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> From: Marsee Henon <marsee at oreilly.com>
> To: jtillman at bigfoot.com
> Subject: Newsletter from the O'Reilly UG Program, August 13
> Date: 13 Aug 2003 20:18:31 -0700
> 
> O'Reilly User Group Program
> Newsletter
> August 13, 2003
> Please share the information your members would be interested in....
> 
> 
> Highlights This Week:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Book News
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> -Programming ColdFusion MX, 2nd Edition
> -.NET Framework Essentials, 3rd Edition
> -Programming .NET Security
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Upcoming Events
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> -Jesse Liberty ("Programming C#" & "Programming ASP.NET"), 
> Cape Cod .NET User Group, Hyannis, MA--August 23
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Conferences
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> -What to "See and Do" while you are at the O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference
> -Put Up an O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Banner, Get a Free Book
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Safari
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> -"Go On Safari" Tip of the Week Winner--Mike Caprio, Worcester 
> Macromedia User Group
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> News
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> -When Is 54 Not Equal to 54?
> -Introduction to OOP in Flash and ActionScript
> -Five Lessons You Should Learn from Extreme Programming  
> -The Java Speech API, Part 1
> -The Factory Design Pattern
> -Comments in a "No comment" World
> -Outboard Brains for Mac OS X
> -Open Directory and Active Directory, Part 1
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Fun Stuff
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> -Take the Geek Test
> 
> ================================================
> 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. 
> 
> Email me copies of your newsletters and book reviews.
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> 
> 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/
> 
> ***Programming ColdFusion MX, 2nd Edition
> Order Number: 3803
> The first edition of this book has been called "the best reference
> available on the subject." This new edition goes even further,
> documenting the latest techniques for using ColdFusion MX to develop
> and serve dynamic web page content. It's an exhaustive guide that
> covers everything from the basics to advanced topics, with examples you
> can use for your own applications. Packed with insider hints, tips, and
> tricks, this book will help you make the most out of ColdFusion MX.
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/coldfusion2/?CMP=NLC-95OC69668232
> 
> Chapter 11, "Advanced Database Techniques," is available online:
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/coldfusion2/chapter/index.html
> 
> 
> ***.NET Framework Essentials, 3rd Edition
> Order Number: 5059
> Fully updated for version 1.1 of the .NET Framework, this new edition
> of .NET Framework Essentials is an objective, no-nonsense overview of
> .NET. It touches all the bases, from the Common Language Run-Time (CLR)
> and key class libraries to the specialized packages for ASP.NET,
> Windows Forms, XML web services, and data access (ADO.NET). Written for
> intermediate to advanced VB, C/C++, Java, and Delphi developers, the
> book is also useful to system leaders and architects who are assessing
> tools for future projects.
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dotnetfrmess3/?CMP=NLC-2MV239432998
> 
> Chapter 2, "The Common Language Runtime," is available online:
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dotnetfrmess3/chapter/index.html
> 
> 
> ***Programming .NET Security
> Order Number: 4427
> With the spread of web-enabled desktop clients and web server-based
> applications, developers can no longer afford to treat security as an
> afterthought. In fact, .NET forces you to address the topic since
> Microsoft has placed security-related features at the core of the .NET
> Framework. Even so, carelessness and lack of experience can enable a
> program to be used in an unintended way. This book shows programmers
> how to use .NET's various tools to write secure applications.
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/prognetsec/?CMP=NLC-B12M76941348
> 
> Chapter 4, "The Lifetime of a Secure Application," is available online:
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/prognetsec/chapter/index.html
> 
> ================================================
> Upcoming Events
> ================================================
> ***For more events, please see:
> http://events.oreilly.com/
> 
> 
> ***Jesse Liberty ("Programming C#" & "Programming ASP.NET"), 
> Cape Cod .NET User Group, Hyannis, MA--August 23 Author Jesse Liberty
> presents an all-day "crash course" on ASP.NET for the Cape Cod .NET
> User Group.  
> http://www.ccdevgroup.net/
> 
> Saturday, August 23, 9am-5 pm
> Cape Cod Community College
> Hyannis Campus
> Adult Learning Center
> 540 Main Street
> Hyannis, MA 02601
> http://www.capecod.mass.edu/directions/
> 
> ================================================
> Conference News
> ================================================
> ***What to "See and Do" while you are at the O'Reilly Mac OS X
> Conference
> Held in the heart of Silicon Valley, the O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference
> provides conference attendees and speakers the opportunity to network
> with peers in a comfortable and enjoyable setting. Check out the things
> to "See & Do" in Santa Clara.
> http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/25/see_do.html
> 
> The Second Annual O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference 
> User Group members who register before September 12, 2003 get a double
> discount. Use code DSUG when you register, and receive 20% off the
> "Early Bird" price.
> 
> To register, go to:
> http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/macosx2003/create/ord_mac03
> 
> O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference
> October 27-30, 2003
> Westin Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA
> http://conferences.oreilly.com/macosxcon/
> 
> 
> ***Put Up an O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Banner, Get a Free Book
> 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 Mac OS X Conference banner, I will send you the
> O'Reilly book of your choice.
> 
> O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Banners:
> http://ug.oreilly.com/banners/macosx2003/
> 
> ================================================
> Safari News
> ================================================
> ***"Go On Safari" Tip of the Week Winner--Mike Caprio, 
> Worcester Macromedia User Group
> "I'm a partner in a three person software consulting firm; simply put,
> Safari is the perfect tool for my business. Our clients often have
> varied needs, and they sometimes need help with the latest
> technologies--if we didn't have the resource we needed to refer to in
> order to help, we'd have to order a book online or drive out to the
> local bookstore to browse the shelves and hope they had something we
> could use. Having Safari online texts at our fingertips gives us a much
> faster response time providing expertise to our clients. Now that all
> the text from so many books is available and searchable, we can access
> that kind of specialized technical knowledge much more quickly from a
> very reliable source."
> 
> 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 can 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 at oreilly.com. (Please include your UG name in the email.)
> 
> 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
> ---------------------
> ***When Is 54 Not Equal to 54?
> "Protection" mechanisms added to 802.11g to ensure backward
> compatibility with legacy 802.11b clients can cut throughput by 50
> percent or more. Matthew Gast, author of "802.11 Wireless Networks: The
> Definitive Guide," explains.
> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2003/08/08/wireless_throughput.html?CMP=NLC-2439WB792718
> 
> 802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide
> Order Number: 1835
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/802dot11/
> 
> 
> ***E-Commerce Pioneers Split on Patent Rights
> In this "Associated Press" article, Tim O'Reilly talks about why he
> didn't patent the idea of using advertising revenue to run a web portal
> as a "business method"--a move that would have changed the course of
> internet history.
> http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2001274072_btpatents28.html
> 
> 
> ***Introduction to OOP in Flash and ActionScript
> One of the greatest stumbling blocks in learning object-oriented
> programming is the inherent abstractness. Enter the simplicity of Flash
> and ActionScript. In this first of two articles, Joey Lott offers an
> introduction to basic OOP with ActionScript.
> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2003/08/12/actionscriptckbk.html
> 
> Joey is the author of "ActionScript Cookbook."
> Order Number: 4907
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actscptckbk/
> 
> ---------------------
> Open Source
> ---------------------
> ***Five Lessons You Should Learn from Extreme Programming
> Extreme Programming (XP) is yet another popular idea gaining press. It
> adapts the best ideas from the past decades of software development.
> Whether or not you adopt XP, it's worth considering what XP teaches.
> chromatic, author of "Extreme Programming Pocket Guide," offers five
> lessons you should learn from Extreme Programming.
> http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/07/31/extremeprogramming.html?CMP=NLC-Q87B09432775
> 
> Extreme Programming Pocket Guide
> Order Number: 4850
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/extprogpg/index.html
> 
> ---------------------
> Java
> ---------------------
> ***The Java Speech API, Part 1
> Speech technology has advanced to the point where it's practical to
> consider speech synthesis and speech recognition in certain
> applications. In the first of two articles, Mandar Chitnis and Lakshmi
> Ananthamurthy explore JSAPI, an API for accessing various speech
> engines, building a simple application with speech synthesis.
> http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/08/06/jsapi.html?CMP=NLC-4G1A98664309
> 
> ---------------------
> .NET
> ---------------------
> ***The Factory Design Pattern
> Many popular software libraries make extensive use of design patterns
> so that the APIs can be abstracted out at a high level for the end
> programmer. The .NET Framework Class Library (FCL) is no exception.
> Given that the FCL builds on the strengths of Microsoft's experience
> with developing software libraries, one can assume that instances of
> design patterns found in the FCL are fairly appropriate usages of these
> patterns. In this article, Amit Goel describes some instances of a
> commonly occurring design pattern in the FCL: the Factory Method design
> pattern.
> http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2003/08/11/factorypattern.html
> 
> ---------------------
> XML
> ---------------------
> ***Comments in a "No comment" World
> In this month's XML Q&A column, John E. Simpson examines two issues
> related to documentation of, and comments in, XML documents and
> schemas.  
> http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/07/30/qa.html
> 
> ---------------------
> Mac
> ---------------------
> ***Outboard Brains for Mac OS X
> Here's a brief look at some applications designed to be digital
> brain-dumps; electronic Pensieves into which you can throw any
> information you want, knowing that it will still be there when you need
> it later. Giles Turnbull looks at a variety of "outboard brains"
> utilities and highlights their particular strengths.
> http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/08/05/outboard_brains.html
> 
> ***Open Directory and Active Directory, Part 1
> For the last number of months, Michael Bartosh has been working on this
> series of articles for Mac DevCenter readers that examines Mac OS X's
> Directory Services architecture in depth and explores how to integrate
> these services with Microsoft's Active Directory.
> http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/08/05/active_directory.html?CMP=NLC-J9A196900446
> 
> This is the same topic that Michael will be discussing in person at the
> O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference.
> http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/macosx2003/view/e_sess/4513
> 
> ================================================
> Fun Stuff
> ================================================''
> ***Take the Geek Test
> http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html
> 
> Until next time--
> 
> Marsee