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Here is a great Ruby On Rails Intensive 1-Day Course, from the University of California at Berkeley. The Rails framework, built using the Ruby language, is a very promising Web application development technology that is becoming more popular. This course provides a fast-paced technical introduction to the key concepts in Ruby on Rails, along with exercises. It is not a complete programming course, but it will help you become literate in the language and framework. The course covers the fundamental concepts of the Ruby on Rails Web programming framework. The overview consists of six sections of approximately one hour each. Course materials include slides, online resources, and software installers. Here is their recommended RoR setup and installation instructions for Mac OS X and Windows. This Ruby On Rails course is also available on youtube as a webcast.


Ruby on Rails course slide sets (pdf):

1: Hello World
2: Just Enough Ruby
3: Basic Rails
4: Advanced Active Record
5: AJAX and Testing
6: Configuration And Deploy
7: Extra Material


Webcast at youtube:

 - Ruby on Rails - Part 1: Hello World
 - Ruby on Rails - Part 2: Just Enough Ruby
 - Ruby on Rails - Part 3: Basic Rails
 - Ruby on Rails - Part 4: Advanced Active Record
 - Ruby on Rails - Part 5: AJAX and Testing
 - Ruby on Rails - Part 6: Configuration and Deploy

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Take a look at eBook30 for freely available programming and computer ebooks in many areas, as shown and linked below. This site provides links to various file share and download sites. Free registration is required, but access is immediately given.


eBook Categories at eBook30:

Web Development
  - PHP
  - ASP .NET
  - HTML/CSS
  - XML

Programming
  - . NET
  - C
  - C++
  - Delphi
  - Java
  - Visual Basic

Software
  - Windows Software
  - Unix Software
  - Mac Software

Database and SQL Server

Graphic Design

Hardware

Games

Windows and Microsoft

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Ebooksquad provides links around the web for many ebooks, guides, and learning documents covering several programming, database, and computer hardware areas. Their categories and tags within these are given below.


Programming eBooks and Guides

 - C, C++, and C# Programming
 - CNC
 - Java Programming
 - Matlab
 - Neurolinguistic
 - Oracle
 - SAP Tutorials
 - SQL, SQL Server, and Database
 - Visual Basic and VB . NET
 - Visual Programming


Computer Hardware eBooks and Guides

 - Cisco System
 - LAN and WLAN
 - Overclock
 - Printer
 - Server
 - Voip

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Here are free training and study materials for Microsoft's 70-316 and 70-536 certification exams, covering Microsoft Visual C# and Visual Studio .NET, and the dotNet Framework from an Application Development perspective.


Training materials for Microsoft examination 70-316 
The materials available here are training and study aids for students aiming to take the MCP exam 70-316: Developing and Implementing Windows-based Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.

The following course files are available:

 - Background
 - The User Interface
 - Types and Members
 - Object-Oriented Programming and Polymorphism
 - Testing and Debugging
 - Data Access
 - Creating Controls
 - Advanced Framework Topics
 - Assemblies, Configuration and Security
 - Deployment


Training materials for Microsoft examination 70-536
The materials available here are training and study aids for students aiming to take the MCP exam 70-536: Microsoft .NET Framework - Application Development Foundation.

The following course files are available:

 - Framework Fundamentals
 - Input Output
 - Searching, Modifying and Encoding Text
 - Collections and Generics
 - Serialization
 - Graphics
 - Threading
 - Application Domains
 - Installing and Configuring Applications
 - Instrumentation
 - Application Security
 - User and Data Security
 - Interoperation
 - Reflection
 - Mail

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Here are three SQL Server How-to Videos at Microsoft TechNet explain a few features of SQL Server using videos. These SQL Server video tutorials provide users with a firsthand experience of how these features work, namely using PowerShell to audit servers, using the Database Engine Tuning Advisor and using the filestream to store BLOB Data


How Do I: Use PowerShell to Audit Servers?
This video tutorial explains how DBAs can use the Windows PowerShell to audit and automate some of their everyday tasks such as reviewing log files and checking SQL Server properties.


How Do I: Use the Database Engine Tuning Advisor?
This video tutorial teaches you how to use an SQL script as the input to the Database Engine Tuning Advisor, and how to increase performance in various tables in the database.


How Do I: Use the Filestream Data Type to Store BLOB Data
In this video, the configuration of Windows and SQL Server to enable Filestream data type is explained. Further explanation is also provided in terms of creation of a database and storing the Filestream data type.

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