Stephen White:Dead Time
- Paperback 2008, ISBN: 9780525950066
Hardcover
Shroff Publishers/O`Reilly, 2005. Softcover. New. 11 x 17 cm. Smart web developers will tell you that the sooner you detect your code mistakes, the quicker you can fix them, and the les… More...
Shroff Publishers/O`Reilly, 2005. Softcover. New. 11 x 17 cm. Smart web developers will tell you that the sooner you detect your code mistakes, the quicker you can fix them, and the less the project will cost in the long run. Well, the most efficient way to detect your mistakes in PHP is with PHPUnit, an open source framework that automates unit testing by running a battery of tests as you go. The benefits of PHPUnit are significant: a reduction in the effort required to frequently test code fewer overall defects added confidence in your code improved relations with your open source teammates The only problem with this popular testing tool was its lack of documentation-until now, that is. For this, O`Reilly went right to the source, as Sebastian Bergmann, the author of PHPUnit Pocket Guide, also happens to be PHPUnit`s creator. This little book brings together hard-to-remember information, syntax, and rules for working with PHPUnit. It also delivers the insight and sage advice that can only come from the technology`s creator. Coverage of testing under agile methodologies and Extreme Programming (XP) is also included. The latest in O`Reilly`s series of handy Pocket Guides, this quick-reference book puts all the answers are right at your fingertips. It`s an invaluable companion for anyone interested in testing the PHP code they write for web applications. Printed Pages: 88., Shroff Publishers/O`Reilly, 2005, 6, Hardback. Very Good., 3, Avon Books (Mm), 1979. Good. If by some cruel oversight you haven't discovered Amanda Cross, you have a n uncommon pleasure in store for you." -The New York Times Book Review "Amanda Cross writes wonderfully witty mysteries full of well-developed cha racters and insights on modern foibles." -United Press International "The most appealing detective since Lord Peter Wimsey." -Newsweek., Avon Books (Mm), 1979, 2.5, Due to a developing spine break near the middle of the book (see photo #2), this volume is being offered at half price.The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form. A little about our authors:Lillian O'Donnell: O'Donnell created three detective series, the longest running being the Nora Mulcahaney series, with 17 books. O'Donnell published about 35 books over a 35 year career. Thisis the thirdof three in the Mici Anhalt series.Helen McCloy: Helen McCloy was a journalist who transitioned into a writer. She published fifteen novels, of which Thirteen were in her Basil Willing series. A short story collection was published ten years after her death in 1993. This is the final Basil Willing novel.Pauline Glen Winslow: Winslow is another British mystery writer. She published 15 mysteries between 1973 and 1990. This includes the six book Superintendent Capricorn series. This is the fifth book in that series., Detective Book Club, 1980, 2, New York, New York, U.S.A.: Mysterious Press, 1988. CE2 - A first edition advance reading copy/uncorrected proofs book in good+ condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paperback). An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in tan wraps with minor overall shelf wear with light overall soiling of the covers plus there is a partial brown glass ring on the front cover plus there is some very, very light creasing on the spine and along the spine edge of the front cover. The main character is an ex-cop and private detective. A prestigious foundation asks him to accept a missing persons case for a winner of the Foundation's literary prize award. As the detective digs into the case he develops a loathing for the standards of both the writer's published and the foundation. 216p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.5"x8.25". Advance Reading Copy (ARC)., Mysterious Press, 1988, 2.5, Shroff Publishers/Packt, 2007. Softcover. New. 18 x 23 cm. What you will learn from this book Asking users the right questions to collect relevant data for the system you are building Detecting bad structures Sound data-naming techniques, for both table and column names Modeling data with future growth in mind Implementing security policies with data privileges and views Tuning the structure for performanceProducing system documentation (data dictionary, relational schema) Testing the model with appropriate SQL queries In Detail For most of us, setting up the database for an application is often an afterthought. While you don`t need to be a professional database designer to create a working application, knowing a few insider tips and techniques can make both the process easier and the end result much more effective. This book doesn`t set out to make you an expert in data analysis, but it does provide a quick and easy way to raise your game in this essential part of getting your application right. If you`re creating a dynamic web application using open-source tools, then you`re probably going to be setting up a MySQL database. Getting the design of this database right for your application and its data is vital, but it`s often an intimidating and little-known process for non-developers and developers alike. Written by the creator of the popular phpMyAdmin tool, this book is a short but complete guide on how to design good data structures for MySQL. Approach This book takes a practical approach, implementing all theoretical concepts with examples. It is a fast-paced tutorial that focuses on critical decisions that you need to make every time you build MySQL databases. It is rich with tips and advice from an experienced practitioner. Who this book is for Anyone working with applications that use a MySQL database backend will benefit greatly from the advice and techniques in this book. Although a working knowledge of both SQL and MySQL is assumed, the book is suitable for both beginners and intermediate users alike. Whether you read it through and absorb the advice or work through it on a live project, the efficiency and maintainability of your databases will certainly improve as a result. Printed Pages: 108., Shroff Publishers/Packt, 2007, 6, Grand Central Publishing. Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Nice clean gently read book. Has a couple of page corners that were folded over. Great reading copy. About the book: John Corey, former NYPD Homicide detective and star of DeMille's Plum Island, is back in this breezily narrated high-octane thriller about the hunt for a Libyan terrorist who has set his sights on some very specific targets--the Americans who bombed Libya on April 15, 1986. The novel begins with a tense airport scene--a transcontinental flight from Paris is flying into New York, and no one has been able to contact the pilot via radio. On the flight is Asad Khalil, a Libyan defector who will be met by Special Contract Agent Corey, his FBI ""mentor"" Kate Mayfield, and the rest of the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force. But when the plane lands, everyone on board is dead--except Khalil, who disappears after attacking the ATTF's airport headquarters. Has he left the country? Not if John Corey's right--and we know he is, thanks to gripping third-person chapters detailing Khalil's mission alternating with Corey's easy-going first-person narration. And by making Khalil, who lost most of his family in the 1986 bombing, as much of a protagonist as Corey, DeMille adds several shades of gray to what in less skillful hands might have been cartoonishly black and white. If anything, the reader ends up rooting for the bad guy, Khalil, with his mission of vengeance, is a more complex character than John Corey, who never drops his ex-cop bravado (thus trivializing a romance that moves from the first date to the proposal of marriage within the few days the plot covers). But as usual, DeMille artfully constructs a compulsively readable thriller around a troubling storyline, slowly developing his villain from a faceless entity into a nation's all-too-human nemesis. ABGGG, Warner Books, 2006, 3, Large print - in good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.What would modern war be like if the front-line foot soldiers were not our sons and daughters, but genetically engineered animals with superhuman strength and speed, and just enough intelligence to understand commands and follow them blindly? This is exactly the weapon being developed at a base in the desert by a top-secret government agency. Attorney Herman Strockmire when one of his employees is literally torn limb from limb by one of the experimental prototypes. At great personal risk, Herman, his daughter and law partner, Susan, and ex-LAPD detective Jack Wirta find themselves involved in a nightmare beyond anyone's wildest imagination...This science exists today. The future is now., St Martin's Press, 2003, 2.5, In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Benjamin Justice used to be one of Los Angeles most respected journalists, but a scandal over invented sources cost him the Pulitzer, his job, and his reputation. With his life in ruins, he's spent much of the past decade slowly piecing it back together. Now he's under contract to write his biography, but the writing is going slowly and he's in need of a job to tide him over financially. So when Bruce Bibby, a freelance writer, is murdered during an apparent burglary. Bibby's uncompleted assignment for the city of West Hollywood is a much-needed opportunity for Justice. Hired to complete the dead man's assignment - researching and writing a booklet on the city's historically relevant buildings - Justice resists becoming involved in the murder investigation, wanting only to maintain his quiet, stable life.But it's not going to be that easy. There's a fight brewing over the fate of a set of rundown cottages - some believe them historically significant and wish to preserve them, others want them torn down to make way for a new condo project, and both sides see Justice's pamphlet as the key to winning the fight. As Justice tries to go about his business, he finds himself intrigued by the complexities of the murder case - the young Russian immigrant tied to the Bibby murder scene may be damned by his father's notorious crimes; the detective leading the murder investigation is quietly searching for her own long-missing father; the owner of the houses in question, the would-be developer, and their main opposition all share a secret connection that dates back nearly three decades. When the leader of the local preservation group is found murdered on the grounds of the controversial cottages, Justice must unravel the secrets that surround the murders or let an innocent suffer for another's crimes., St Martin's Press, 2004, 2.5, In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.After the shocking developments in Dry Ice, Colorado psychologist Alan Gregory is struggling to deal with his newly adopted son and repair his shaky, though generally improving, marriage. But then Alan's ex-wife, Merideth, reappears, seeking help she feels only Alan can give. Suddenly Alan is pulled into a mystery that reaches back years to a camping trip at the Grand Canyon involving Merideth's fiancé and five friends whose lives were changed forever when a young woman mysteriously vanished from the Canyon floor.Enlisting the help of friend and detective Sam Purdy, Alan finds himself pitted against new demons and unseen enemies as he tries to uncover the connection between the unexplained disappearance at the Grand Canyon and Merideth's missing surrogate. The clock is ticking, and as Alan's and Sam's investigation take them from New York City to Los Angeles to the cavernous reaches of the Canyon itself, Alan unearths a series of secrets and deceptions that someone wishes to keep buried at all costs.With his characteristically intelligent and relentlessly paced writing, White offers a thriller that not only builds upon recent revelations but stands alone as a compulsively readable introduction to one of fiction's most compelling heroes., Penguin Group, 2008, 2.5<
