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Welcome to the CodeNotes website. Each
page on the site can be divided up into four major areas:
- Top Navigation Bar
- Side Navigation Bar
- Bottom Navigation Bar
- Main Content Area
Each of these areas is explained in detail below.
The top navigation bar contains five different components that are always
available throughout the CodeNotes website:
- CodeNotes Pointer Jump Point
 At any time,
you may jump directly to an article by entering a CodeNotes Pointer number
in this text box and clicking on Go. Please see the Articles
section for more information on articles and pointer numbers.
- Main Menu
The main menu bar contains links to the eight major
sections of the CodeNotes website. Each major section has it's own help
section later in this document. Please click on the section title to
see additional help information for that section:
- Bread Crumbs - In the upper left hand corner of every page, you will
see a trail of bread crumbs. This trail will instantly show you where your
current page is located within the CodeNotes hierarchy. By clicking
on any component in this bread crumb trail, you can instantly jump to the
proper page. Note that this trail is not always identical to the page
trial you can follow using the forward and back buttons on your browser. Rather,
it shows you where you are in the CodeNotes page hierarchy.
- Log In - You can browse most of the site without logging in as a
specific user. However, if you login to the website, you can post to
forums, join chat sessions and take advantage of additional features. Please
see the Registration section for more information
on creating a login.
- Site Search - The Site Search text box allows you to search the CodeNotes
website for any keyword. Please see the Search
section for more details on the search function.
Unlike the other navigation bars, the Side Navigation bar changes as
a function of the page you happen to be viewing. This
navigation bar will contain links to other areas of the website that may
be relevant to the page you are currently viewing. At
any time, you can click on one of these links and move to a related page.
The Bottom navigation bar contains all of the same links as the Top
Navigation Bar, plus several additional links. As
with the Top Navigation Bar, you may click on the page title to see more
information:
- Search - The
Search link will take you to the main search page.
- About Us - The About Us
link will take you to information about CodeNotes, Infusion Development
and Random House
- Contact Us - If you wish
to contact Infusion Development or Random House, this link will provide
you with phone numbers, email addresses and street addresses.
- Privacy Policy - This
link will take you to the CodeNotes website Privacy Policy and Use statement,
where you can find the rules for using the CodeNotes website.
- Help - As you might guess,
the help link takes you right back to this page.
The Main Content Area will display whatever information you have selected.
Many of
the content pages are described in the following sections.
Main Sections
The following sections describe each of the main areas of the CodeNotes
website.
The CodeNotes home page has three major components:
- Our welcome statement, describing the CodeNotes series and the website.
- An Upcoming books list, where you can see the CodeNotes books we are currently
writing.
- Several Featured Articles. From time to time, we will highlight different
articles by placing them in the featured articles section. You may jump
directly to any of these articles simply by clicking on the article title.
Each article has an associated CodeNotes Pointer. A
CodeNotes pointer is an eight or nine character identifier. The
first two (or three in the case of .NET) letters indicate which book the
article relates to:
- AJ - CodeNotes for Java
- J2 - CodeNotes for J2EE
- AS - CodeNotes for ASP.NET
- NET - CodeNotes for .NET
- OR - CodeNotes for Oracle 9i
- UI - CodeNotes for Web-Based UI
- VB - CodeNotes for VB.NET
- XM - CodeNotes for XML
Most pointers can be found somewhere in the print or eBooks. However,
we may add new articles from time to time.
At any time, you may enter the CodeNotes Pointer number in the CodeNotes
Pointer Jump Point and go directly to the relevant article.
If you choose to browse articles by book, you will be presented with
a list of all of the articles for each book. The
content window will display all of the articles associated with that book,
including the CodeNotes Pointer number, article title and short description.
You
may jump directly to an article by clicking on its title.
Additional article pages are available by clicking the "next page",
"previous page" or any of the numbers in the list.
From time to time, we will feature certain articles. These
articles contain highly interesting, relevant or timely information about
an aspect of one of the CodeNotes books. You
may view the featured article list by clicking on the Articles item in
the main menu, as part of the Home Page, or from various Side Navigation
Bars.
You may view an article in one of several different ways:
- At any time, you may enter a CodeNotes Pointer in the
CodeNotes Pointer Jump Point. This will take
you directly to the article.
- You may also view an article by clicking on the article title from any content
pane, such as the Featured Article List, or
Browse By Book selections.
- You may also jump to an article by clicking on the article title in the
Articles section of the Search results.
Each article has an associated thread in the Forum designated for that
particular book. When
you are viewing an article, you may jump directly to the forum and thread
for that article by clicking on either View Comments or Add Comment in
the Side Navigation Bar. For
more information on adding and viewing comments, please see the Forums
topic.
The main Books page displays the title and a short description for all
of the CodeNotes books. If
you click on any title, you will be directed to a page that is specific
for that particular book. From
a book page, you may use the Side Navigation Bar to jump to a list of
authors for the book, any additions or errata, and the forum associated
with the book.
Each book has an associated authors page. From
this page, you can jump to a short biography for each of the CodeNotes
authors. Please
see the About Us section for more information.
All of the CodeNotes books relate to technologies that change rapidly.
This means
that information in the books may become out of date or need revision.
In addition,
even the best of authors, editors and publishers make occasional mistakes.
The Errata
and Additions page for each book lists all known problems, corrections
and changes to the printed books and eBooks.
If you discover a problem in one of the books that is not listed on
the correct Errata page, please email admin@infusiondev.com. You
must provide the book title, page number, and sufficient description so
that we can locate and evaluate the problem.
The Code Gallery section contains a set of code for each book. The
code is loosely based on the examples from each topic in each chapter.
Most books
have the code divided out by chapter, however, you can download the entire
code set for a book as well. For
the terms and conditions of using this code, please see our privacy
policy and terms of use.
The CodeNotes Forums are slightly different than a traditional bulletin
board system. First,
there are three distinct types of CodeNotes Forums:
- Book Forums - Each book has a dedicated forum that contains one thread
for each CodeNotes Pointer (and associated article).
- General Forums - The CodeNotes site also supports a few general forums
for topics that range across books and are not tied directly to a CodeNotes
Pointer.
- Private Forums - Some forums are restricted to certain users and
certain companies. This forums will only appear if you login as a user
who has access. Otherwise, you can neither read nor search through articles
in these forums.
Next, users are restricted to replying to existing threads. Except
for the case of Private forums, you cannot create your own threads. Finally,
messages in a forum may be marked as CodeNotes Approved.
You may
find that approved messages contain the most useful information, as these
messages have been reviewed by the CodeNotes staff.
You can access a CodeNotes forum in several different ways:
- From the Forums link in the Top Navigation Bar - This
link will take you to a list of all of the forums for which you have access
rights. If you are not logged in, or logged in as a general user, the
forum list will include all of the Book Forums and any General Forums. If
you are a corporate user, you may also find Private Forums specific to your
company.
- From any Book page - The Book Forum link in the Side
Navigation Bar will take you directly to the Forum for that book.
- From any Article page - If you click on either
the View Comments or Add Comments link in the Side Navigation
Bar of any article page, you will be taken directly to the thread in the
book forum that is related to that article.
- From a Search - The search results page includes a
special section for all forum postings that relate to your keywords. By
clicking on a posting, you will be taken directly to the relevant forum, thread
and posting.
In order to post to a forum, you must be logged in as a valid user.
If you
do not have a valid user account, you must create one. See
the Registration section for more information.
If you
are logged in, you may reply to any thread in the forum by clicking on
the "reply" icon.
From time to time, we may designate a particular posting as "CodeNotes
Approved." These
postings have been reviewed by the CodeNotes staff and will contain useful
and important information about the topic. Most
CodeNotes Approved articles will come from the various CodeNotes authors.
However,
certain user postings may also be marked as CodeNotes approved.
The CodeNotes site will occasionally sponsor chat sessions with the
authors of the CodeNotes books. You
may watch any one of these chats, or view previous chat transcripts as
an anonymous user. However,
if you wish to join a chat, you must be logged into the website as a valid
user.
If a chat session is starting, or is in progress, you may join the chat
by simply clicking on the name of the chat session from the list on the
Chat page.
In the future, the CodeNotes website will provide programs, applications,
or additional resources that you may download from this section.
Infusion Development offers a wide range of custom training classes based around
the CodeNotes materials. If you wish to enquire about training using the
CodeNotes materials, please contact Irene Wilk at Infusion Development:
You may initiate a search by entering one or more keywords in the Site Search text box, or by using the Search link on
the Bottom Navigation Bar. Search
results are always divided into two sections: Articles and Forum Messages.
The Articles section contains a list of every article that contains
your keywords. If
you want to read the article, simply click on it's title. Similarly,
the Forum Postings section contains a list of each Forum message that
contains your keyword. You
should also note that the CodeNotes Approved
icon will appear on any forum posting that is approved. These
postings may be most useful to you, as they have been reviewed and approved
by the CodeNotes staff.
The CodeNotes website was developed and is maintained by Infusion Development
Corporation. The
CodeNotes book series is a joint partnership between Infusion Development
Corporation and Random House Incorporated. On
these pages, you may find more information about both of these companies.
You may
also find information about the book and article authors.
The Contact Us
page provides a listing of street addresses, phone numbers and email addresses
for both Infusion Development and Random House. Please
feel free to contact Infusion Development for any questions or concerns
on the website, training or book series. Similarly,
you may contact Random House for any questions regarding book sales, marketing
or promotional materials for the CodeNotes book series.
Most of the CodeNotes website is free and open to the public without
any form of registration. However,
certain areas and functions of the site are covered by our Privacy Policy
and Terms of Use. Please
read the Privacy Policy
and Terms of Use carefully before registering with CodeNotes, downloading
the code from the Code Gallery, using or reproducing any article or website
content, posting to a forum or joining a chat.
Certain functions on the CodeNotes website require that you register
with us. Registration is a very simple process requiring that you submit your name, an email
address, a password and a screen name. For
the rules governing both your rights and ours, please see our Privacy
Policy and Terms of Use.
Once you have registered, you may go back at any time and change your display
name, password or email address. Simply log into the website and then click
on the Edit Your Profile link at the top of the page. From the profile
screen, you will be able to change any of your information, provided that you
keep a unique email address and a unique display name.
If you forget your password, please email codenotes@infusiondev.com.
Unfortunately, we do not as of yet have an automated reply system.
Your password will be emailed back to you as soon as possible.
Yes, we do indeed have a help section for help. Of
course, there really isn't anything to say, is there? Simply
read through this document and take advantage of any of the links to jump
around where you please.
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