Les Smith

A guidebook to trekking the central section of the GR5 trail between Schirmeck and Lac Leman (Lake Geneva). Covering 687km (427 miles), this long-distance trek traversing the Vosges and the Haut-Jura plateau in France can be walked in 5–6 weeks and is suitable for moderately experienced hikers. The route is described from north to south in 11 stages, each between 40 and 87km (25–55 miles) in length. The GR53 between Wissembourg and Schirmeck is also described, allowing walkers to complete the entire chain of the Vosges. Eight short walks that can be taken from the main route are also included. Sketch maps included for each stageDetailed information about accommodation, facilities and public transport along the routeAdvice on planning and preparationPart of a 3-volume set, accompanying Cicerone guidebooks The GR5 Trail and The GR5 Trail - Benelux and Lorraine are also available

Demands on landscape architecture students’ time are many and varied – when is there a chance to just sketch, and is it worth dedicating your time to the pursuit of drawing? This book shows how in short bursts you can build up your design skills using quick, relaxed sketches, which form the basis for full projects and studio work. This book will provide you with your own image library – sources of inspiration, guidance, and short-cuts to future designs. A variety of paths leading to design discovery, based upon experimental sketching methods, are discussed, demonstrated, and then put into action with valuable exercises. These exercises focus your sketching, giving hints and tips on what to look for, how to capture the essence of the object or location, and how to become a natural in the art of speedy visual communication. Real-life examples of the author’s built-works as a landscape architect show how professionals use these techniques in their own design creations. Design Readiness for Landscape Architects presents enjoyable and thought-stirring essays and drawing-based exercises to help students grow more facile and agile in their service as architects of the land, whether using tablets, paints, or pens and pencils.

Demands on landscape architecture students’ time are many and varied – when is there a chance to just sketch, and is it worth dedicating your time to the pursuit of drawing? This book shows how in short bursts you can build up your design skills using quick, relaxed sketches, which form the basis for full projects and studio work. This book will provide you with your own image library – sources of inspiration, guidance, and short-cuts to future designs. A variety of paths leading to design discovery, based upon experimental sketching methods, are discussed, demonstrated, and then put into action with valuable exercises. These exercises focus your sketching, giving hints and tips on what to look for, how to capture the essence of the object or location, and how to become a natural in the art of speedy visual communication. Real-life examples of the author’s built-works as a landscape architect show how professionals use these techniques in their own design creations. Design Readiness for Landscape Architects presents enjoyable and thought-stirring essays and drawing-based exercises to help students grow more facile and agile in their service as architects of the land, whether using tablets, paints, or pens and pencils.

Writing Add-Ins for Visual Studio . NET is designed to get the experienced add-in developer up to speed in developing add-ins in Visual Studio . NET very quickly. At the same time, the book does not assume that the reader is an experienced add-in developer. It is designed to teach add-in development to that developer that wants to learn to write an add-in, while at the same time demonstrating enough real code examples to challenge the experienced add-in developer. Les Smith's book begins by teaching the reader to use the Add-In Wizard to create the basic framework. From there, he covers the manipulation of code in windows, control manipulation, and the manipulation of projects. Event Handling within the Visual Studio IDE is also covered and he demonstrates how the add-in developer can handle the various events to enhance the power of the IDE. The book explores, in detail, how to create an add-in User Interface, including ToolBars, ToolBar Buttons, Multiple-Level Menus, as well as creating a UI in the System Tray. Smith also addresses the migration of add-ins from VB6 to . NET for those developers who have previous experience in writing add-ins. Visual Studio . NET introduces a Class Library of over 3,400 classes. The greatest challenge that the add-in developer will encounter is finding the objects, methods, and events that are needed to perform the desired functionality in an add-in. Smith's book goes into the use of the required objects in every major area that the reader might need to develop that functionality.