Google Earth™ is Google’s satellite imagery-based mapping product that combines global coverage of imagery with new navigational features including integrated Google search capabilities. It is based on technology from Keyhole, a company acquired by Google in October 2004. Google Earth is a broadband mapping tool that enables users to fly from space to street level views to find geographic information, and to explore places around the world.
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An emerging trend in Social Networking sites and Web portals is the opening up of their APIs to external application develop- ers. For example, the Facebook Platform, Google Gadgets and Yahoo! Widgets allow developers to design their own applications, which can then can be integrated with the platform and shared with other users. However, current APIs are targeted towards develop- ers with programming expertise and database knowledge; they are not accessible to a large class of users who do not have a programming/database background, but would nevertheless like to create new applications. To address this need, we have developed the AppForge system, which provides a WYSIWYG application development platform. Users can graphically specify the components of webpages inside a Web browser, and the corresponding database schema and application logic will be automatically generated on the fly by the system.
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In order to avoid any headaches while going through the case studies in this book, it’s best to install the necessary software and configure your environment the right way from the start. Although we assume you already have some experience developing PHP applications, we’ll quickly go through the steps to install your machine with the necessary software.
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Bugzilla is a bug? or issue?tracking system. Bug?tracking systems allow individual or groups of developers effectively to keep track of outstanding problems with their product. Bugzilla was originally written by Terry Weissman in a programming language called TCL, to replace a rudimentary bug?tracking database used internally by Netscape Communications. Terry later ported Bugzilla to Perl from TCL, and in Perl it remains to this day. Most commercial defect?tracking software vendors at the time charged enormous licensing fees, and Bugzilla quickly became a favorite of the open?source crowd (with its genesis in the open?source browser project, Mozilla). It is now the de?facto standard defect?tracking system against which all others are measured.
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Writing PHP code is quite a fun task – as we’re sure of you will agree – it’s an easily learnt, flexible, and feature-rich language that lends itself very well to scripts of all shapes and sizes. Almost certainly as a result of this comparative ease of use, many PHP programmers take to re-inventing the wheel a lot and spend much time writing and rewriting ‘new and improved’ code to handle authentication, caching, forums, opinion polls, and other systems that have been coded and recoded in the past.
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This tutorial is intended to give a very basic introduction to using the Zend Framework to write a basic database driven application.
NOTE: This tutorial has been tested on versions 1.0.0 of the Zend Framework. It stands a very good chance of working with later versions, but it’s unlikely to work on versions prior to version 1.0.0
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A MySQL Enterprise subscription is the most comprehensive offering of MySQL database software, services and support; it ensures that your business achieves the highest levels of reliability, security, and uptime. An Enterprise Subscription includes:
1. The MySQL Enterprise Server – the most reliable, secure, and up-to-date version of the world’s most popular open source database
2. The MySQL Enterprise Monitor – An automated virtual DBA assistant that monitors all your MySQL Servers around-the-clock, identifies exceptions to MySQL best practices, and provides expert advice on fixing any problems discovered
3. MySQL Production Support – Technical and consultative support when you need it, along with regularly scheduled service packs, hot-fixes, and more.
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SQL - Structured Query Language
Structured Query Language, is a computer language designed for retrieval and management of data in relational database management systems database schema creation and modification database object access control management.
History:
The first version of SQL was developed at IBM by Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce in the early 1970s. Standardized in 1986 by ANSI. Subsequent versions of the SQL standard have been released as ISO standards
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