BadBlue - Other Resources BadBlue Help Center     BadBlue Discussion     Email support Books on PHP Professional PHP4 Programming - PHP is an open source, server-side HTML-embedded web-scripting language for creating dynamic web pages. Outside of being browser-independent, it offers a simple and universal cross-platform solution for e-commerce, complex web, and database-driven applications. Professional PHP4 will show you exactly how to create state of the art web applications that scale well, utilize databases optimally, and connect to a back-end network using a multi-tiered approach. This book also aims at teaching PHP by coding - among other things - FTP clients, e-mail clients, some advanced data structures, session management, and secure programming. Foundation PHP for Flash - Written for the Flash developer who wants to do more, Steve Webster's PHP for Flash shows how to combine simple server-side scripts with Flash to create smarter, more versatile Web applications. With a truly engaging writing style and a sharp visual sense, this title will let any working Flash programmer make the transition to simple server-side scripting with PHP. While most programming books print source code as is, this one distinguishes itself with a keen visual presentation with graphics used to highlight sections of both Flash ActionScript and basic PHP. It also helps that Webster is a notably lively writer. Beginning PHP4 - Beginning PHP4 offers an almost ideal introductory tutorial to one of today's hotter scripting languages. This book really is everything that the novice needs to start building dynamic Web sites that are powered by PHP4, but old hands at programming also will find in it valuable information. PHP, of course, is introduced in the book, but there's also an approachable and effective introduction to programming in general. The conscientious tutorial on basic concepts like variables, keywords, and flow control will give even beginners an understanding of the basics of writing programs. PHP and MySQL Web Development - The PHP server-side scripting language and the MySQL database management system (DBMS) make a potent pair. Both are open-source products - free of charge for most purposes - remarkably strong, and capable of handling all but the most enormous transaction loads. Both are supported by large, skilled, and enthusiastic communities of architects, programmers, and designers. PHP and MySQL Web Development introduces readers (who are assumed to have little or no experience with the title subjects) to PHP and MySQL for the purpose of creating dynamic Internet sites. Programming PHP - Programming PHP is a comprehensive guide to PHP, a simple yet powerful language for creating dynamic web content. The book is co-authored by the creator of PHP, Rasmus Lerdorf, so you'll learn not only how to program in PHP, but how to do it well. This authoritative book explains the language syntax and programming techniques of PHP 4, the latest version of the language, in a clear and concise manner. Programming PHP goes into detail on fundamental topics such as functions, strings, arrays, and objects, with numerous examples that illustrate both correct usage and good PHP style. MySQL/PHP Database Applications - How could the combination of PHP and MySQL - which is feature-rich, highly reliable combination, capable of dealing with large traffic volumes, and absolutely free of charge in most cases - be any better? In MySQL/PHP Database Applications, Jay Greenspan and Brad Bulger explain how to work with the capable pair, primarily for applications you might use on a Web site. If you take the time to study the advice and work through your own tests of the concepts presented, it's pretty much certain that you'll walk away with the knowledge you need to do serious development work with the PHP scripting language and the MySQL database server. PHP Black Book - Programming PHP is a comprehensive guide to PHP, a simple yet powerful language for creating dynamic web content. The book is co-authored by the creator of PHP, Rasmus Lerdorf, so you'll learn not only how to program in PHP, but how to do it well. This authoritative book explains the language syntax and programming techniques of PHP 4, the latest version of the language, in a clear and concise manner. Programming PHP goes into detail on fundamental topics such as functions, strings, arrays, and objects, with numerous examples that illustrate both correct usage and good PHP style. Books on Peer-to-Peer Peer-to-Peer: Harnessing the Power of Disruptive Technologies - Peer-to-Peer is a book about an emerging idea. That idea is that the traditional model of participating in the Internet, in which a small computer operated by an everyday user (a "client") asks for and receives information from a big computer administered by a corporation or other large entity (a "server"), is beginning to give some ground to a new (new to the fringes of the Internet, anyway) model called peer-to-peer networking. In peer-to-peer networking, all participants in a network are approximately equal. Furthermore, the participants are usually ordinary computers run by everyday people. The ICQ chat service and the Napster music-sharing community are examples of what this book is about. Peer to Peer Application Development: Cracking the Code - In this unique guide, a crack team of software engineers delivers the programming solutions and source code you need to jump-start a state-of-the-art peer-to-peer application project. Using flow charts and line-by-line analysis of a full-scale P2P file-sharing application, they show you how to solve for typical P2P programming challenges – and create your own sate-of-the-art P2P application using Java or C#, XML, sockets, threading, ASP, and SQL Server 2000. P2P: Getting Down to Business - An extensive analysis of the business model potential of peer-to-peer computing. The paper begins by examining the nature of P2P systems and what makes something P2P. Three kinds of P2P (or distributed computing) are distinguished: file sharing, grid computing, and distributed information architecture. The paper shows several uses of P2P and finishes by looking at areas where P2P-based companies might successfully create sustainable business models. It is followed by an extensive listing illustrates the points made with details on over 70 existing systems. Discovering P2P - Discovering P2P Covers current P2P applications and tackles the thorny issues of P2P Intellectual Property Protection and Privacy. Provides hands-on instruction about some of the more popular P2P file sharing products, including Scour, Gnutella, AIMster, and Freenet. Demonstrates how to communicate and collaborate in the workplace using AOL IM, Microsoft Messenger, Groove, NetMeeting, Freetopia, and more. Peer-to-Peer: Building Secure, Scalable, and Manageable Networks - Leverage the power of peer-to-peer to achieve seamless personal and business communication and transactions. This easy-to-follow guide shows you, step-by-step, how to implement a peer-to-peer network. The book includes clear definitions, real world examples, practical technology explorations, and no-nonsense solutions. This book provides you with both the background knowledge and the practical information you need to take advantage of the emerging world of peer-to-peer computing. Early Adopter JXTA: Peer-to-Peer Computing with Java - JXTA is a new technology that enables us to build peer-to-peer systems - systems which enable computers to discover one another and co-operate together across the Internet. This kind of interaction characterizes some of the most interesting networked applications that have appeared in the last year: Napster, Gnutella, Morpheus, and their relatives. In these systems, a user installs a client program, which discovers other installed clients on other machines, and communicates with them - allowing the sharing of files between computers. This peer-to-peer architecture is a completely new paradigm in software design, representing a totally different approach to the standard client-server frameworks used in almost all the distributed systems that currently exist. P2P: How Peer-to-Peer Technology Is Revolutionizing the Way We Do Business - It's been little more than a year since the name Napster began rolling off people's tongues and peer to peer, or P2P, became standard new economy jargon. But P2P is far more than Napster. It's a new way of thinking and computing that lets companies leverage their existing network infrastructure to boost value, cut costs, and maximize resources in an entirely new way. To understand and implement revolutionary peer-to-peer technologies, managers, executives, entrepreneurs, and investors need to understand the business implications and application of the technology outlined by Hassan M. Fattah in P2P. Part technology analysis, part case study, and part management guide, P2P examines the key issues businesses face in implementing P2P and presents the opportunities and challenges that accompany this new technology. BadBlue Help Center     BadBlue Discussion     Email support