If you are new to programming with Windows Shell Script and are looking for a solid introduction, this is the book for you. Developed by computer science instructors, books in the for the absolute beginner? series teach the principles of programming through simple game creation. You will acquire the skills that you need for more practical Shell Script programming applications, and you will learn how these skills can be put to use in real-world scenarios. Best of all, by the time you finish this book you will be able to apply the basic principles you?ve learned to the next programming language you tackle.
With the instructions in this book, you?ll learn to:

• Store and retrieve information in variables
• Apply conditional logic and create conditional logic tests
• Improve script organization with procedures
• Debug your scripts and handle errors
• Create loops to process collections of data

Seasoned Java coders will find the JavaScript Application Cookbook compiled just for them. Written in the same vein as the old-style programmer “toolbox” titles, this book sheds the usual tutorial presentation and simply introduces a series of JavaScript applications you can use on your own sites. The cookbook begins with recipes such as a client-side search engine application that facilitates complex database searching to maximize local processing. (An interactive multiple-choice testing application follows, along with code for an interface to multiple search engines on the Net). Other applications include a JavaScript shopping cart, context-sensitive help, cipher implementation, drag-and-drop-capable e-mail, and a cookie-based user-management system.
Author Jerry Bradenbaugh clearly has a passion for JavaScript, and he illustrates the capabilities of this modest scripting language. The code for the book's applications is available from the publisher's Web site, and each chapter begins with a step-by-step walk-through of the finished application. You'll learn how code works and get ideas for possible extensions you might want to create. If you're programming in JavaScript already and want to grow your arsenal of tools and techniques, the JavaScript Application Cookbook is an immediate code fix.

Designed for busy clinicians delivering primary health care to children, this is the first book devoted to, evidence-based pediatric diagnosis and treatment. Prevention, diagnosis, therapy, and rehabilitation are all covered in depth. The emphasis is on those problems, commonly seen in practice. The authors cover evidence-based material on everything from well-child care and management of upper respiratory infections to seizures and severe asthma. In each chapter the reader will find solid evidence to support a specific clinical course of action, with references to pertinent clinical trials. A critical appraisal of the literature is featured.