From timc+perl at divide.net Fri Jun 25 19:15:58 2004 From: timc+perl at divide.net (Tim Chambers) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:35:08 2004 Subject: [Pikes-peak-pm] Fw: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, June 25 Message-ID: <047501c45b12$eca67f50$3957f144@CEPHAS> ================================================================ O'Reilly News for User Group Members June 25, 2004 ================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Programming Jakarta Struts, 2nd Edition -The Best Damn Windows 2003 Server Book -Java Cookbook, 2nd Edition -Google: The Missing Manual -Richard Thieme's Islands in the Clickstream -CYA: Securing IIS 6.0 -CYA: Securing Exchange Server 2003 & Outlook Web Access ---------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Apple WWDC, San Francisco, CA--June 28-July 2 -JavaOne, San Francisco, CA--June 28-July 1 -Edd Dumbill ("Linux Unwired"), GNOME User and Developer European Conference, Kristiansand, Norway--June 28-30 -James Duncan Davidson ("Mac OS X Panther Hacks," "Running Mac OS X Panther"), Apple Store, San Francisco, CA--June 30 -Steve Bass ("PC Annoyances"), Anchorage Borders, Anchorage, AK--July 7 -Steve Bass ("PC Annoyances"), Alaska Computer Society PC Users Group, Anchorage, AK--July 8 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Conference News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -O'Reilly Open Source Convention User Group Discount ---------------------------------------------------------------- News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Don't forget--Visit with O'Reilly Editors at 2004 USENIX Annual Tech Boston, MA--June 27-July 2 -O'Reilly Network Launches eDocuments -The Open Source Paradigm Shift -A Linux Quick Reference to Useful Commands -The Pragmatic Programmers Interview -Voice Recording Magic with the iPod -RSS: The Next Generation -A Brief Introduction to GPS Photo Linking -Windows Server Hacks: Using Saved Queries to Find Locked Accounts -Easily Purge Spyware, Adware, and Other Malware -Using a JMS Provider with MDBs via the J2EE Connector Architecture -Working with Hibernate in Eclipse -SP.NET Forms Security by Jesse Liberty ---------------------------------------------------------------- News From Your Peers ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Share your Group's Secrets to Success on the O'Reilly UG Wiki. ================================================ Book News ================================================ Did you know you can request a free book to review for your group? Ask your group leader for more information. For book review writing tips and suggestions, go to: http://ug.oreilly.com/bookreviews.html Don't forget, you can receive 20% off any O'Reilly, No Starch, Paraglyph, Pragmatic Bookshelf, or Syngress book you purchase directly from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering online or by phone 800-998-9938. http://www.oreilly.com/ ***Free ground shipping is available for online orders of at least $29.95 that go to a single U.S. address. This offer applies to U.S. delivery addresses in the 50 states and Puerto Rico. For more details, go to: http://www.oreilly.com/news/freeshipping_0703.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- New Releases ---------------------------------------------------------------- ***Programming Jakarta Struts, 2nd Edition Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596006519 "Programming Jakarta Struts, 2nd Edition" covers everything the successful first edition did and more. Now fully up to date with Struts 1.1, this new edition covers the latest material on tag libraries and the new JavaServerFaces (JSF) APIs, and it includes all-new chapters on JSF, JSTL/EL, and security. This book will save you time and headaches with its practical, here's-how-to-do-it approach to using the Struts Framework to its fullest potential. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0596006519/ Chapter 11, "The Validator Framework," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0596006519/chapter/index.html ***The Best Damn Windows 2003 Server Book Publisher: Syngress ISBN: 1931836124 Windows Server 2003 has more features and functionality in any one of its component services than existed in the entire Windows NT 4 operating system. This book distills the tens of thousands of pages of documentation for this complex enterprise OS into a concise, applied format that system administrators can use. Every aspect of planning, installing, configuring, and troubleshooting a Windows Server 2003 network is documented, with plenty of examples and illustrations. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1931836124/ ***Java Cookbook, 2nd Edition Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596007019 "Java Cookbook, 2nd Edition" has been completely revised and updated to cover all the major APIs from Java 1.4 as well as significant first-look recipes for the most important features of the new 1.5 version. Packed with hundreds of tried-and-true Java recipes, the book also covers many specialized APIs--like those for working with Struts, Ant, and other open source tools--and delivers expanded Mac OS X Panther coverage. This comprehensive collection of problems, solutions, and practical examples will serve well Java developers at all levels of expertise. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0596007019/ Chapter 8, "Data Structuring with Generics, foreach, and Enumerations (JDK 1.5)," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0596007019/chapter/index.html ***Google: The Missing Manual Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0596006136 Google, the planet's most popular program for finding stuff on the web, has no manual. It may seem like an easy-to-use program, but Google has many hidden tricks and tools that can turn your simple searching into powerful--and successful--discoveries. You just have to know where to look. This book is your guide, covering search techniques and tricks, must-have tools, and those little-known corners of Google. Get more out of your Google searches with this friendly deskside companion. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/googletmm/ Chapter 3, "Googling Further: Images, News, and the Directory," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/googletmm/chapter/index.html ***Richard Thieme's Islands in the Clickstream Publisher: Syngress ISBN: 1931836221 "Islands in the Clickstream" is a series of thousand-word essays exploring social and cultural dimensions of technology and the larger concerns of our lives. Their focus ranges beyond the impact of technology to spirituality, psychological insight, and social commentary. The author's credibility and work as a professional speaker immersed in technology who was also an Episcopal priest for sixteen years provides a perfect platform for supporting the book. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1931836221/ ***CYA: Securing IIS 6.0 Publisher: Syngress ISBN: 1931836256 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1931836256/ ***CYA: Securing Exchange Server 2003 & Outlook Web Access Publisher: Syngress ISBN: 1931836248 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1931836248/ The CYA series are highly portable, easily digestible road-maps to configuring, maintaining and troubleshooting essential features, assuring that the reader has in fact covered their behind. ================================================ Upcoming Events ================================================ ***For more events, please see: http://events.oreilly.com/ ***Apple WWDC, San Francisco, CA--June 28-July 2 We'll have a great new selection of Mac developers books to choose from at this show. Moscone West Convention Center http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/ ***JavaOne, San Francisco, CA--June 28-July 1 Drop by our booth (#1416) to check out our latest Java offerings. Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA http://java.sun.com/javaone/ ***Edd Dumbill ("Linux Unwired"), GNOME User and Developer European Conference, Kristiansand, Norway--June 28-30 Author Edd Dumbill (Linux Unwired) speaks at the fifth annual GUADEC. Agder University College, Kristiansand, Norway http://2004.guadec.org/ ***James Duncan Davidson ("Mac OS X Panther Hacks," "Running Mac OS X Panther"), Apple Store, San Francisco, CA--June 30 James is a special guest speaker at the SF Apple Store, telling his story as a Java developer moving to the Mac and becoming a Cocoa developer. http://www.apple.com/retail/sanfrancisco/ ***Steve Bass ("PC Annoyances"), Anchorage Borders, Anchorage, AK--July 7, 2004 Steve visits the Anchorage Borders beginning at 7:00 p.m. Stop by to say hello and get your very own copy signed! http://www.bordersstores.com/stores/store_pg.jsp?storeID=88 ***Steve Bass ("PC Annoyances"), Alaska Computer Society PC Users Group, Anchorage, AK--July 8 Join Steve at the ACSPCUG monthly meeting. http://www.acs-pcug.org/index.htm ================================================ Conference News ================================================ ***O'Reilly Open Source Convention User Group Discount User Group use code DSUG when you register, and you'll get 20% To register, go to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2004/create/ord_os04 O'Reilly Open Source Convention Portland Marriott Downtown Portland, OR July 26-30, 2004 http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/ ================================================ News From O'Reilly & Beyond ================================================ --------------------- General News --------------------- ***Don't forget--Visit with O'Reilly Editors at 2004 USENIX Annual Tech Boston, MA--June 27-July 2 Come visit O'Reilly in the Partner Publisher Suite June 28-30. This conference includes: 6 days of training; renowned plenary speakers every morning; technical sessions every day; daily SIG sessions; and General and Freenix/Open Source refereed papers. Free exhibit & BOF registration available online. The conference runs June 27-July 2 in Boston, MA. http://www.usenix.org/usenix04/ ***O'Reilly Network Launches eDocuments Affordable, downloadable PDFs of premium O'Reilly Network content are now available covering topics such as digital media, Java versus .NET security, and web services, with new titles to be added regularly. There are no restrictions on your ability to save, copy, or print these documents, and you can instantly download a PDF from your O'Reilly account management page once you've purchased it online. For a closer look at our first batch of offerings, visit edocuments.oreilly.com/. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5112 ***Got an Gmail invite to share? Listen to Wil Wheaton ("Just a Geek") on the David Lawrence Show discussing his new project gmail4troops.com, which makes it easy to donate Google Gmail accounts to the US troops overseas. http://thedavidlawrenceshow.com/002007.html Just a Geek By Wil Wheaton Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 059600768X http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jag/ --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***The Open Source Paradigm Shift Tim O'Reilly writes about the lessons to be learned from the Open Source Movement in this article based on a talk he first gave at the Warburg-Pincus technology conference in May 2003. Find out why Tim says the open source story is far from over. http://tim.oreilly.com/opensource/paradigmshift_0504.html For more of Tim's writings, pay a visit to tim.oreilly.com. ***A Linux Quick Reference to Useful Commands Daniel J. Barrett, author of O'Reilly's "Linux Pocket Guide," has compiled a quick-reference guide to the most essential Linux commands and the tasks they perform. We are presenting this quick reference as a PDF download. Print it and keep it by your keyboard for quick answers to problems that arise. http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/excerpt/LinuxPG_quickref/index.html ***The Pragmatic Programmers Interview The Pragmatic Programmers, Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas, recently launched their own line of books on pragmatic software development. Since O'Reilly distributes their books, we convinced them to do an interview about self-publishing, the state of the software industry, and how to become better developers. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/06/24/pragmatic_programmers.html ***The Pragmatic Bookshelf: Pragmatic Unit Testing in C# with NUnit ISBN: 0974514020 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0974514020/ Pragmatic Unit Testing in Java with JUnit ISBN: 0974514012 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0974514012/ Pragmatic Version Control using CVS ISBN: 0974514004 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0974514004/ --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***Voice Recording Magic with the iPod Everyone knows that the iPod plays music unlike any other device, but many don't realize that it records clean audio, too. Here's a handy tutorial that shows you how to get started, then challenges your creativity with some nifty ideas about how to use these tools. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/06/22/ipod_recorder.html ***RSS: The Next Generation Syndicated summaries of web content are more popular than ever before, and the recent explosion of users has prompted some dramatic changes in the world of RSS software. Giles Turnbull takes a look at some of the latest offerings, including PulpFiction, Shrook, and of course, NetNewsWire. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/06/15/rss.html ***A Brief Introduction to GPS Photo Linking Digital cameras record EXIF data that tells us when we took a picture, but what if we want to know where too? David Goldwasser introduces us to using GPS positioning data with EXIF timestamps to build interactive maps showing pictures of markers. Typical of the kinds of hacks David contributed to O'Reilly's recently released "Digital Photography Hacks." http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/06/15/gps_photo.html --------------------- Windows --------------------- ***Windows Server Hacks: Using Saved Queries to Find Locked Accounts Locked accounts can represent a serious security hole on your network. Mitch Tulloch, author of "Windows Server Hacks," shows you how to use saved queries to find them. http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/06/22/locked_accounts.html ***Easily Purge Spyware, Adware, and Other Malware Think you're protected against spyware? Most likely you're not. J.W. Olsen reviews two of the best spyware killers you'll find anywhere: Ad-aware and Spybot. http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/06/22/Spyware.html --------------------- Java --------------------- ***Using a JMS Provider with MDBs via the J2EE Connector Architecture Message-Driven Beans (MDBs) get a big boost in J2EE 1.4 via integration with the J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA), which opens up interesting possibilities to use messaging to and from legacy systems. Debu Panda shows how this can be accomplished. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/06/23/mdbjca.html ***Working with Hibernate in Eclipse Jim Elliott was curious about whether anyone had written plugins to work with Hibernate in Eclispe, as he'd just finished writing "Hibernate: A Developer's Notebook." It turns out there are several such efforts underway. In this article, Jim explores Hibernate Synchronizer--a plugin that automatically updates your Java code when you change your mapping document. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/06/23/hibernate.html --------------------- .NET --------------------- ***SP.NET Forms Security Jesse Liberty shows how easy it is to provide forms-based security via login screens and authentication in Whidbey. http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2004/06/14/liberty_whidbey.html ================================================ News From Your Peers ================================================ ***Share your Group's Secrets to Success on the O'Reilly UG Wiki List you tricks and experiences to share: http://wiki.oreillynet.com/usergroups/null?UGSuggestions Until next time-- Marsee