From jeremy at msc.tamu.edu Thu Aug 3 06:34:50 2006 From: jeremy at msc.tamu.edu (Jeremy Fluhmann) Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 08:34:50 -0500 Subject: [Brazosvalley-pm] yapc bids turned in Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D4AF@xchng.msc.tamu.edu> I submitted the bid on Monday to host next year's YAPC in Houston. It's up against two other bids: http://news.perlfoundation.org/2006/08/yapcna2007_call_for_venue_now.htm l In case anyone is interested, I put the bid up on our site. You can read what I wrote at http://brazosvalley.pm.org/yapc/yapcbid.html We should hear about a decision by Sept. 1st. Jeremy Jeremy Fluhmann Programmer/Analyst Memorial Student Center Texas A&M University 979-845-8893 jeremy at msc.tamu.edu This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. 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Thank you in advance! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/brazosvalley-pm/attachments/20060804/a242798d/attachment.html From jeremy at msc.tamu.edu Fri Aug 11 08:48:15 2006 From: jeremy at msc.tamu.edu (Jeremy Fluhmann) Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 10:48:15 -0500 Subject: [Brazosvalley-pm] CPAN authorship Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D4DA@xchng.msc.tamu.edu> Hooray! I now have a PAUSE ID and will soon be a CPAN author (if all testing goes well). http://search.cpan.org/~jfluhmann/ The first module I'm putting up is a Win32 IIS admin module. When I worked in Student Activities at Texas A&M University, I maintained the servers that supported the student organization web accounts. The servers were Windows 2000 & 2003 (IIS 5 & IIS 6, respectively). The 'old' way of creating new organization accounts was manual and involved a lot of clicking and typing. I developed a script that would do most of the work for me. I had a little bit of trouble finding information about how to create 'sites' and 'virtual sites' in IIS with Perl. I was finally able to use Win32::OLE to do what I needed. Someone already uploaded a Win32::IIS::Admin module to the CPAN, but it uses cscript (I have no experience with it). I'm trying to think of a different namespace for mine, and I thought about Win32::IIS::Server. Would that make enough sense for someone? Here's a sample of how to use it: use Win32::IIS::Server; ... my $server = Win32::IIS::Server->new( name => 'www.myserver.com' ); # create new site my $siteIndex = $server->createSite( site => $site, # test1.myserver.com name => $name, # Test folder => $folder, # e:\test1\www ); # create new ftp account $server->createFTP( name => $name, # Test folder => $folder, # e:\test1\www ); #create new virtual site $server->createVirtual( name => $name, # test folder => $folder, # e:\test_virtual\www ); Feel free to offer any thoughts about a different namespace. I'm sure I'll have some kinks to work out to actually getting the module on the CPAN. I've only written modules for myself or work (which had no testing, not much portability, and was a crap shoot on documentation), so getting the module ready for the CPAN will be a new (and thorough) experience. As I mentioned before, I've started incorporating testing into most of my new code, so hopefully I'll get this right. 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URL: http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/brazosvalley-pm/attachments/20060811/3c1953a3/attachment.html From jgsmith at jamesmith.com Fri Aug 11 12:08:05 2006 From: jgsmith at jamesmith.com (James Smith) Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 14:08:05 -0500 Subject: [Brazosvalley-pm] CPAN authorship In-Reply-To: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D4DA@xchng.msc.tamu.edu> References: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D4DA@xchng.msc.tamu.edu> Message-ID: On Aug 11, 2006, at 10:48 AM, Jeremy Fluhmann wrote: > Hooray! I now have a PAUSE ID and will soon be a CPAN author (if > all testing goes well) Woot! Congrats! > Someone already uploaded a Win32::IIS::Admin module to the CPAN, > but it uses cscript (I have no experience with it). I?m trying to > think of a different namespace for mine, and I thought about > Win32::IIS::Server. Would that make enough sense for someone? > Here?s a sample of how to use it: YMMV, but a good resource for module naming can be the module- authors at perl.org mailing list: http://lists.cpan.org/showlist.cgi? name=module-authors > Feel free to offer any thoughts about a different namespace. I?m > sure I?ll have some kinks to work out to actually getting the > module on the CPAN. I?ve only written modules for myself or work > (which had no testing, not much portability, and was a crap shoot > on documentation), so getting the module ready for the CPAN will be > a new (and thorough) experience. As I mentioned before, I?ve > started incorporating testing into most of my new code, so > hopefully I?ll get this right. I can't offer anything that's Windows-specific, but some general comments. :) I think you'll find testing changes the way you look at programming. A couple of years ago before my project was terminated, I got to the point where I was writing tests first and then coding. I also found that writing code for distribution made me pay more attention to documentation and writing the best code I could because I knew someone else was going to see it. In my opinion (and I was able to convince my boss at the time of this), writing OSS provides the benefit of better written code and documentation, which always helps at a job. There's a shell script that automates the CPAN submission process. Just point it at the tarball and it takes care of the rest. http://search.cpan.org/~neilb/cpan-upload-2.2/ -- Jim -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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In this article, Kunal Jaggi shows you how to get started with Geronimo. --------------------- MAKE --------------------- ***Receive MAKE's "Weekend Project" PDF Podcast Through iTunes Picnic Geometry: In this weeks video edition of Weekend Projects, learn to make geometric spheres from all sorts of things you might find at a picnic. Watch the video to see how to build an icosohedron out of paper plates, cups, and plastic sheeting. This is a great project to do as a family, just make sure you have enough supplies for each person involved to make one. If possible, use recycled materials. Recent projects include: "Make A Kite Aerial Photography Rig" Rodent Powered Nightlight weekend_project_instructions_r.html --------------------- Podcasts --------------------- ***MacOSG Interviews O'Reilly Editor Edie Freedman Edie discusses the O'Reilly animals, our Photoshop Cookbooks, and the 2006 O'Reilly Photoshop Cook-Off contest. Here are the details from Macsimum News. ***OSCON Feedback OSCON, the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, is winding down. Conference publicist Suzanne Axtell took a microphone into the exhibit hall and asked various attendees and sponsors for their thoughts on OSCON. Until next time-- Marsee Henon ================================================================ O'Reilly 1005 Gravenstein Highway North Sebastopol, CA 95472 http://ug.oreilly.com/ http://ug.oreilly.com/creativemedia/ ================================================================ From jeremy at msc.tamu.edu Wed Aug 23 08:06:32 2006 From: jeremy at msc.tamu.edu (Jeremy Fluhmann) Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:06:32 -0500 Subject: [Brazosvalley-pm] FW: Thanks for a great LinuxWorld! Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D4E3@xchng.msc.tamu.edu> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Apress Newsletter LinuxWorld 2006 edition http://www.apress.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sections: 0. Hello, Again! 1. New and Forthcoming Titles 2. The Open Source eBook Bundle - Get Four eBooks for $50! 3. Apress betaBooks ************************************* 0. Hello, Again! Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth and took a spin on our wheel at LinuxWorld last week! It was an incredible three days that combined reconnecting with old friends and introducing ourselves to many others. We're already looking forward to doing it all again next year. As you may have heard us exclaim in the booth, we like to keep busy here at Apress. Read on and discover new and forthcoming titles, an eBook bundle sale, and betaBooks. ************************************* 1. New and Forthcoming Titles **Open Source** **Recently Published** Beginning PHP and MySQL 5: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition 1590595521 | February 2006 | $44.99 By W. Jason Gilmore http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10017 The Definitive Guide to Apache mod_rewrite 1590595610 | February 2006 | $39.99 By Rich Bowen http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10030 Beginning Apache Struts: From Novice to Professional 1590596048 | February 2006 | $44.99 By Arnold Doray http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10071 Beginning PHP and PostgreSQL 8: From Novice to Professional 1590595475 | March 2006 | $49.99 By W. Jason Gilmore and Robert H. Treat http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10016 Beginning Ubuntu Linux: From Novice to Professional 1590596277 | March 2006 | $39.99 By Keir Thomas http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10086 Pro PHP XML and Web Services 1590596331 | March 2006 | $49.99 By Robert Richards http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10092 Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional 1590595874 | April 2006 | $49.99 By Akkana Peck http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10080 Pro PHP-GTK 1590596137 | April 2006 | $44.99 By Scott Mattocks http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10072 Pro Nagios 2.0 1590596099 | April 2006 | $49.99 By James Turnbull http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10096 Pro Apache Geronimo 1590596420 | April 2006 | $39.99 By Kishore Kumar http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10095 Pro Apache XML 1590596412 | May 2006 | $44.99 By Poornachandra Sarang http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10099 The Definitive Guide to SQLite 1590596730 | May 2006 | $44.99 By Michael Owens http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10130 The Definitive Guide to db4o 1590596560 | June 2006 | $49.99 By Jim Paterson et al. http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10114 The Definitive Guide to GCC, Second Edition 1590595858 | August 2006 | $49.99 By William von Hagen http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10049 The Definitive Guide to Berkeley DB XML 1590596668 | August 2006 | $49.99 By Danny Brian http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10128 **Forthcoming** Beginning Hibernate: From Novice to Professional 1590596935 | August 2006 | $39.99 By Dave Minter and Jeff Linwood http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10151 Pro Open Source Mail: Building an Enterprise Mail Solution 159059598X | September 2006 | $44.99 By Curtis Smith http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10066 Beginning SUSE Linux: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition 1590596749 | October 2006 | $44.99 By Keir Thomas http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10132 Practical OCaml 159059620X | October 2006 | $54.99 By Joshua B. Smith http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10146 **Web Development** **Recently Published** Pro JSF and Ajax: Building Rich Internet Components 1590595807 | February 2006 | $49.99 by John R. Fallows and Jonas Jacobi http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10044 Ajax Patterns and Best Practices 1590596161 | February 2006 | $44.99 by Christian Gross http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10069 Beginning XML with DOM and Ajax: From Novice to Professional 1590596765 | June 2006 | $39.99 by Sas Jacobs http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10131 Beginning JavaScript(tm) with DOM Scripting and Ajax: From Novice to Professional 1590596803 | July 2006 | $39.99 by Christian Heilmann http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10134 Pro Ajax and the .NET 2.0 Platform 1590596706 | July 2006 | $49.99 by Daniel Woolston http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10115 Pro Ajax and Java(tm) Frameworks 1590596773 | July 2006 | $49.99 by Ryan Asleson and Nathaniel T. Schutta http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10142 Practical Ajax Projects with Java(tm) Technology 1590596951 | July 2006 | $49.99 by Frank Zammetti http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10143 Beginning Google Maps Applications with PHP and Ajax: From Novice to Professional 1590597079 | August 2006 | $34.99 by Michael Purvis, Jeffrey Sambells, and Cameron Turner http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10158 Beginning CSS Web Development: From Novice to Professional 159596897 | August 2006 | $34.99 By Simon Collison http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10148 **Forthcoming** Building Flickr Applications with PHP 1590596129 | August 2006 | $34.99 by Rob Kunkle and Andrew Morton http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10079 Pro XML Development with Java(tm) Technology: From Professional to Expert 159059706-0 | September 2006 | $39.99 By Ajay Vohra and Deepak Vohra http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10157 Beginning Ajax with PHP: From Novice to Professional 1590596676 | October 2006 | $44.99 by Lee Babin http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10117 Beginning Ruby on Rails E-Commerce: From Novice to Professional 1590597362 | September 2006 | $39.99 by Christian Hellsten and Jarkko Laine http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10178 ************************************* 2. The Open Source eBook Bundle - Get Four eBooks for $50! Yep, you read that right - four eBooks for $50! At a minimum of 50% off the price of the printed book, our eBooks are already a great deal. But as thanks for the great time we had, we wanted to offer you something extra. For a limited time, we've bundled together four of our most popular open source titles: "From Bash to Z Shell: Conquering the Command Line," "Beginning Ubuntu Linux: From Novice to Professional," "Beginning GIMP: >From Novice to Professional," and "Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach." >From now through August 31, you can purchase the bundle at http://www.apress.com/promo/osbundle.html. Happy reading! ************************************* 3. Apress betaBooks We know...nothing is more frustrating than finding the exact book you need, only to discover that it won't publish for another month. Enter the Apress betaBook program, which offers you the chance to read Apress books on cutting-edge topics as those books develop, a chapter at a time, weeks before the books hit the stores. Find out more at http://www.apress.com/betabook.html ************************************* All Apress titles are available through your favorite online and brick-and-mortar bookstores. Contact sales at apress.com with any questions. Please note that we do not send unsolicited newsletters. You received this because you signed up for our newsletter at a tradeshow or at http://www.apress.com, or you were on an opt-in list. To be removed from the Apress newsletter mailing list, please follow this link: http://www.apress.com/misc/optout2.html?e=jfluhmann%40tamu.edu&h=13416ad 27b457618792a5033628fced7&l=20 For all other requests, please do not reply to this e-mail. Instead, e-mail info at apress.com and we'll get back to you regarding your query. Apress - The Expert's Voice(TM) 2560 Ninth St, Suite 219 Berkeley, CA 94710 510-549-5930 **END** From jeremy at msc.tamu.edu Thu Aug 24 11:31:57 2006 From: jeremy at msc.tamu.edu (Jeremy Fluhmann) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:31:57 -0500 Subject: [Brazosvalley-pm] CPAN authorship Message-ID: <0EFEDF9D507FF6409CE7B4D24B20E7BF0120D4E9@xchng.msc.tamu.edu> James Smith wrote: > There's a shell script that automates the CPAN > submission process. Just point it at the tarball > and it takes care of the rest. > > http://search.cpan.org/~neilb/cpan-upload-2.2/ Thanks Jim! That should make things easier. I've been out for a while, but I'm about to get back into finishing the module. Jeremy