Professional Widgets with CSS DOM and AJAX or Mcitp

Professional Widgets with CSS, DOM and AJAX: Google Web Toolkit, Yahoo Konfabulator, Microsoft Web Gadgets, and SilverLight with PopFly

Author: Rajesh Lal

Wrox's Professional Widgets with CSS, DOM and Ajax is the first guide to building web widgets - tiny applications that can be embedded in a web page or on the desktop and have exploded in popularity in recent months. Inside, award-winning programmer Rajesh Lal provides readers with a methodology for building widgets using standards like CSS and DOM to create widgets that work anywhere. Next he guides readers though the creation of widgets using several popular toolkits and frameworks including Yahoo! Widgets, Silverlight with PopFly, Google Web Toolkit, Microsoft Web Gadgets and more Professional Widgets with CSS, DOM and Ajax is heavy on step-by step examples enabling readers to get up to speed and begin building widgets quickly and easily.
Topics include:
* Understanding the architecture, design considerations and implementation of Web Widgets
* Working with Data Providers XML Web Services
* Using Ajax to provide the backbone and medium for widgets
* Presentation with CSS
* Browser compatibility
* Programming with Ajax Libraries and Frameworks
* Security, Yes Security

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MCITP: Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Administrator Study Guide (Exam 70-647)

Author: Steven Johnson

This comprehensive book will guide readers through Microsoft's brand new MCITP: Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Administrator exam. Enterprise Administrators are responsible for the overall IT environment and architecture. They translate business goals into technology decisions and plan mid-range to long-term strategies  

The Enterprise Administrator makes key decisions and recommendations on:

• Network infrastructure
  
• Directory Services, Identity management, and Authentication
  
• Security policies
  
• Business continuity (disaster recovery, personnel/equipment/data)
  
• Resource allocation and Budgeting
  
• Design of IT administrative structure (delegation models)
  
• Best practices, standards, and SLAs
  

This study guide will be complete with 100overage of the exam objectives, real world scenarios, hands-on exercises, and challenging review questions, both in the book and on the CD.

In addition, there will be a complete instructor support package made available to training centers and schools who will use this book in their classroom.