offers a coverage of The PMBOK[registered] Guide principles and certification objectives. It helps you prepare for the PMP certification exam, and makes you think about the big picture of project management.