[From nobody Mon Aug 2 21:28:48 2004 Return-Path: <marsee@oreilly.com> X-Original-To: mlamertz@localhost Delivered-To: mlamertz@localhost Received: by tweety.intern.perl-ronin.de (Postfix, from userid 8) id B8F8222401F; Wed, 7 May 2003 04:39:46 +0200 (CEST) X-Scanned-By: AMaViS-ng at tweety.intern.perl-ronin.de Received: from localhost (tweety [127.0.0.1]) by tweety.intern.perl-ronin.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB8A722401D for <mlamertz@localhost>; Wed, 7 May 2003 04:39:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from struppi1.friedrichstrasse62.de [195.138.32.98] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-6.2.1) for mlamertz@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 07 May 2003 04:39:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.pm.org (mail.pm.org [64.49.222.22]) by struppi1.friedrichstrasse62.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id EAA29330 for <mike@perl-ronin.de>; Wed, 7 May 2003 04:35:07 +0200 Received: from smtp.oreilly.com (rock.oreilly.com [209.204.146.34]) by mail.pm.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h472Yec29541 for <mlamertz@cologne.pm.org>; Tue, 6 May 2003 21:34:40 -0500 Received: (from marsee@localhost) by smtp.oreilly.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) id h472YYe22202 for mlamertz@cologne.pm.org; Tue, 6 May 2003 19:34:34 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 19:34:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Marsee Henon <marsee@oreilly.com> Message-Id: <200305070234.h472YYe22202@smtp.oreilly.com> To: mlamertz@cologne.pm.org Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, May 6 X-UIDL: a:1!!al""!d15!!MUO!! 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Highlights This Week: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Mac OS X Hints -ADO.NET in a Nutshell -Mac OS X for Java Geeks -Java Data Objects -Building Embedded Linux Systems -Active Directory, 2nd Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Author Juval Lowy ("Programming .NET Components"), PGHDOTNET Pittsburgh, PA--May 21 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Conferences ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Be a part of OSCON's first Hackathon July 6 & 7 -O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Call for Participation-- Deadline is May 14 -Put Up an O'Reilly Open Source Convention Banner, Get a Free Book --------------------------------------------------------------- Safari ---------------------------------------------------------------- -"Go On Safari" winner--S. Patrick Eaton, Tokyo PC Users Group ---------------------------------------------------------------- News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Head First: Just Bring Your Brain -Electronic Archaeology -OSCON Keynotes -Open Source and Open Standards -Creating Richer Hyperlinks with JSP Custom Tags -Feed Your Head at ETech 2003 -The Secrets of Strong Naming -Apple Brings Good Karma to Online Music -Freeware Gems for Mac OS X ---------------------------------------------------------------- News From Your Peers ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Twin Cities PHP Users Group Meeting, St. Paul, MN--May 14 -Syracuse Area Java Users Group Meeting, Dewitt, NY--May 21 ================================================ Book News ================================================ Review books are available--email me for a copy. ***Please include the book order number on your requests. Let me know if you need your books by a certain date. Allow at least four weeks for shipping. Send or email me copies of your newsletters and book reviews. Don't forget, your members get 20% off any O'Reilly book they purchase directly from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering. http://www.oreilly.com/ ***Group purchases with better discounts are available*** Please let me know if you are interested. Press releases are available on our press page: http://press.oreilly.com/ ***Mac OS X Hints (Yeah! Finally...) Order Number: 4516 Mac OS X holds many delicious secrets--you just have to know where to find them. This handy reference shows intermediate to advanced aficionados of Mac OS X how to adjust the desktop, tweak applications, reconfigure the system, and even fine-tune the software in Mac OS X's Unix-based core. It also shows how to handle numerous, complex system administration tasks. Presented in an easy-to-follow, cross-referenced format, "Mac OS X Hints" will help you get the most out of Mac OS X 10.2. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/macxhints/ ***ADO.NET in a Nutshell Order Number: 3617 "ADO.NET in a Nutshell" is the most complete and concise source of ADO.NET information available. Besides being a valuable reference, this book covers a variety of issues that programmers face when developing web applications or web services that rely on database access. Using C#, the book presents real-world, practical examples that will help you put ADO.NET to work immediately. Included on CD-ROM is a Visual Studio .NET add-in that integrates the entire reference directly into your help files. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/adonetian/ Chapter 12,"DataViews and Data Binding," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/adonetian/chapter/index.html ***Mac OS X for Java Geeks Order Number: 4001 "Mac OS X for Java Geeks," written specifically for Java developers, gives a complete, detailed look at Mac OS X. Whether you're a Java newbie, working your way through Java Swing and classpath issues, or a Java guru, comfortable with digital media, reflection, and J2EE, this book will teach you how to get around on Mac OS X. You'll also get the latest information on how to build applications that run seamlessly, and identically, on Windows, Linux, Unix, and the Mac. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/macxjvgks/ Chapter 10, "QuickTime for Java," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/macxjvgks/chapter/index.html ***Java Data Objects Order Number: 2769 "Java Data Objects" is the definitive work on the JDO API. It gives you a thorough introduction to JDO and shows you how to: make classes persistent and how JDO maps persistent classes to the database; configure JDO at runtime; perform transactions; and make queries. More advanced chapters cover optional features such as nontransactional access and optimistic transactions. The book concludes by discussing the use of JDO in web applications and J2EE environments. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jvadtaobj/ Chapter 1, "An Initial Tour," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jvadtaobj/chapter/index.html ***Building Embedded Linux Systems Order Number: 222X "Building Embedded Linux Systems" shows you how to design and build your own embedded systems using Linux as the kernel, and freely available open source tools as the framework. The book gradually introduces readers to the intricacies of embedded Linux with detailed information and examples that describe how Linux is actually put on an embedded device. You'll learn the strengths and weaknesses of Linux as an embedded OS, as well as what licensing issues are involved. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/belinuxsys/ Chapter 5, "Kernel Considerations," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/belinuxsys/chapter/index.html ***Active Directory, 2nd Edition Order Number: 4664 "Active Directory, 2nd Edition" gives a clear, detailed look at Active Directory for both Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003. You'll become familiar with the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), multi-master replication, Domain Name System (DNS), Group Policy, and the Active Directory Schema, among many other topics. This book will guide you through the maze of concepts, design issues, and scripting options, enabling you to get the most out of your deployment. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actdir2/ Chapter 14, "Upgrading to Windows Server 2003," is is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actdir2/chapter/index.html =============================================== Upcoming Events =============================================== ***Author Juval Lowy ("Programming .NET Components"), PGHDOTNET Pittsburgh, PA--May 21 Juval will be presenting ".NET Remoting" to the Pittsburgh .NET User Group. For more info and to RSVP: http://www.pghdotnet.org/ May 21st from 6-8pm Pittsburgh Technology Council 2000 Technology Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15219 http://www.pghtech.org/contact/directions.html For more events, please see: http://events.oreilly.com/ ================================================ Conference News ================================================ ***Be a part of OSCON's first Hackathon July 6 & 7 Pick an open source project, gather a group of hackers, and descend on the Hackathon. We'll provide the room, bandwidth, tables, chairs, and white boards--you provide the code. Space is limited. If you are interested in participating, send email to oscon03hackathon@oreilly.com by June 1, 2003. O'Reilly Open Source Convention Portland Marriott Downtown, Portland, OR July 7-11, 2003 http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/ Early Bird Discount-- User Group members who register before May 23, 2003 get a double discount. Use code DSUG when you register, and you'll get 20% off the "Early Bird" price. To register, go to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2003/create/ord_os03 ***O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Call for Participation--Deadline is May 14 System administrators, developers, strategists, technical staff, and power users are invited to submit proposals to lead tutorial and conference sessions at the second annual O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference. Suggested topics include: Scripting Genius, Amazing Applications, Ingenious Hacks, and SysAdmin Mac Style, to name a few. http://conferences.oreilly.com/macosxcon/ The submission deadline for proposals is May 14, 2003: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/macosx2003/create/e_sess ***Put Up an O'Reilly Open Source Convention Banner, Get A Free Book Ready for the next conference banner promotion? Here it is: We are looking for user groups to display our conference banners on their web sites. If you send me the link to your user group site with our O'Reilly Open Source Convention banner, I will send you the O'Reilly book of your choice. OSCON Conference Banners: http://ug.oreilly.com/banners/oscon2003/ ================================================ Safari News ================================================ ***"Go On Safari" Weekly Winner--S. Patrick Eaton, Tokyo PC Users Group "Shipping books from overseas has always been time-consuming and costly. Buying books locally is costly, too, and often means putting up with limited selections, especially in the area of technical books--which are the kind I crave most....Fortunately, [this isn't] a problem any more. I've just signed up for my own Safari Bookshelf." Your group can also participate in this introductory program just for user group members. To "Go on Safari," any of your members who sign up for our Safari 14-day free trial send comments on their experiences, or tips and tricks for how they used Safari (it only needs to be 2 sentences long, but it may be longer) to safari_talk@oreilly.com. Every week someone will be chosen from the tips or comments submitted to receive fun stuff from O'Reilly (T-shirts, book bags, or other surprises). If a member of your user group is selected, your group receives free gifts, too. Whatever the individual member receives, your UG will get one, too, to give away at your next meeting, or use however you see fit. Recipients--and their comments--will be announced in the User Group Newsletter. **Please use this special UG URL to sign up for the 14-day trial** http://www.oreilly.com/safari/ug For more information on Safari: http://safari.oreilly.com/ ================================================ News From O'Reilly & Beyond ================================================ --------------------- General News --------------------- ***Head First: Just Bring Your Brain Wacky themes, far-out images, and strange examples--O'Reilly's new Head First book series helps you learn with stories, games, and pictures. Learning a new technology doesn't have to be boring; see for yourself with O'Reilly's upcoming "Head First Java." http://headfirst.oreilly.com/ Head First Java (Out this month) Order Number: 4656 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/hfjava/ ***Electronic Archaeology It takes time to make a good mess. Programs start out simple, but then the code evolves (or devolves) over the years. Different people work on it, and it appears many of them knew very little about programming. The result for professional programmers is having to deal with badly designed, badly implemented, uncommented, incomprehensible blobs. The art of digging through ancient, muddled code is called "electronic archaeology," and this article, by Steve Oualline, author of "Practical C++ Programming, 2nd Edition," discusses some of the tools you can use to make your code "digs" easier. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2003/04/29/steveoaulline.html Practical C++ Programming, 2nd Edition Order Number: 4192 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/cplus2/ ***Feed Your Head at ETech 2003 A week in Santa Clara for the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference provided attendees with lots to chew on. Daniel Steinberg gives an inside look at the people and the topics that helped make this such a satisfying event. http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2003/05/01/etech.html --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***OSCON Keynotes Nathan Torkington: "I've had people asking me what's up with OSCON this year--is anything interesting happening or can they skip it and watch 'Alias' reruns instead. I can't make your decision for you (the relative attractiveness of the Alias lady and Larry Wall is something I'll leave to you to weigh) but I can definitely talk a little about what I'm jazzed about." http://www.onlamp.com/pub/wlg/3151 ***Open Source and Open Standards Open source means open code. It usually also means open standards. Are they really so tightly intertwined? Which is more important to openness in technology? Peter Saint-Andr explores these thoughts. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/29/openstandardsopensource.html --------------------- Java --------------------- ***Creating Richer Hyperlinks with JSP Custom Tags Gone are the days where one destination per link was enough. With mirroring, localization, and internationalization, your readers might want the choice of several different resources for any given link. Until XLink and XPointer are well-supported in browsers and authoring tools, most alternatives are clumsy. Amit Goel demonstrates a better approach by creating a custom JSP tag to control a dynamic menu of destination links. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/04/30/jsp_hyperlinks.html --------------------- .NET --------------------- ***The Secrets of Strong Naming If you've been working with .NET for any length of time, you've probably run across the concept of a strong name. No, that doesn't mean that your assemblies should have names like MyCompany.Gorilla.Biceps. The strength of a strong name lies in the protection that it offers your assemblies. The .NET Framework uses strong names to identify assemblies and to protect them from tampering. In this article, Mike Gunderloy shows you how strong names are constructed and demonstrates the mechanics of working with strong names in .NET. http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2003/04/28/strongnaming.html --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***Apple Brings Good Karma to Online Music At a much anticipated media event in San Francisco, Steve Jobs announced Apple's new online music service, an updated version of iTunes and third-generation iPods. Here are the details complete with audio clips and photos from the presentation. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/all_mac_articles ***Freeware Gems for Mac OS X Here's a collection of lesser-known freeware gems available for Mac OS X. We're talking about neat little apps that you might not have heard of, but that can do the job just as well as better-known (and much more expensive) varieties without you having to pay a penny for them. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/04/25/freeware.html ================================================ News From Your Peers ================================================ ***Twin Cities PHP Users Group Meeting, St. Paul, MN--May 14 This meeting will feature Steve Lime, creator of Mapserver giving an introduction to using scripting languages like PHP to create dynamic web based spatial reports (otherwise known as maps) May 14, 7:00pm Offices of Minnesota Public Radio 45 East Seventh Street St. Paul, MN 55101 For more information and directions: http://tcphp.org ***Syracuse Area Java Users Group Meeting, Dewitt, NY--May 21 This meeting will feature "Ant: Building Mountains or Mole Hills." They will review the use of Ant and provide examples of enterprise level builds (JSP, Servlet, EJB, etc) usually not found in the current literature. May 21, 6:00pm Partners In Health Systems 5789 Widewaters Parkway--1st Floor Dewitt, NY 13214 Contact Bob Krause at bkrause@phs-us.com if you plan on attending or need more information. Until next time-- Marsee ]