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Large Refactorings looks at methods of establish design improvements as an important and independent activity during development of software，and will help to ensure that software continues to adapt，improve and remain easy to read and modify without altering its observable behaviour。 It provides real-world experience from real refactored projects and shows how to refactor software to ensure that it is efficient，fresh and adaptable。 作者简介： Stefan Roock works as a consultant and coach for it-agile GmbH （located in Germany）。 His areas of expertise include agile software development，refactoring techniques and agile project management and among his special interests are refactoring，incremental design and agile customer coaching。 Stefan also is frequently a speaker at technical conferences and has published a number of papers and articles。 He is co-author of the book "Extreme Programming in Action"。 You can contact him at stefan@stefanroock。de or http://www。stefanroock。d

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Most histories of the personal computer industry focus ontechnology or business. John Markoff’s landmark book is about theculture and consciousness behind the first PCs—the culture beingcounter– and the consciousness expanded, sometimes chemically. It’sa brilliant evocation of Stanford, California, in the 1960s and’70s, where a group of visionaries set out to turn computers into ameans for freeing minds and information. In these pages oneencounters Ken Kesey and the phone hacker Cap’n Crunch, est andLSD, The Whole Earth Catalog and the Homebrew Computer Lab. What the Dormouse Said is a poignant, funny, and inspiringbook by one of the smartest technology writers around.

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The Certified Ethical Hacker program began in 2003 and ensures that IT professionals apply security principles in the context of their daily job scope Presents critical information on footprinting, scanning, enumeration, system hacking, trojans and backdoors, sniffers, denial of service, social engineering, session hijacking, hacking Web servers, and more Discusses key areas such as Web application vulnerabilities, Web-based password cracking techniques, SQL injection, wireless hacking, viruses and worms, physical security, and Linux hacking Contains a CD-ROM that enables readers to prepare for the CEH exam by taking practice tests

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