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Learning Regular Expressions

By: Ben Forta

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Learn to use one of the most powerful text processing and manipulation tools available Regular expression experts have long been armed with an incredibly powerful tool, one that can be used to perform all sorts of sophisticated text processing and manipulation in just about every language and on every platform. That’s the good news. The bad news is that for too long, regular expressions have been the exclusive property of only the most tech savvy. Until now. Ben Forta's Learning Regular Expressions teaches you the regular expressions that you really need to know, starting with simple text matches and working up to more complex topics, including the use of backreferences, conditional evaluation, and look-ahead processing. You’ll learn what you can use, and you’ll learn it methodically, systematically, and simply. Regular expressions are nowhere near as complex as they appear to be at first glance. All it takes is a clear understanding of the problem being solved and how to leverage regular expressions to solve them. Read and understand regular expressions Use literal text and metacharacters to build powerful search patterns Take advantage of advanced regular expression features, including lookahead and backreferences Perform powerful search-and-replace operations in all major professional editing tools Add sophisticated form and text processing to web applications Search for files using command-line tools like grep and egrep Use regular expressions in programming languages like JavaScript, Java, PHP, Python, Microsoft .NET, and C#, as well as in DBMSs including MySQL and Oracle Work with phone numbers, postal codes, social security numbers, IP addresses, URLs, email addresses, and credit card numbers Contents at a Glance 1 Introducing Regular Expressions 2 Matching Single Characters 3 Matching Sets of Characters 4 Using Metacharacters 5 Repeating Matches 6 Position Matching 7 Using Subexpressions 8 Using Backreferences 9 Looking Ahead and Behind 10 Embedding Conditions 11 Regular Expression Solutions to Common Problems Appendix A Regular Expressions in Popular Applications and Languages

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MySQL Crash Course

By: Ben Forta

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MySQL Crash Course

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MySQL is one of the most popular database management systems available, powering everything from Internet powerhouses to individual corporate databases to simple end-user applications, and everything in between. This book will teach you all you need to know to be immediately productive with the latest version of MySQL. By working through 30 highly focused hands-on lessons, your MySQL Crash Course will be both easier and more effective than you'd have thought possible. Learn How To Retrieve and Sort Data Filter Data Using Comparisons, Regular Expressions, Full Text Search, and Much More Join Relational Data Create and Alter Tables Insert, Update, and Delete Data Leverage the Power of Stored Procedures and Triggers Use Views and Cursors Manage Transactional Processing Create User Accounts and Manage Security via Access Control

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Macromedia Coldfusion MX Web Application Construction Kit

By: Ben Forta,Nate Weiss

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Macromedia Coldfusion MX Web Application Construction Kit

By: Ben Forta,Nate Weiss

This is an all-in-one kit that gives readers everything they need to create Web-based applications--including the latest version of the ColdFusion Web Application Server and development environment. This is the book that has taught thousands of developers all they need to know about ColdFusion.

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0321125169

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9780321125163

Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Certified Developer

By: Ben Forta

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Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Certified Developer

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With an estimated base of more than 300,000 users, there are an awful lot of ColdFusion developers out there. The cream of the crop, however, are those with Macromedia certification. To get that, you must pass the Certified ColdFusion Developer exam: This comprehensive study guide ensures that you do! In these pages, veteran author and ColdFusion product evangelist Ben Forta provides you with the inside skinny on everything you need to know to become a certified ColdFusion MX 7 developer. Organized as a series of tightly focused review sessions that follow the same subject divisions as the test itself, this thoroughly updated study guide covers all that's new in ColdFusion structured business reports, rich forms, Enterprise Manager (which lets users cluster multiple ColdFusion servers on a single machine), and more as well as every major feature and skill: variables and expressions, data types, services and protocols, databases, tuning and optimization. Each short chapter includes well-explained code examples, and a companion Web site rounds out the package.

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Peachpit Press

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0321330110

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9780321330116

Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes

By: Ben Forta

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Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes

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With this updated text, readers can learn the fundamentals of SQL quickly through the use of numerous examples depicting all the major components of SQL.

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MariaDB Crash Course

By: Ben Forta

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MariaDB Crash Course

By: Ben Forta

MariaDB is a database server that offers drop-in replacement functionality for MySQL. Built by some of the original authors of MySQL, with assistance from the broader community of free and open source software developers, MariaDB offers a rich set of feature enhancements to MySQL, including alternate storage engines, server optimizations, and patches. MariaDB Crash Course teaches you all you need to know to be immediately productive with MariaDB. Master trainer Ben Forta introduces all the essentials through a series of quick, easy-to-follow, hands-on lessons. Instead of belaboring database theory and relational design, Forta focuses on teaching solutions for the majority of users who simply want to interact with data. Learn how to: Retrieve and sort data Filter data using comparisons, regular expressions, and full text search Join relational data Create and alter tables Insert, update, and delete data Leverage the power of stored procedures and triggers Use views and cursors Manage transactional processing Create user accounts and manage security via access control

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SQL in 10 Minutes a Day, Sams Teach Yourself

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SQL in 10 Minutes a Day, Sams Teach Yourself

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Just the parts of SQL you need to know from simple data retrieval to the use of SQL joins, subqueries, stored procedures, cursors, triggers, and table constraints Designed for anyone interacting with databases, this SQL book methodically, systematically, and simply teaches you in lessons that each take 10 minutes or less to complete. Lessons include SQL statements, including complex SQL statements using multiple clauses and operators Data management: retrieve, sort, and format database contents, including inserting, updating, and deleting Data analytics: Pinpoint the data you need using a variety of filtering techniques and aggregate functions to summarize data Tables: create, alter, and join database tables Views Stored procedures Expert trainer and popular author Ben Forta created this book for most of us who just need to learn SQL and do not need to understand database design and normalization to relational database theory and administrative concerns. Each lesson includes Full-color code examples to help you understand how SQL statements are structured Tips that point out shortcuts and solutions Cautions to help you avoid common pitfalls Notes that explain additional concepts, and provide additional information

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0135182867

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Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes

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Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes

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RegEx is supported in all major development environments (for use in editing and working with code) and will thus appeal to anyone using these tools. In addition, every JavaScript developer should be using RegEx, but most don't as it has never been taught to them properly before. Developers using ASP, C#, ColdFusion, Java JSP, PHP, Perl, Python, and more can (and should) be using RegEx, and so every one of them is a potential reader too. The reader of this book will learn how to: Match characters sets Match repeating characters (using minimums and maximums if needed) Match (or ignore) based on case Build sub-expressions Use all of the special characters Work with excape sequences Use POSIX classes to simplify complex expressions Use back-references Use look-behind operators Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes is a tutorial book organized into a series of easy-to-follow 10-minute lessons. These well targeted lessons teach you in 10 minutes what other books might take hundreds of pages to cover. Instead of dwelling on syntax, terminology, and arcane examples and scenarios, this book takes a very hands-on approach to solving the needs of the majority of RegEx users who simply need to manipulate data.

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0768689953

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Certified ColdFusion Developer Study Guide

By: Ben Forta

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Certified ColdFusion Developer Study Guide

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This is the first study guide for the new series of certification programs, written by insiders who created the exam itself. It simplifies exam prep time and contains numerous questions and sample tests to gauge readiness.

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Macromedia Press

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0789725657

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Captain Code

Unleash Your Coding Superpower with Python

By: Ben Forta,Shmuel Forta

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Captain Code

Unleash Your Coding Superpower with Python

By: Ben Forta,Shmuel Forta

Becoming a coder is all fun and games! Everyone should learn to code. Much like drawing and sketching, playing an instrument, cooking, or taking pictures and shooting videos, coding is a creative endeavor, which means it's a way to actually create stuff, and creating stuff is incredibly rewarding and satisfying. Sure, it's fun to spend hours on your phone looking at what other people have created; but that's nothing compared to the joy and satisfaction of creating things that other people consume and use. Yep, coding is fun! And if that weren't enough, when you learn to code you develop all sorts of invaluable skills and traits beyond just coding. These include planning, problem solving, communication, logic, empathy, attention to detail, patience, resilience, persistence, and creativity. And it turns out that these skills (especially creativity and creative problem solving) are some of the most in-demand out there. So, coding will help your future career, too, regardless of what that career may be. But, where to start? Captain Code is a welcoming, engaging, and fun introduction to becoming a coder, designed for the young (ages 10-17) and young-at-heart. Experienced educators and coders Ben & Shmuel Forta will guide you using Python, one of the most popular programming languages in the world. You'll learn by creating games, yes, games, from simple projects to retro text-based adventures to complete graphical arcade style games. Captain Code is 400 glossy color pages of goodness packed with welcoming images, useful tips and tidbits, and engaging, readable text that focuses on doing while having fun. All code listings are in full-color and QR codes link to bonus content, downloads, challenge solutions, and more. Captain Code makes coding exciting and rewarding, as it prepares a new generation to take their next steps forward—in education, careers, or both. So, are you ready to unleash your coding superpower and become Captain Code?

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Allaire Spectra E-business Construction Kit

By: Ben Forta,Raymond Camden

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Allaire Spectra E-business Construction Kit

By: Ben Forta,Raymond Camden

This book teaches Allaire Spectra development from the ground up primarily from the viewpoint of developers and administrators. Readers are presented with technical information in addition to the best practices and business methodologies and how to implement them. CD contains the program and software needed to get up and running.

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Adobe ColdFusion 9 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 3

Advanced Application Development

By: Ben Forta

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Adobe ColdFusion 9 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 3

Advanced Application Development

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Written by the best known and most trusted name in the ColdFusion community, Ben Forta, The ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit is the best-selling ColdFusion series of all time. Volume 3: Advanced Application Development, focuses on application security, scalability and high-availability, and integration with other systems and technologies. The book starts with two sections dedicated specifically to scalability and security, and then focused on extending ColdFusion applications using web technologies, other languages and platforms, and sophisticated integration techniques. Complete coverage of ColdFusion 9 is included in "Volume 1, Getting Started" (0-321-66034-X) and "Volume 2, Application Development" (0-321-67919-9).

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032169449X

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Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL in 10 Minutes

By: Ben Forta

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Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL in 10 Minutes

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Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL in 10 Minutes offers straightforward, practical answers when you need fast results. By working through 10-minute lessons, you’ll learn everything you need to know to take advantage of Microsoft SQL Server’s T-SQL language. This handy pocket guide starts with simple data retrieval and moves on to more complex topics, including the use of joins, subqueries, full text-based searches, functions and stored procedures, cursors, triggers, table constraints, XML, and much more. You’ll learn what you need to know methodically, systematically, and simply–in highly focused lessons designed to make you immediately and effortlessly productive. Tips point out shortcuts and solutions Cautions help you avoid common pitfalls Notes explain additional concepts, and provide additional information 10 minutes is all you need to learn how to... Use T-SQL in the Microsoft SQL Server environment Construct complex T-SQL statements using multiple clauses and operators Filter data so you get the information you need quickly Retrieve, sort, and format database contents Join two or more related tables Make SQL Server work for you with globalization and localization Create subqueries to pinpoint your data Automate your workload with triggers Create and alter database tables Work with views, stored procedures, and more Register your book at www.samspublishing.com/register to download examples and source code from this book.

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0768690005

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Adobe ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit

ColdFusion 10 Enhancements and Improvements

By: Ben Forta

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Adobe ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit

ColdFusion 10 Enhancements and Improvements

By: Ben Forta

Adobe ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit is the best-selling ColdFusion series of all time—used by more ColdFusion developers to learn the product than any other books. ColdFusion 10 was built to make your applications safer, more scalable, and more powerful, and to make programming more efficient. The enhancements and improvements detailed in this volume (which is an update to the three-volume Adobe ColdFusion 9 Web Application Construction Kit) will empower you to fully leverage the true power of ColdFusion. It starts with coverage of new techniques in web application development, particularly the growth of web standards technologies like HTML5. The second section describes ColdFusion 10 language and programming enhancements, focusing on CFML, CFScript, XML, and Java. In the final section you’ll learn how to use modern development practices like deploying applications in the cloud, the latest administration and security techniques, and more. Take advantage of HTML5 innovation Learn how to use REST web services Implement WebSockets to build richer user experiences Understand ColdFusion’s new cloud deployment functionality Use the latest advances in application security and scalability

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Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL in 10 Minutes, Sams Teach Yourself

By: Ben Forta

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Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL in 10 Minutes, Sams Teach Yourself

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This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL in 10 Minutes offers straightforward, practical answers when you need fast results. By working through the book’s 30 lessons of 10 minutes or less, you’ll learn what you need to know to take advantage of Microsoft SQL Server’s T-SQL language. This handy pocket guide starts with simple data retrieval and moves on to more complex topics, including the use of joins, subqueries, full text-based searches, functions and stored procedures, cursors, triggers, table constraints, XML, JSON, and much more. Learn how to... Use T-SQL in the Microsoft SQL Server environment Construct complex T-SQL statements using multiple clauses and operators Filter data so you get the information you need quickly Retrieve, sort, and format database contents Join two or more related tables Make SQL Server work for you with globalization and localization Create subqueries to pinpoint your data Automate your workload with triggers Create and alter database tables Work with views, stored procedures, and more

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Reality Macromedia ColdFusion MX

Macromedia Flash MX Integration

By: Ben Forta

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Reality Macromedia ColdFusion MX

Macromedia Flash MX Integration

By: Ben Forta

In "Reality ColdFusion, " readers will participate in the process of designing a Web application, discussing development problems, brainstorming to find solutions, and final implementation. The end result is a real, usable product.

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Learning Regular Expressions

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Learning Regular Expressions

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Macromedia Coldfusion MX 7 Web Application Construction Kit

By: Ben Forta,Raymond Camden,Angela C. Buraglia,Leon Chalnick

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Macromedia Coldfusion MX 7 Web Application Construction Kit

By: Ben Forta,Raymond Camden,Angela C. Buraglia,Leon Chalnick

With more than 75 of the Fortune 100 companies using it (and more than 10,000 organizations employing it worldwide), it's pretty much a given that if you're developing applications for the Web, you're going to need to know ColdFusion at some point! Not to worry: Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Web Application Construction Kit provides everything you need to start creating Web-based applications immediately including the latest version of the ColdFusion Web Application Server and development environment. Author and ColdFusion master Ben Forta starts by covering the fundamentals of Web-based database design and then proceeds to show you how to do everything from create data-driven pages to build complete applications, implement security mechanisms, integrate with e-mail, interact with Macromedia Flash, and more. From design and installation to application deployment and troubleshooting, this guide's got ColdFusion covered, including all the features new to the latest version: structured business reports, rich forms, Enterprise Manager (which lets users cluster multiple ColdFusion servers on a single machine), and more!

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0321223675

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Adobe ColdFusion 9 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 1

Getting Started

By: Ben Forta

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Adobe ColdFusion 9 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 1

Getting Started

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Written by the best known and most trusted name in the ColdFusion community, Ben Forta, The ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit is the best-selling ColdFusion series of all time - the books that most ColdFusion developers used to learn the product. This Getting Started volume starts with Web and Internet fundamentals and database concepts and design, and then progresses to topics including creating data-driven pages, building complete applications, implementing security mechanisms, integrating with e-mail, building reusable functions and components, generating data-driven reports and graphs, building Ajax-powered user interfaces, and much more. Complete coverage of ColdFusion 9 continues in "Volume 2, Application Development" (ISBN:0321679199) and "Volume 3, Advanced Application Development" (ISBN:0321679202).

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Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes

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Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes

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With this updated text, readers can learn the fundamentals of SQL quickly through the use of numerous examples depicting all the major components of SQL.

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Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes

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Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL in 10 Minutes

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Sams Teach Yourself Oracle PL/SQL in 10 Minutes

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Sams Teach Yourself Oracle PL/SQL in 10 Minutes

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Covers Oracle DBMS versions 10, 11, 12, and XE Sams Teach Yourself Oracle PL/SQL in 10 Minutes offers straightforward, practical answers when you need fast results. By working through the book’s 26 lessons of 10 minutes or less, you’ll learn what you need to know to take advantage of Oracle’s PL/SQL language. This handy pocket guide starts with simple data retrieval and moves on to more complex topics, including the use of joins, subqueries, regular expression and full text-based searches, stored procedures, cursors, triggers, table constraints, and much more. 10 minutes is all you need to learn how to... Use PL/SQL in the Oracle environments and tools Construct complex PL/SQL statements using multiple clauses and operators Retrieve, sort, and format database contents Pinpoint the data you need using a variety of filtering techniques Use string, date-time, and math functions to manipulate your data Join two or more related tables Insert, update, and delete data Create and alter database tables Work with views, stored procedures, cursors, triggers, and more

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