false 348031 646779 1861006918 9781861006912 1 <![CDATA[Professional PHP4 Programming]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176705535m/646779.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176705535s/646779.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/646779.Professional_PHP4_Programming 4.17 6 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.

What does this book cover?

The whys and wherefores of PHP4
PHP installation on *nix, Windows, and MacOS X
Sessions and cookies, coding FTP clients, network-related function calls, and directory services
PHP support for LDAP
Multi-tiered development using PHP
PHP's interaction with XML
PHP with MySQL
PHP with PostgreSQL and ODBC
Securing, optimizing, and internationalizing PHP applications
PHP extension libraries
A real world employee directory, an online library application, and a GTK interface to the application
Case studies on a user privilege system and a multi-tiered WML-based shopping cart

]]> 265993 4.17 6 1 286560 3.91 11 3 348031 3.80 10 1 2002 983812 1584503904 9781584503903 0 <![CDATA[Massively Multiplayer Game Development 2]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180003678m/983812.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180003678s/983812.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/983812.Massively_Multiplayer_Game_Development_2 3.25 4 Key Features: * Includes ALL NEW articles on cutting-edge programming techniques, design tools, and production methods * Provides insight from industry pros who have worked on the most successful MMP games, including EverQuest, Ultima Online, The Sims Online, and more * Provides a companion Web site that will be updated frequently with development news and commentary from the biggest names in online game development

SECTION HIGHLIGHTS: * MMP DESIGN TECHNIQUES: Virtual Worlds: Why People Play, Balancing Gameplay, User- Creation in Online Games, Guild Management Tools for a Successful MMP Game, Alternatives to the Character Grind, Telling Stories in Online Games * MMP ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES: Automated Testing for Online Games, Animated Procedural Skies, Time and Event Synchronization across an MMP Server Farm, Anti-Cheat Mechanisms for MMP Games, Optimization Techniques for Rendering Massive Quantities of Mesh Deformed Characters in Real-Time * MMP PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES: Large Scale Project Management, Managing and Growing an MMOG as a Service, Community Management: Do’s and Don’ts from Those Who’ve Done ’Em, Techniques for Providing Online Support for Massively Multiplayer Games, Asian Game Markets and Game Development

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