Think Like a Programmer - An Introduction to Creative Problem Solving

Based on the principles of cognitive science and instructional design, Fluent Visual Basic, part of the Fluent Learning series, is a true tutorial that will help you build effective working models for understanding a large and complex subject: developing .NET Framework applications in Visual Basic.

Most introductory books just talk at you and give you “exercises” that have more to do with taking dictation than actually learning. Fluent Visual Basic is different. It guides you through learning the way your mind likes to learn: by solving puzzles, making connections, and building genuine understanding instead of just memorizing random facts.

DETAILED INFORMATION ON HOW TO…

• Write .NET applications in Visual Basic
• Leverage the incredible power of the .NET Framework Class Library
• Apply Object-Oriented principles, Design Patterns, and best practices to your code
• Develop desktop applications using the powerful Windows Presentation Foundation user interface API

This book figures out ways to boil down critical exam and job landing concepts into real world applications and scenarios. Which makes this book user-friendly, interactive, and valuable as a resource long after students pass the exam. People who teach Advanced Level Linux Certification (LPIC-2) classes for a living or for their companies understand the true value of this book. You certainly will too.

To Prepare for the exam this book tells you:

- What you need to know about the Advanced Level Linux Certification (LPIC-2) Certification and exam

- Preparation Tips for passing the Advanced Level Linux Certification (LPIC-2) Certification Exam

- Taking tests

The book contains several suggestions on how preparing yourself for an interview. This is an aspect that many people underestimate, whilst having a well-written CV, a personal blog, and possibly a number of past projects is definitively important - there is much more to prepare for. It covers non-technical aspects (how to find a job, resume, behavioral etc.). A 'Must-study' before taking a Tech Interview.

To Land the Job, it gives you the hands-on and how-to's insight on

- Typical Advanced Level Linux Certification (LPIC-2) Careers

- Finding Opportunities - the best places to find them

- Writing Unbeatable Resumes and Cover Letters

- Acing the Interview

- What to Expect From Recruiters

- How employers hunt for Job-hunters.... and More

This book offers excellent, insightful advice for everyone from entry-level to senior professionals. None of the other such career guides compare with this one.

It stands out because it: - Explains how the people doing the hiring think, so that you can win them over on paper and then in your interview

- Is filled with useful work-sheets

- Explains every step of the job-hunting process - from little-known ways for finding openings to getting ahead on the job

This book covers everything. Whether you are trying to get your first Advanced Level Linux Certification (LPIC-2) Job or move up in the system, you will be glad you got this book.

For any IT Professional who aspires to land a Advanced Level Linux Certification (LPIC-2) certified job at top tech companies, the key skills that are an absolute must have are having a firm grasp on Advanced Level Linux Certification (LPIC-2) This book is not only a compendium of most important topics for your Advanced Level Linux Certification (LPIC-2) exam and how to pass it, it also gives you an interviewer's perspective and it covers aspects like soft skills that most IT Professionals ignore or are unaware of, and this book certainly helps patch them.

The rise of Red Hat has been marvelous to watch. Starting with a 'free' operating system, they have produced an integrated software system that rivals the big kid on the block. With this kind of success, comes more success. Now you see job ads for people who know Red Hat. And with this comes certifications. How do you prove that you've even typed 'ls' into your system.

This book is at once a study guide and a detailed overview of the Enterprise version of Linux. Yes, it will tell you what is going on at the test. But the book is more than that, it also explains the why and wherefores of the operating system. It has real world information and instructions that cover what the serious user needs to know.

This book is a great add-on resource to prepare for the RHCE exam.

There has never been a RHCE manual like this - 100 Success Secrets is not about the ins and outs of the RHCE, instead, it answers the top 100 questions that we are asked and those we come across in forums, our consultancy and education programs.

It tells you exactly how to deal with those questions, with tips that have never before been offered in print.

This book is also not about a RHCE's details. Instead it introduces everything you want to know to be successful with your RHCE.

“I have found this book to be a very useful classroom text, as well as a great Linux resource. It teaches Linux using a ground-up approach that gives students the chance to progress with their skills and grow into the Linux world. I have often pointed to this book when asked to recommend a solid Linux reference.”

—Eric Hartwell, Chair, School of Information Technology, ITT Technical Institute

The #1 Fedora and RHEL resource–a tutorial AND on-the-job reference

Master Linux administration and security using GUI-based tools, the command line, and Perl scripts

Set up key Internet servers, step by step, including Samba, Apache, sendmail, DNS, LDAP, FTP, and more

Master All the Techniques You Need to Succeed with Fedora™ and Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®

In this book, one of the world’s leading Linux experts brings together all the knowledge you need to master Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux and succeed with it in the real world. Best-selling author Mark Sobell explains Linux clearly and effectively, focusing on skills you’ll actually use as a user, programmer, or administrator. Now an even more versatile learning resource, this edition adds skill objectives at the beginning of each chapter.

Sobell assumes no prior Linux knowledge. He starts at the beginning and walks you through every topic and task that matters, using easy-to-understand examples. Step by step, you’ll learn how to install and configure Linux, navigate its graphical user interface, provide file/print sharing, configure network servers, secure Linux desktops and networks, work with the command line, administer Linux efficiently, and even automate administration with Perl scripts.

Mark Sobell has taught hundreds of thousands of Linux and UNIX professionals. He knows every Linux nook and cranny–and he never forgets what it’s like to be new to Linux. Whatever you want to do with Linux–now or in the future–you’ll find it here.

Compared with the other Linux books out there, A Practical Guide to Fedora™ and Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®, Sixth Edition, delivers

• Complete, up-to-the-minute coverage of Fedora 15 and RHEL 6
• State-of-the-art security techniques, including up-to-date firewall setup techniques using system-config-firewall and iptables, and a full chapter on OpenSSH (ssh)
• Coverage of crucial topics such as using su and sudo, and working with the new systemd init daemon
• Comprehensive coverage of the command line and key system GUI tools
• More practical coverage of file sharing using Samba, NFS, and FTP
• Superior coverage of automating administration with Perl
• More usable, realistic coverage of Internet server configuration, including Apache (Web), sendmail, NFSv4, DNS/BIND, and LDAP, plus new coverage of IPv6
• More and better coverage of system/network administration tasks, including network monitoring with Cacti
• Deeper coverage of essential administration tasks–from managing users to CUPS printing, configuring LANs to building a kernel
• Complete instructions on keeping Linux systems up-to-date using yum
• And much more, including a 500+ term glossary and comprehensive indexes 

"Read it, please. Straight through to the end. Whatever else you were planning to do next, nothing could be more important." —Barbara Kingsolver

Twenty years ago, with The End of Nature, Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about global warming. Those warnings went mostly unheeded; now, he insists, we need to acknowledge that we've waited too long, and that massive change is not only unavoidable but already under way. Our old familiar globe is suddenly melting, drying, acidifying, flooding, and burning in ways that no human has ever seen. We've created, in very short order, a new planet, still recognizable but fundamentally different. We may as well call it Eaarth.

That new planet is filled with new binds and traps. A changing world costs large sums to defend—think of the money that went to repair New Orleans, or the trillions it will take to transform our energy systems. But the endless economic growth that could underwrite such largesse depends on the stable planet we've managed to damage and degrade. We can't rely on old habits any longer.

Our hope depends, McKibben argues, on scaling back—on building the kind of societies and economies that can hunker down, concentrate on essentials, and create the type of community (in the neighborhood, but also on the Internet) that will allow us to weather trouble on an unprecedented scale. Change—fundamental change—is our best hope on a planet suddenly and violently out of balance.