.PSD released his fourth issue of year 2008 as Summer issue, introducing us how to use Adobe Photoshop in more advanced ways. The theme behind this issue is the art of designing computer games. Fern The Farmer, created by Patrick Beaulieu and Chevisodes Crew occupy cover of issue and article Wild adventures of Fern the farmer gives us idea behind the Making Of Fern, a 3D artwork created by the Chevisodes team.

Making of Uchronia by Morgan Yon illustrated the Paris, if Nazism had triumphed. Darkness monster by Steve Jubinville & Yanick Gaudreau express the concept based on the use of lighting and on the character’s traits and expressions. Think of the wall by Stewart Michael Bruce create phantasmagoric images that capture the imagination and introduce a effective way to play with layers. Game over by Neil Deuerden is simple tutorial we will step you through making a computer based editorial style piece. All the above article are freely available to download. Just go to http://psdmag.org/prt/view/about-the-mag/issue/489.html and download PDF's of complete article.

LINQ Quickly: A practical guide to programming Language Integrated Query with C#

LINQ (Language Integrated Query), the new query technology came with the .NET Framework 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008. LINQ-enabled languages like Visual Basic and C# gives you a rich set of query operators that can be applied to various data sources, such as in-memory collections, databases, datasets, and XML.

The book "LINQ Quickly: A practical guide to programming Language Integrated Query with C#" by N Satheesh Kumar from PACKT Publishing provides good introduction on LINQ and its features. This book is for .NET developers who want to find out exactly what LINQ is, what it can do for them, and how to program with LINQ. Assuming that reader have good sound knowledge of XML, ADO.NET,.NET data access and C# book going to introduces the basic concepts of LINQ. The book provides a good introduction and quickstart to the Linq.

RailsConf 2008 will take place in Berlin, Germany September 2 - 4, 2008

RailsConf is *the* official event for the growing Rails community. If you're passionate about Rails and what it helps you achieve--or are curious about how Rails can help you create web frameworks better and faster--RailsConf Europe is the place for you.

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