From joelm at blueribbon.com Mon Jul 5 23:27:06 1999 From: joelm at blueribbon.com (Joel Meulenberg) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:01:41 2004 Subject: My Name is Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda -- Millionaire. I Own a Mansion and a Yacht. : ) Message-ID: <00a501bec768$75a49880$0201a8c0@ansible01.ansible.firm> By now many of you have probably heard the news of Slashdot (i.e.- "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters.") being sold to Andover.net. The sale of Slashdot was announced on the Slashdot site last week. (See it here: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/06/29/137212&mode=thread .) At previous meetings we'd kicked around the idea of inviting Holland,MI-native Rob Malda (AKA "CmdrTaco") to one of the GR.pm gatherings. That was when he was just a food item. Now he's a millionaire! (At least according to http://www.redherring.com/insider/1999/0701/vc-slashdot.html .) After he pays off his college loans (for attending Hope College), he plans to "give back" to organizations like the Free Software Foundation, Debian Linux, etc. But my favorite is his idea of establishing a "Hot Chick Going into CompSci" scholarship at Hope College! My hat is off to Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda and Jeff "Hemos" Bates for doing what they love, doing it well, and creating a wonderful ezine/community that promotes open source in the process. -- Joel Meulenberg From mattandap at allegan.net Tue Jul 27 07:26:50 1999 From: mattandap at allegan.net (Matt Heusser) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:01:41 2004 Subject: Next gr.pm Meeting Message-ID: <002201bed82b$4e4e4be0$ebfca8c0@macatawa.org> Folks - MS Outlook just told me the next GR.PM meeting is scheduled for friday, 11:15, at steelcase corporate HQ. Sadly, I will not be able to attend, but shall leave it in the capable hands of Scott Sroka (our host) and Paul Tjapkes (the VP) A brief review of the schedule and Agenda: GR.PM July Meeting July 30, 1999 @ Steelcase Corporate HQ 11:00 - Instructors/Host Arrive & Set-up Equipment 11:15 - Rest of the Crew Arrives 11:15-11:30 - Introductions 11:30+ - Lunch - Review of Last Months Minutes (Richard Stephanich) - Assignment of Scribe (to do this month's minutes) - Discussion: DBI-Perl (Steve Johnson) - New Ideas - Figure out what next month's Discussion will be - Figure out when & where next month's meeting will be - Adjourn Questions & Comments can be sent to the list. Since I can't make it, please feel free to chuck my schedule out the window ... see you in August, Matt H. "Integrity, Service before self, and Excellence in all we do." - The USAF Core Values -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/archives/grand-rapids-pm-list/attachments/19990727/9a298278/attachment.htm From mattandap at allegan.net Tue Jul 27 11:58:04 1999 From: mattandap at allegan.net (Matt Heusser) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:01:41 2004 Subject: Fw: First Book on Object Oriented Programming with Perl is Released by Manning Publications Message-ID: <005001bed851$39b89020$ebfca8c0@macatawa.org> Hopefully we can get a copy to review? (grins) interesting perl (fwd) below. Matt H. "Integrity, Service before self, and Excellence in all we do." - The USAF Core Values Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 12:07 PM Subject: First Book on Object Oriented Programming with Perl is Released by Manning Publications > We believe this information would be of interest to most Perl > professionals. If not, please excuse the intrusion into your inbox. > > > PRESS RELEASE -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > Manning Publications announces the release of > > Object Oriented Perl > by Damian Conway > > A V A I L A B L E A U G U S T 1 9 9 9 > > > "I've waited years for the perfect object-oriented Perl book to use > for our Stonehenge corporate and open training, and the wait is > now over. Damian Conway has written a comprehensive guide, ..." > -- Randal L. Schwartz, from the Foreword > > Greenwich, CT, July 1999 Manning Publications is pleased to announce > the release of the first book devoted to object-oriented programming > with Perl. Object Oriented Perl, written by a talented writer and Perl > expert, Damian Conway, is expected to become a classic of the Perl > literature. > > Perl is known as a great language for "throw-away" programming--hacking > quick solutions to urgent tasks. More recently, Perl is showing its > strengths as an effective language for developing large, robust, and > reusable solutions to complex, real-life problems. This book teaches > object-oriented techniques that will help developers write cleaner, > more readable and more maintainable Perl programs. > > "As the language continues to increase its share of corporate > development--and in particular its share of web-related work--project > size is increasing. Many Perl programs now have thousands of lines of > code," said Damian Conway. "Object-oriented techniques can be useful, > and sometimes indispensable, in managing the complexity of such > projects," he continued. "But even in modest size projects OO > techniques help the understanding and reuse of code, specially if it > was written by others." > > Object Oriented Perl doesn't make assumptions about the level of the > reader's knowledge of object-orientation--it speaks to readers of all > backgrounds. For the Perl neophyte it keeps a steady pace, starting > from the basic object-oriented features of the language; for the Perl > expert it delves into practical techniques and the deepest mysteries of > object orientation including generic programming, multiple dispatch, > and object-oriented persistence. And for the refugee from C++, or other > OO environments, it provides an appendix comparing and contrasting Perl > with the other languages that "is by itself worth the entire price of > the book" says Randal Schwartz. > > Manning's detailed, multi-phase technical manuscript review was made > possible by the support of numerous technical reviewers including some > of the Perl community's best and brightest. Many of them stated that > they have learned valuable new ways to program from this book. > > Object Oriented Perl presents language concepts and syntax using over > 60 examples drawn from real-world applications: databases, source code > manipulation, multiprocessing, encryption, search trees, filtering I/O > streams, and debugging. It demystifies Perl classes and objects and > helps the reader master inheritance, polymorphism, genericity, and > encapsulation. Other features of Object Oriented Perl include a gentle > introduction to OO ideas and terminology, emphasis on practical > examples, coverage of the latest object-oriented Perl features > including precompiled regular expressions, pseudo-hashes, the "fields" > pragma, and others. > > Source code is available on-line from the Manning site--every example > is available as a complete and documented program, to be used or adapted > as Open Software under the Perl Artistic License. In addition, a > selection of some of the best nuggets in the book are offered in the > book's *cyberdigest* at www.manning.com/conway. > > And in Manning's tradition, the publisher offers an exclusive Author > Online support program, where the reader can ask questions, receive > feedback, and discuss his own ideas and techniques directly with the > author. > > Other Manning Perl books in the pipeline include Elements of > Programming with Perl, the first introduction to Perl that does not > assume the reader is already a programmer; and Programming Perl/Tk, a > fast-paced guide to building powerful graphic user interfaces. And on > the object-oriented front Manning is the publisher of Working with > Objects by Trygve Reenskaug--the inventor of the MVC concept--and of > other important OO titles such as Designing Hard Software and Visual > Object-Oriented Programming. > > Based at Monash University in Melbourne, where he teaches object- > oriented programming, Dr. Damian Conway is a Senior Lecturer in > Computer Science and Software Engineering. An effective teacher, > accomplished writer, and popular Perl modules author, he is the > winner of the 1998 Larry Wall Award. He will be presenting a tutorial > and three papers at this year's Perl Conference. > > Here's what some experts say about Object Oriented Perl: > > " ...comprehensive, well organized, with large reusable chunks of > code... and humor. I've waited years for the perfect object- > oriented Perl book...and the wait is over. Thank you, Damian!" > -- Randal L. Schwartz, Stonehenge Consulting Services > > "... an important book, the first to comprehensively tackle Perl's > object system. It has something for everyone, from beginner to > expert, and belongs on the desk of every serious Perl programmer." > --Nathan Torkington, Co-author of "Perl Cookbook" > > "Conway proves that OOP can be done elegantly and effectively in > Perl. This book is great for those getting started with Perl's OO > features and is essential for those who want to fully exploit them." > --Chris Nandor, Co-author of "MacPerl" > > "This book is crammed with tips and great information. I enjoyed > reading it while learning something in the process." > --Graham Barr, Perl 5.005 Source Maintainer > > "I learned things I wouldn't have known about Perl if I hadn't read > this book; they are already helping me do my job better." > --Bennett Todd, Systems Analyst, Oven Digital > > > > Object Oriented Perl > Damian Conway > 1st Edition August 1999 > Softbound, 500 pages, $42.95 (US) > ISBN: 1-884777-79-1 > www.manning.com/conway > > For Review Copy Contact > Helen Trimes > > ### > > > From bgathen at usxchange.com Wed Jul 28 06:19:18 1999 From: bgathen at usxchange.com (Bill Gathen) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:01:41 2004 Subject: O'Reilly book: MySQL & mSQL Message-ID: <93B92FC2535DD111A85A00805F1565CB041C818E@usxc-gdrp-nt1.usxchange.com> If anybody is interested in this book, let me know and I'll respond in the affirmative. It won't be here by Friday's meeting, but you could get it in September. Bill O'Reilly Releases the Eagerly Anticipated Book: MySQL and mSQL SEBASTOPOL, CA-MySQL and mSQL are popular and robust database products that support key subsets of SQL on both Linux and UNIX systems. Both products are free for non-profit use and cost a small amount for commercial use. "A recent study predicted that within the next few years, over one quarter of all Internet servers will run Linux," says Randy Jay Yeager, co-author of the just released book MySQL and mSQL (O'Reilly $ 34.95). "Throw in the rest of the Unixes and you have the largest single population of servers on the Internet. MySQL and mSQL are the choice for inexpensive database solutions in this realm. Their popularity grew with the Internet and the World Wide Web and their rate of growth only seems to be increasing." Even a small organization or Web site has uses for a database. Perhaps you keep track of all your customers and find that your information is outgrowing the crude, flat-file format you started with. Or you want to ask your Web site's visitors for their interests and preferences and put up a fresh Web page that tallies the results. Or your catalog is on your web site, and you want to be able to change prices or add items without hand-editing html files. "Our book enables the beginning and intermediate user to quickly design and deploy fast, scalable and efficient database solutions with MySQL and mSQL. In particular, it goes in depth to cover the fast growing realm of database-backed Web sites" explains Yeager. Unlike commercial databases, MySQL and mSQL are affordable and easy to use. If you know basic C, Java, Perl, or Python, you can quickly write a program to interact with your database. In addition, you can embed queries and updates right in an HTML file so that a Web page becomes its own interface to the database. This new book is written for anyone who wants to run a database-backed Internet Web-site, or anyone who needs a fast, scalable, efficient database solution. "The demand for MySQL is growing rapidly, and developers need a high quality reference so that they can use it effectively," says co-author Tim King. MySQL and MSQL takes you through the whole process from installation and configuration to programming interfaces and basic administration. For more information about the book, including Table of Contents, index, author bios, and sample chapter, see: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/msql/ For a cover graphic in high-res jpeg format go to: ftp://ftp.ora.com/pub/graphics/book_covers/hi-res/1565924347.jpg ### MySQL & mSQL By Randy Jay Yarger, George Reese & Tim King 1st Edition July 1999 (US) 1-56592-434-7, 506 pages, $34.95 (US$) From Mckeond at meijer.com Wed Jul 28 10:05:58 1999 From: Mckeond at meijer.com (Dave McKeon) Date: Wed Aug 4 00:01:41 2004 Subject: PERL CD BOOKSHELF CD 60$ Message-ID: Here is the O'Reilly Url to get the 11 book CD, it includes all the basic and advanced programming books. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlcdbs/ If your going to buy any of these books: Advanced Perl Programming Perl Cookbook Learning Perl, 2nd Edition Learning Perl on Win32 Systems Perl in a Nutshell Perl 5 Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition Perl/Tk Pocket Reference Programming Perl, 2nd Edition Perl Resource Kit -- UNIX Edition Perl Resource Kit -- Win32 Edition Web Client Programming with Perl Get this CD instead. The good part about CD media is you can do searches on text strings. Later David McKeon Meijer Server Architecture You know you're a redneck Jedi if: You consider your lightsaber the best bugzapper yet invented.