Conventions Used in This Book

This book uses the following conventions:

• Italic is used to denote key terms when they first appear in the book.

Tip

Tips provide shortcuts to make your job easier or better ways to accomplish certain tasks.

Note

Notes provide additional information related to the surrounding topics.

Caution

Cautions alert you to potential problems and help you steer clear of disaster.

The end result is a book that should sit on your desk as a reference for you to use. It should contain the majority of projects you will ever execute. I hope it's useful to youI wrote it as if you were my student.

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