Welcome to the June 16th, 2008 issue of the Deitel Buzz Online Newsletter! In this issue we introduce our new Government Business Resource Center. You can also visit our complete Resource Center list.
Be sure to check out the 35% discounts that Informit.com is offering on our Java Fundamentals I and II LiveLessons video course and on our new book AJAX, Rich Internet Applications, and Web Development for Programmers (the Deitel Developer Series version of Internet & World Wide Web How to Program, 4/e).
In upcoming newsletters we'll preview our new books Simply Visual Basic 2008, 3/e (now available), Visual Basic 2008 How to Program, 4/e (coming this summer) and Visual C# 2008 How to Program, 3/e (coming this summer).
New! "Doing Business with the U.S. Government" Resource Center
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Welcome to the Government Business Resource Center. Selling your products and/or services to the federal government can be a complicated process. These resources will help you understand government prime contracting and subcontracting opportunities. You'll find links to organizations such as PTAC that provide free counseling for businesses looking to do business with the U.S. government. Start your search here to find contracting registration sites, General Services Administration (GSA) resources, small and disadvantaged business resources, business intelligence companies, rules and regulations, books, free training courses, free counseling services, FAQs, conferences and more. In the Government Business Resource Center, you'll find links to:
- The free training course, "How to Become a Contractor�GSA Schedules Program."
- The free online training course, "Business Opportunities: A Guide to Winning Federal Contracts," from the SBA.
- The article, "How to Sell to the Government," from the GSA (General Services Administration).
- Information about PTACs (Procurement Technical Assistance Centers) that provide businesses with free guidance and technical assistance.
- Matchmaking Conferences where small businesses can connect with government agencies and major prime contractors.
- The FedBizOpps site where you can search for government procurement opportunities.
- The article, "Defining the Market," from the SBA (Small Business Administration).
- Sub-Net—the Small Business Administration Subcontracting Network.
- The blog, "Small Business Federal Contracting," by Ken Larson.
- Guidelines for identifying your business as a small, women-owned or other disadvantaged business.
- The article, "Intro to Subcontracting on Government Jobs," from Onvia.
- Business Intelligence Companies such as Onvia and INPUT.
- Free proposal writing assistance and a proposal preparation checklist by Deborah Kluge.
- And more...
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Simply Visual Basic 2008 An Application Driven Tutorial Approach, 3/e, combines the DEITEL� signature LIVE-CODE Approach with an APPLICATION-DRIVEN, hands-on, step-by-step tutorial methodology, in which readers build real-world applications that incorporate Visual Basic� 2008 programming fundamentals. Readers build and execute complete applications from start to finish while learning the basics of programming from the ground up! Key topics include Visual Basic� 2008 Express IDE, Visual Programming, .NET Framework Class Library, WinForm Controls, Event Handling, Debugger, Control Statements, Methods, Exception Handling, Random Numbers, Arrays, Classes, Objects, Collections, Mouse & Keyboard Event Handling, Strings, Files, Graphics, GUI Design, LINQ, ASP.NET 3.5, ASP.NET AJAX, WPF, XAML, Database, Web Applications, Web Services, Visual Web Developer� 2008 Express IDE and Silverlight. |
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Internet and World Wide Web How to Program, 4/e introduces students and professional programmers to the exciting world of Web-based applications. It reflects today's Web 2.0 Rich Internet Application-development methodologies. A comprehensive book that teaches the fundamentals needed to program on the Internet, this text provides in-depth coverage of introductory programming principles, markup languages (XHTML, Dynamic HTML, XML), scripting languages (JavaScript, PHP, Ruby/Ruby on Rails), Ajax, web services, web servers (IIS, Apache) and relational databases (MySQL, SQL Server 2005 Express, Apache Derby, Java DB)�all the skills and tools needed to create dynamic web-based applications. The text contains comprehensive introductions to ASP.NET 2.0 and JavaServer Faces (JSF). Hundreds of live-code examples of real applications throughout the book allow you to run the applications and see and hear the outputs. The book provides instruction on building Ajax-enabled Rich Internet Applications that enhance the presentation of online content and give web applications the look and feel of desktop applications. The chapter on Web 2.0 and Internet business exposes you to a wide range of other topics associated with Web 2.0 applications and businesses. After mastering the material in this book, you'll be well prepared to build real-world, industrial-strength, Web-based applications. |
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AJAX, Rich Internet Applications, and Web Development for Programmers
- Based on Internet & World Wide Web How to Program, 4/e.
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Java Fundamentals I and II (DVD-based Video Training)
- Sun Certified Java Programmer, Sun Certified Java Developer and Java Champion Paul Deitel teaches you Java and object-oriented programming in 14+ hours of video training.
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