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Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- About the Author -- Introduction -- Reader's guide -- Testimonials -- Theme 1 Double awareness -- Chapter 1 What is double awareness? …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- How can sustainable development strategies be monitored? -- Busy readers' guide to this document -- 1. Sustainable Development and the Need for Strategic Responses -- Establishing national strategies for sustainable development: a Rio commitment and one of the seven international development -- Challenges to sustainable development -- Trends, major challenges, and responses -- Box 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- About the Author -- About the Technical Editors -- Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Foreword by Nate Vogel -- Foreword by Sophie Sparkes -- Introduction -- Structure -- Conventions -- Companion Website -- Chapter 1 Introduction and Getting Started with Tableau -- The Advantages of a Modern Analytics Platform -- My Personal Tableau Story -- The Tableau Application Suite -- Installing Tableau Desktop -- System Requirements for Tableau Desktop -- Downloading and Installing Tableau Desktop -- Registering and Activating Tableau Desktop -- Data Preparation -- Crosstab Reports with Wide Tables -- Preparing Your Data for Analysis -- Long Tables Suitable for Analysis -- The Sample Dataset -- Finding the Dataset -- Understanding the Data -- Opening the Excel File Containing the Sample Dataset -- The Tableau Workspace -- The Menu Bar -- The Data Pane -- Working with Measures and Dimensions -- Visualizing a First Measure -- Breaking Down a Measure Based on a Dimension -- Working with Marks -- Working with Color -- Adding More Information to Tooltips -- Saving, Opening, and Sharing Your Workbooks -- Saving Workbooks -- Opening Workbooks -- Sharing Workbooks with Tableau Reader -- Chapter 2 Adding Data Sources in Tableau -- Setting Up a Data Connector -- Connecting to a File -- Connecting to a Server -- Connecting to a Cloud Service -- Selecting Data Tables -- Adding a Table to a Data Model -- Joins -- Unions -- Specific Unions (Manual) -- Wildcard Unions (Automatic) -- Data Extracts and Live Connections -- Live Connections -- Untethered with a Data Extract -- Data Protection and Data Governance -- Editing the Model's Metadata -- Data Types -- Changing a Field's Data Type -- Adding Hierarchies, Calculated Fields, and Table Calculations -- Data Collection -- Data Collection with IFTTT and Google Sheets…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Introduction -- 0.1 Ajax, the Acronym -- 0.1.1 Asynchronous -- 0.1.2 JavaScript -- 0.1.3 XML -- 0.2 This Book's Intentions -- 0.3 Prerequisites for This Book -- Chapter 1 Usability -- 1.1 Interface Versus Showcase -- 1.1.1 Implementation -- 1.2 User Expectations -- 1.3 Indicators and Other Forms of User Feedback -- 1.3.1 The Throbber -- 1.3.2 Progress Indicators -- 1.3.3 Keeping the User in the Loop -- 1.4 Semantic Markup -- 1.4.1 More Accessible -- 1.4.2 Easier to Use -- 1.4.3 Easier to Maintain -- 1.4.4 Easier to Parse -- 1.5 What CSS and JavaScript Have in Common -- Chapter 2 Accessibility -- 2.1 WCAG and Section 508 -- 2.1.1 WCAG -- 2.1.2 Section 508 -- 2.2 Screen Readers Can Handle Ajax -- 2.2.1 Content Replacement -- 2.2.2 Form Validation -- 2.3 Unobtrusive Ajax -- 2.4 Designing with Accessibility in Mind -- 2.4.1 High-Contrast Design -- 2.4.2 Zoomable Interface -- 2.4.3 Easily Targeted Controls -- 2.5 WAI-ARIA -- Chapter 3 Client-Side Application Architecture -- 3.1 Objects and Event Triggering -- 3.1.1 Native Object Event Handling -- 3.1.2 JavaScript Objects -- 3.2 Model-View-Controller Design Pattern -- 3.2.1 The Model -- 3.2.2 The View -- 3.2.3 The Controller -- 3.3 Event-Driven Application Development -- 3.3.1 Advantages of Architecture -- Chapter 4 Debugging Client-Side Code -- 4.1 Validation, Validation, Validation -- 4.1.1 Markup Validator -- 4.1.2 CSS Validator -- 4.1.3 Semantic Extractor -- 4.2 Browser Tools and Plugins -- 4.2.1 The Console -- 4.2.2 Internet Explorer -- 4.2.3 Firefox -- 4.2.4 Opera -- 4.2.5 Safari -- 4.3 JavaScript Profiling -- 4.3.1 Recognizing Bottlenecks -- 4.4 Unit Testing -- 4.4.1 Assertions -- 4.4.2 Test Setup -- 4.4.3 The Test Itself -- 4.4.4 Mock Objects -- 4.4.5 Test Suites -- Chapter 5 Performance Optimization -- 5.1 Database Performance…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 48 The Four Traits That Set CEOs Apart from Other Managers: Strategic Thinking, Charisma, Intellectual/Social Skills, and Focus on Results -- References -- Chapter 49 Leaders Who Focus on Short-Term Results Innovate Less and Lower Company ROI -- References -- Chapter 50 Charismatic Leaders Inspire Their People to Deliver Better Results -- References -- Appendix: All Takeaways-For Impatient Readers -- Source Materials -- About the Author -- Index -- EULA…”