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The Secret to a Successful Website

November 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Books

Got an email today from Manning with the new sets of books due next year.
One of them was of particular interest, the Website Owner’s manual.
I’ve been a web developer for a number of years but mainly focusing on backend technologies.
So it goes without saying that I do not have much experience in managing a site.
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Collective Intelligence in Action

May 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Books, Java

Finally, I won a book from JavaRanch!
Praise God!
The book is entitled:
Collective Intelligence in Action
Unlike other books in Collective Intelligence, the methods and examples presented in CIA are based in Java.
I’ve already joined many other book promos in the Ranch (Head First PMP, Rock Star Programmers, JQuery In Action), but this is the first [...]

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Has .NET Leapfrogged Java?

April 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Dotnet, Java

Got this message from my Inbox this morning:

Our authors often have great insights. So when one recently told us that .NET technology–in particular C# combined with LINQ–has “leapfrogged Java,” we took note. His evidence?

The new .NET library, LINQ*, provides a direct link between C# code and any data source, without the need for a persistence [...]

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Win a Free Ebook

April 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Books

We (Manning) will hold a random drawing every day from April 17 to April 30. Two winners will be chosen each day. Winners can choose from any ebook available on Manning.com. We will contact you by email if you are one of the lucky winners. No purchase is necessary and you only need to enter [...]

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