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Manning Publication publishes computer books for professionals--programmers, system administrators, designers, architects, managers and others. Our focus is on computing titles at professional levels. We care about the quality of our books. We work with our authors to coax out of them the best writing they can produce. We consult with technical experts on book proposals and manuscripts, and we may use as many as two dozen reviewers in various stages of preparing a manuscript. The abilities of each author are nurtured to encourage him or her to write a first-rate book.

Articles by Manning (33)

  • Testing Inbound Routes

    Published: 28 Sep 2011 Views: 1,843 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0

    It’s much easier to write automated tests for your site than it is to do manual exploratory testing for each release. In this article, based on chapter 13 of ASP.NET MVC 3 in Action, the authors show how we can use MvcContrib project’s route-testing API to make this testing easier.
  • Key Process Patterns

    Published: 15 Aug 2011 Views: 1,660 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0

    This article, based on chapter 2 of Specification by Example, presents effective patterns for software development that author Gojko Adzic has distilled from interactions with dozens of successful teams around the world.
  • Composing WCF applications

    Published: 24 Jan 2011 Views: 3,448 Avg Rating: 4/5 Votes: 1 Comments: 0

    This article is taken from the book Dependency Injection in .NET. The author discusses WCF’s extensibility points used in DI— IInstanceProvider interface and contract behaviors. The author also shows how to extend a commerce application with a WCF-based service.
  • Composing ASP.NET MVC applications

    Published: 07 Jan 2011 Views: 3,045 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0

    This article is taken from the book Dependency Injection in .NET. Object Composition is one of three important dimensions of DI. ASP.NET MVC was designed with DI in mind, so composing an application is as easy as implementing a custom IControllerFactory and registering it with the framework.
  • Dependency properties in Silverlight

    Published: 23 Aug 2010 Views: 6,781 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0

    This article is taken from the book Silverlight in Action, Revised Edition. The author discusses dependency properties, which can be data bound, the target of an animation, or set by a style. He also shows how an object can be bound to elements within a DependencyObject.
  • Deploy an ASP.NET Form to a workflow

    Published: 12 Jul 2010 Views: 5,024 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0

    This article, taken from the book SharePoint 2010 Workflows in Action, shows you how easy it is to deploy an ASP.NET form to a workflow.
  • Silverlight out of the browser

    Published: 07 Jul 2010 Views: 5,807 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0

    This article is taken from the book Silverlight in Action, Revised Edition. The author discusses out-of-browser (OOB) applications, which provide the best of Silverlight's cross-platform support along with a locally installed and offline enabled experience.
  • Logging and handling errors in ASP.NET 4.0

    Published: 29 Jun 2010 Views: 10,534 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0

    This article is taken from the book ASP.NET MVC 2 in Action. The authors discuss URL rewriting as a powerful deployment option that opens up new scenarios in URL canonicalization and seamless resource management
  • Representing user input

    Published: 25 Jun 2010 Views: 3,560 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0

    This article is taken from the book ASP.NET MVC 2 in Action. The authors discuss designing a model to represent the data coming into an application. ASP.NET MVC 2 features coupled with a strong input model make it easy to work with user input in an application.
  • Configuring routes to use a custom extension

    Published: 18 Jun 2010 Views: 2,931 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0

    This article is taken from the book ASP.NET MVC 2 in Action. The authors discuss URL rewriting as a powerful deployment option that opens up new scenarios in URL canonicalization and seamless resource management.
  • Leveraging ASP.NET personalization

    Published: 14 Jun 2010 Views: 4,420 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0

    This article is taken from the book ASP.NET MVC 2 in Action. The authors discuss setting up and editing a profile.
  • Customizing Out-of-box Forms with InfoPath

    Published: 24 May 2010 Views: 3,673 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0

    This article is taken from the book SharePoint 2010 Workflows in Action. This article shows you how to customize SharePoint's out of the box forms using InfoPath.
  • What's blocking my running SQL?

    Published: 12 May 2010 Views: 3,220 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0

    This article is taken from the book SQL Server DMVs in Action. The author discusses a routine that identifies the SQL queries that are blocked as a result of competing for resources.
  • Identifying currently running SQL queries

    Published: 10 May 2010 Views: 7,800 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0

    This article is taken from the book SQL Server DMVs in Action. The author discusses a routine that identifies the SQL queries that are currently running, which is useful for debugging.
  • The components of a brownfield application

    Published: 07 May 2010 Views: 2,633 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0

    This article is taken from the book Brownfield Application Development in .NET. The authors define brownfield applications and discuss their three components - existing codebase, contamination by poor practices, and potential for reuse or improvement.
  • How Windows Azure Works

    Published: 14 Apr 2010 Views: 7,299 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0

    This article is taken from the book Azure in Action. The authors provide the history and current state of data centers, followed by a discussion of how Azure is architected and how Microsoft runs the cloud operating system.
  • SharePoint 2010 Web Parts in Action

    Published: 12 Apr 2010 Views: 27,266 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0

    This article is taken from the book SharePoint 2010 Web Parts in Action. The author discusses export and import features of Web Parts and how to disable the export of Web Parts when confidentiality is a concern.
  • Imperative Programming in F#

    Published: 05 Apr 2010 Views: 2,290 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0

    This article is taken from the book F# in Action. The authors discuss basics of imperative programming in F# and develop a simple application to show how this type of programming works. They also feature some of the interoperability among languages on .NET platform.
  • ClickOnce Deployment

    Published: 02 Apr 2010 Views: 10,342 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 3

    This article is taken from the book Continuous Integration in .NET. The authors discuss ClickOnce, a simple way to make a Windows application available over the net without using installation files. They show how to use ClickOnce within the Continuous Integration process.
  • Gestalt: Unifying Silverlight, IronRuby, XAML, and HTML

    Published: 22 Mar 2010 Views: 3,968 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0

    HTML was never designed to allow for the rich interactivity that we’ve unfairly demanded of it in recent years. With our trusty steed, HTML, starting to lag behind, saddled with ever-increasing complexity of modern JavaScript, Gestalt straps a couple of booster rockets onto the old girl, lights the fuse, steps back, and watches as she lifts off into the age of modern web development.
  • Converting a PowerShell Script into a Module Part 2

    Published: 10 Mar 2010 Views: 4,261 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 1

    In this article the author explains how PSModuleInfo object for a module can be retrieved. Further, he shows how code can be injected into the module to manipulate the state of a module without having to reload it. He also explains how to directly set some metadata elements, like the module description, and some other PSModuleInfo object features.
  • Converting a PowerShell Script into a Module

    Published: 08 Mar 2010 Views: 8,033 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0

    This article is taken from the book Windows PowerShell in Action, Second Edition. The author provides an overview of the PowerShell modules, including their roles and terminology. He shows how modules allow packaging collections of PowerShell resources into shareable, reusable units. The author dives into the methods of writing Powershell scripts and converting a script into a module.
  • Silverlight: IronPython in the browser Part 2

    Published: 03 Mar 2010 Views: 3,325 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0

    This article is an excerpt taken from IronPython in Action, by Michael J. Foord and Christian Muirhead and published by Manning Publications. In the article the authors discuss how to take advantage of the exciting Silverlight platform with IronPython.
  • Silverlight: IronPython in the browser Part 1

    Published: 23 Feb 2010 Views: 4,323 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0

    This article is an excerpt taken from IronPython in Action, by Michael J. Foord and Christian Muirhead and published by Manning Publications. In the article the authors discuss how to take advantage of the exciting Silverlight platform with IronPython.
  • Indirect Testing of State

    Published: 18 Feb 2010 Views: 1,745 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0

    In this article, taken from the book "The Art of Unit Testing" by Roy Osherove, we'll take a look at using state-based testing methods in our unit tests.
  • Programming user interfaces using F# workflows

    Published: 16 Feb 2010 Views: 10,750 Avg Rating: 5/5 Votes: 1 Comments: 1

    F# asynchronous workflows can be used to solve a wide range of programming problems. In this article we'll look how to use asynchronous workflows for elegantly expressing the control flow of interaction with the user. We'll also look at clear functional way for encoding drag&drop-like algorithm.
  • Continuous Integration with TeamCity

    Published: 21 Jan 2010 Views: 8,286 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0

    TeamCity is a CI server that has been gaining popularity in the .NET community for the last few years. It is packed with handy futures which we will discuss in a minute and has a free version suitable for smaller teams.
  • Dynamic Binding in a Static Language, Part 2

    Published: 04 Jan 2010 Views: 3,763 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 1

    This article is taken from the book C# in Depth, Second Edition.
  • Dynamic Binding in a Static Language, Part 1

    Published: 22 Dec 2009 Views: 5,769 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0

    This article is taken from the book C# in Depth, Second Edition. This segment looks at what it means for code to be dynamic, and the syntax involved in using dynamic typing in C# 4.
  • jQuery in Action 2nd edition: Queuing functions for execution

    Published: 11 Dec 2009 Views: 5,713 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0

    This article is taken from the book jQuery in Action, second edition. This segment shows how you can create your own queue to queue up any functions that you'd like to have executed in serial order. An understanding of jQuery animation is assumed.
  • DI Patterns: Constructor Injection

    Published: 09 Dec 2009 Views: 6,755 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0

    In this article, an excerpt from the book "Dependency Injection in .NET", we will take a detailed look at the DI pattern known as Constructor Injection.
  • ASP.NET MVC in Action: The model in depth

    Published: 03 Dec 2009 Views: 7,628 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0

    In this chapter, we’ll explore a model for a system that helps to manage a small conference, like a Code Camp. The model enables the application to provide an interesting service. Without the model, the application provides no value. We place great importance on creating a rich model with which our controllers can work.
  • PowerShell in Practice

    Published: 29 Oct 2009 Views: 6,061 Avg Rating: 0/5 Votes: 0 Comments: 0

    This article is taken from the book PowerShell in Practice. As part of a chapter on recent and forthcoming innovations in PowerShell, this excerpt explores what you can do with the virtualization functions in the Hyper=V PowerShell library.

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