From garrett at scriptpro.com Tue Oct 7 12:59:36 2003 From: garrett at scriptpro.com (Garrett Goebel) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:31:10 2004 Subject: [Kc] KC.PM Meeting Tuesday October 14th 7PM Message-ID: <71BEC0D4E1DED3118F7A009027B12028034C8FA2@EXCH_MISSION> A heads up that this month's meeting is coming up next Tuesday. I will be making a presentation on testing home grown code with Apache::Test. The code in question will be a mod_perl handler for generating Session IDs with cookies or URL embedding. Most people who've installed modules from CPAN are familiar with the mantra: perl Makefile.PL, make, make test, make install. Until Apache::Test, creating comprehensive tests for code running on Apache was a herculean task. With Apache::Test this difficult task has become, if not easy, possible. I have also received quite a few books from O'Reilly which I will be bringing to the meeting. I'll try to get a list of the books posted here tomorrow. Michael Morgan, I'll be bringing the book you had requested for review. Finally, there will be a drawing for those in attendance for an O'Reilly mug. -Compliments of O'Reilly for having used a portion of my Safari review in their Tip of the Week column. If anyone has any suggestions or request please post them. If you've recently found or worked with a particularly interesting perl module, application, or otherwise please consider mentioning it at the meeting. -- Garrett Goebel IS Development Specialist ScriptPro Direct: 913.403.5261 5828 Reeds Road Main: 913.384.1008 Mission, KS 66202 Fax: 913.384.2180 www.scriptpro.com garrett at scriptpro dot com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Show of hands on who intends to be there? I will be making a presentation on testing home grown code with Apache::Test. The code in question will be a mod_perl handler for generating Session IDs with cookies or URL embedding. Most people who've installed modules from CPAN are familiar with the mantra: perl Makefile.PL, make, make test, make install. Until Apache::Test, creating comprehensive tests for code running on Apache was a herculean task. With Apache::Test this difficult task has become, if not easy, possible. I have also received quite a few books from O'Reilly which I will be bringing to the meeting. Michael Morgan, I'll be bringing the book you had requested for review. Finally, there will be a drawing for those in attendance for an O'Reilly mug. -Compliments of O'Reilly for having used a portion of my Safari review in their Tip of the Week column. If anyone has any suggestions or request please post them. If you've recently found or worked with a particularly interesting perl module, application, or otherwise please consider mentioning it at the meeting. -- Garrett Goebel IS Development Specialist ScriptPro Direct: 913.403.5261 5828 Reeds Road Main: 913.384.1008 Mission, KS 66202 Fax: 913.384.2180 www.scriptpro.com garrett at scriptpro dot com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/kc/attachments/20031013/34528c07/attachment.htm From stephenc at theiqgroup.com Mon Oct 13 17:25:06 2003 From: stephenc at theiqgroup.com (Stephen Clouse) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:31:10 2004 Subject: [Kc] Reminder: KC.PM Meeting tomorrow In-Reply-To: <71BEC0D4E1DED3118F7A009027B12028034C8FBF@EXCH_MISSION> References: <71BEC0D4E1DED3118F7A009027B12028034C8FBF@EXCH_MISSION> Message-ID: <20031013222506.GA12737@owns.warpcore.org> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 04:03:36PM -0500, Garrett Goebel wrote: > Just a reminder for tomorrow's meeting. > > Show of hands on who intends to be there? I intend to be there, but I've intended to be at the last two also. - -- Stephen Clouse Senior Programmer/DBE, Core Technology Developer The IQ Group, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/iyZBA4aoazQ9p2cRAh8gAKDHR99BU/zjot4tYIKPH9FpZjG/XwCguDoh Mh0Fht/3kzvMP+HnCMO4Eq0= =3XSF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From garrett at scriptpro.com Tue Oct 14 15:49:34 2003 From: garrett at scriptpro.com (Garrett Goebel) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:31:10 2004 Subject: [Kc] Reminder: KC.PM Meeting tonight Message-ID: <71BEC0D4E1DED3118F7A009027B12028034C8FC3@EXCH_MISSION> Just a reminder for tonight's meeting at 7PM at the Planet Sub on 50th and Main... Show of hands on who intends to be there? I will be making a presentation on testing home grown code with Apache::Test. The code in question will be a mod_perl handler for generating Session IDs with cookies or URL embedding. Most people who've installed modules from CPAN are familiar with the mantra: perl Makefile.PL, make, make test, make install. Until Apache::Test, creating comprehensive tests for code running on Apache was a herculean task. With Apache::Test this difficult task has become, if not easy, possible. I have also received quite a few books from O'Reilly which I will be bringing to the meeting. Michael Morgan, I'll be bringing the book you had requested for review. Finally, there will be a drawing for those in attendance for an O'Reilly mug. -Compliments of O'Reilly for having used a portion of my Safari review in their Tip of the Week column. If anyone has any suggestions or request please post them. If you've recently found or worked with a particularly interesting perl module, application, or otherwise please consider mentioning it at the meeting. -- Garrett Goebel IS Development Specialist ScriptPro Direct: 913.403.5261 5828 Reeds Road Main: 913.384.1008 Mission, KS 66202 Fax: 913.384.2180 www.scriptpro.com garrett at scriptpro dot com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/kc/attachments/20031014/336796b4/attachment.htm From garrett at scriptpro.com Wed Oct 15 08:24:49 2003 From: garrett at scriptpro.com (Garrett Goebel) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:31:10 2004 Subject: [Kc] Win32 CD AutoRun.inf Message-ID: <71BEC0D4E1DED3118F7A009027B12028034C8FC5@EXCH_MISSION> At yesterday's meeting Michael Morgan asked what file do you need to modify on a cd to start a web browser on insertion. In answer, the file is named autorun.inf and its contents should be similar to the following: [autorun] OPEN=bin\i386\ShelExec index.htm [autorun.x86] OPEN=bin\i386\ShelExec index.htm [autorun.alpha] OPEN=bin\Alpha\ShelExec index.htm -- Garrett Goebel IS Development Specialist ScriptPro Direct: 913.403.5261 5828 Reeds Road Main: 913.384.1008 Mission, KS 66202 Fax: 913.384.2180 www.scriptpro.com garrett at scriptpro dot com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/kc/attachments/20031015/2dde2eaf/attachment.htm From garrett at scriptpro.com Wed Oct 15 08:27:31 2003 From: garrett at scriptpro.com (Garrett Goebel) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:31:10 2004 Subject: [Kc] A Killer Hacker Quiz Message-ID: <71BEC0D4E1DED3118F7A009027B12028034C8FC6@EXCH_MISSION> http://www.malevole.com/mv/misc/killerquiz/ I got 80%. I'm not sure if that is a good thing... -- Garrett Goebel IS Development Specialist ScriptPro Direct: 913.403.5261 5828 Reeds Road Main: 913.384.1008 Mission, KS 66202 Fax: 913.384.2180 www.scriptpro.com garrett at scriptpro dot com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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O'Reilly author James Duncan Davidson shows you the aspects of Panther that he really digs. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/10/10/panther.html ***Fast Picture Previews Many photographers like to peek at their digital photos before uploading them into their digital shoebox. If that appeals to you, here's an easy to use procedure to preview and sort in the Mac Finder--even while the pictures are still on the memory card! http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/10/07/picture_preview.html Until next time-- Marsee From whatever at davidnicol.com Thu Oct 16 21:29:06 2003 From: whatever at davidnicol.com (david nicol) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:31:10 2004 Subject: [Kc] Re: KC.PM Meeting two nights ago In-Reply-To: <71BEC0D4E1DED3118F7A009027B12028034C8FC3@EXCH_MISSION> References: <71BEC0D4E1DED3118F7A009027B12028034C8FC3@EXCH_MISSION> Message-ID: <1066357741.1007.33.camel@plaza.davidnicol.com> On Tue, 2003-10-14 at 15:49, Garrett Goebel wrote: > I will be making a presentation on testing home grown code with > Apache::Test. The code in question will be a mod_perl handler for > generating Session IDs with cookies or URL embedding. Most people > who've installed modules from CPAN are familiar with the mantra: perl > Makefile.PL, make, make test, make install. Until Apache::Test, > creating comprehensive tests for code running on Apache was a > herculean task. With Apache::Test this difficult task has become, if > not easy, possible. The AxS::Session module looks completely promising! I have been imagining extending it to use the AIS single-sign-on system. Some kind of persistence framework needs to be available though, for storing data by session-ID. Which also would give a better way to handle POST data when someone with no session submits some. > Finally, there will be a drawing for those in attendance for an > O'Reilly mug. -Compliments of O'Reilly for having used a portion of my > Safari review in their Tip of the Week column. Did we do this? ***** For what it's worth I've set myself to implementing a CGI program that maintains "feature matrices" this evening. I'll post a link to the KCPM list when its done. David Nicol From tlgalenson at chatnfiles.com Sun Oct 19 09:32:56 2003 From: tlgalenson at chatnfiles.com (Tom Miller) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:31:10 2004 Subject: [Kc] I haven't gotten lost honest Message-ID: <00b101c3964d$e37d6540$0300a8c0@lawrence.ks.us> I haven't gotten lost, honest, its just this fall has turned into 1 of those "too busy" deals. I hope to get enough of the current goals done to be able to stay in town this spring! Tom Miller -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 18:02:29 -0400 Size: 1519 Url: http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/kc/attachments/20031020/e04d2bd2/attachment.eml From garrett at scriptpro.com Mon Oct 20 09:47:46 2003 From: garrett at scriptpro.com (Garrett Goebel) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:31:10 2004 Subject: [Kc] RE: KC.PM Meeting two nights ago Message-ID: <71BEC0D4E1DED3118F7A009027B12028034C8FCE@EXCH_MISSION> david nicol wrote: > Garrett Goebel wrote: > > > > Finally, there will be a drawing for those in attendance for an > > O'Reilly mug. -Compliments of O'Reilly for having used a portion of my > > Safari review in their Tip of the Week column. > > Did we do this? print [qw(david cj teal michael andy stephen)]->[int(rand()*7)] result: teal Congratulations Teal, I'll remember to bring the mug to the next meeting this time ;) david nicol wrote: > Garrett Goebel wrote: > > > > I will be making a presentation on testing home grown code with > > Apache::Test. The code in question will be a mod_perl handler for > > generating Session IDs with cookies or URL embedding. Most people > > who've installed modules from CPAN are familiar with the mantra: perl > > Makefile.PL, make, make test, make install. Until Apache::Test, > > creating comprehensive tests for code running on Apache was a > > herculean task. With Apache::Test this difficult task has become, if > > not easy, possible. > > The AxS::Session module looks completely promising! I have been > imagining extending it to use the AIS single-sign-on system. Some > kind of persistence framework needs to be available though, for > storing data by session-ID. Which also would give a better way > to handle POST data when someone with no session submits some. My intentions were to use Cache::Cache. Tnen go back and rework it to play nicer with other persistence mechanisms. 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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 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 ***Spidering Hacks Order Number: 5776 Written for developers, researchers, technical assistants, librarians, and power users, "Spidering Hacks" provides expert tips on spidering and scraping methodologies. You'll get a crash course in spidering concepts, tools, and ethics (how to know when you've gone too far). 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Enter REBOL, a small but powerful network-enabled programming language. Gregg Irwin introduces the language by writing a tiny survey application. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/10/30/rebol.html --------------------- Java --------------------- ***Page Navigation in JavaServer Faces Any web application with more than one page needs some sort of navigation. Where does the user go when he logs in? Where does he go if his password is incorrect? JSF provides an easy-to-update page navigation model in its Application Configuration file. 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Here are five bonus PC annoyances, and Steve's fix for each. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2003/10/29/pcannoyances.html --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***Confessions of the World's Largest Switcher At the O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference, Srinidhi Varadarajan reveals the details behind what it took to build Virginia Tech's G5 Supercomputer. Find out why he says you can expect to see a lot more G5 clusters in the future. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/10/29/osxcon_g5cluster.html ***Ten Things I Dig About Xcode Following in the footsteps of "Ten Things I Dig About Panther," James Duncan Davidson further explores one of the facets near and dear to Mac developers--their application development environment. Apple is introducing Xcode, along with Panther, and Davidson takes it for a spin and reports on his initial findings. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/10/24/panther.html Until next time-- Marsee