Packt is pleased to announce Google App Inventor, a new book that will teach users all the basics of App Inventor with lots of illustrations. Written by Ralph Roberts , this book will teach users how apps get created with lots of simple and fun examples.
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Create your own ASP.NET CMS with New Book
ASP.NET 3.5 CMS Development is a new book from Packt aimed at helping developers build, manage and extend a Content Management System using ASP.NET and its features. Written by Curt Christianson and Jeff Cochran, this book will help developers set up users and groups within the application and explore management tools.
ASP.NET 3.5 web application framework that allows programmers to create dynamic websites, web applications, and web services. It is equipped with a built-in security system, standard design templates, and easy configurations for database connections, which makes it an ideal language for building a Content Management System.
Readers will learn different ways to build and customize powerful websites, create valuable content and manage the layout of their site efficiently by using elements like Master Pages, Content Placeholders, Themes/Skins, Regions and Zones. The book explains the concepts of inheritance, site navigation, and website management from a single point using Administrator privileges. Developers will also learn the n-Tier architecture within Content Management Systems.
Using the code snippets and screen images, readers will explore the exciting alternatives to design and develop a Content Management System that allows them to administer Articles, Images and Files section. With the various management tools available, developers will be equipped to face all kinds of challenges that occur during the development process.
ASP.NET developers looking for a fast-paced guide to create their own, powerful Content Management System will find this book useful. This book is available from Packt. For more information, please visit: ASP.NET 3.5 CMS Development
Michael Kaply: Deploying Firefox 2 within the Enterprise
Michael Kaply has been writing a series of articles on how to deploy Firefox 2 within the Enterprise. I wrote last year that one of the difficulties of deploying Firefox and Thunderbird in the enterprise was the lack of tools Mozilla provided for deploying the software. I'm happy to say that Kaply's articles do a fairly good job on providing some solutions for those organizations that need to manage a large network of clients. Kaply's original intent is to cover the following topics regarding deployment of Firefox 2 within the enterprise:
- Building a custom version of Firefox
- Adding Enterprise specific customizations to Firefox
- Creating a Firefox installer
- Setting up your own update server to deploy Firefox patches
Currently most of his articles can be found on Kaply's blog under the "enterprise" category.
Headaches from security updates for Firefox and Thunderbird
Sigh...another round of security updates coming from the folks at Mozilla. It looks like version 1.5.0.7 will be at our doorsteps soon. Now at home, updating Firefox and Thunderbird on the Windows PC is a snap since it is all automatic. However, updating in a secure enterprise environment is a different matter.
In most enterprises, most users don't have administrative privileges and without those rights Firefox and Thunderbird in most cases will not auto install the new version. What would really help is if Mozilla would provide their software in a MSI package. Until MSI packages are provided by Mozilla, it is difficult for me to accept Firefox and Thunderbird as "enterprise software". In a Windows Server 2003 environment, MSI packages are a must for easy deployment, management, and auditing.
