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Microsoft Reporting Services in Action
A Guide to Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services

Greenwich, CT, -- August 17, 2004 -- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services is a new server-based reporting solution from Microsoft Corp. that can be used to create and manage both paper-oriented and interactive, Web-based reports. Until now, the comprehensive features of this tool have been largely untapped due to a lack of proper documentation. "Microsoft Reporting Services in Action" arrives in bookstores August 2004.

Microsoft Reporting Services in Action was written for information workers, system administrators, and developers who want to quickly get up to speed. The book follows a typical report lifecycle to show how to create, manage, and deliver RS reports. The first half of the book builds a solid foundation for using the built-in tools to create reports. The second half of the book teaches developers the techniques that they need to integrate SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services with their Windows Form or Web-based applications. In the book's foreword, Brian Welcker, Group Program Manager for Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, wrote that "Teo has the ability to take complex topics and break them into smaller sections that can easily be understood." The book exercises Reporting Services through a wide variety of real-world scenarios within its many useful examples.

ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

Manning Publications is a publisher of high-quality technology books for software developers and managers and is based in Greenwich, CT.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

A technology consultant with the Enterprise Application Services practice of Hewlett-Packard and a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer and a Microsoft Certified Trainer, Teo Lachev has more than 11 years of experience designing and developing Microsoft-centric solutions.

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Microsoft Reporting Services in Action
By Teo Lachev
ISBN 1932394-22-2
August 2004, Softbound, 656 pages, $49.95
Ebook, PDF, $25.00
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For a review copy, please contact Helen Trimes at hetr@manning.com

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Manning Book Release -- JUnit Recipes: Practical Methods for Programmer Testing

Greenwich, CT, August 10, 2004 - JUnit is a popular open source testing framework used by programmers to test their Java code. More and more developers are turning to JUnit to incrementally build a test suite at low cost, catch unintended side effects, and focus their development efforts.

"JUnit Recipes: Practical Methods for Programmer Testing" fills the gap in reliable JUnit documentation and serves as both a reference and a tutorial. The book contains one hundred and thirty seven step-by-step recipes for using JUnit effectively in a real, professional environment, culled from J.B. Rainsberger's years of personal experience as a master programmer and often-sought expert in the JUnit community. This how-to reference collects common testing patterns into realistic working examples. The focus is on practical JUnit solutions to a range of problems, from the simplest applications to even the most difficult legacy components such as EJB's and JDBC code. "JUnit Recipes" is published by Manning Publications and arrives in bookstores August 2004.

In his Foreword to the book, Object Mentor's founder, Robert C. Martin, calls "JUnit Recipes" a "remarkable compendium of recipes written for those of us who use JUnit in our daily work." He goes on to say, "No other book manages to cram as much wisdom, knowledge and practical advice about JUnit and unit testing into a single volume."

ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

Manning Publications is a publisher of high-quality technology books for software developers and managers. Manning is based in Greenwich, CT. For a review copy, please contact Helen Trimes at hetr@manning.com.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

J.B. Rainsberger is a Toronto-based developer and consultant. Faced with little available online documentation for JUnit, he wrote the online tutorial, "JUnit: A Starter Guide", in 2001. It still draws thousands of readers a month and is required reading for college and university Computer Science courses around the world. This tutorial led to his writing "JUnit Recipes". Scott Stirling is a Senior Software Engineer on the Platform and Tools team at Workscape, Inc. in Framingham, MA. He has been active in the JUnit community since 2000 and has contributed code to the Jakarta Ant task.

"JUnit Recipes: Practical Methods for Programmer Testing"
By J.B. Rainsberger
ISBN 1-932394-23-0
Softbound, 752 pages, $49.95
Ebook, $25.00

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