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Anyone want to review the book on Apache?
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From: Marsee Henon <marsee at oreilly.com>
Date: Mar 7, 2007 1:47 PM
Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 7
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Hi--
Are you attending the Society for Photographic Education's National
Conference in Miami next month? Or Photoshop World in Boston in April?
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More on Mark's appearance can be found on the MAKE blog:
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management in Aperture 1.5.2. Derrick Story interviews Joe in this
exclusive O'Reilly Media podcast.
<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2007/02/13/inside_aperture_podcast-9.html>
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Mac
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***Replacing AppleScript with Ruby
Matt Neuberg describes how to use rb-appscript to manage Apple events
without Applescript. Learn the basics of rb-appscript usage, with
example scripts, including a rewrite of the Ruby-AppleScript example
from Matt's book "AppleScript: The Definitive Guide."
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2007/02/27/replacing-applescript-with-ruby.html>
***Stream Live HDTV from Your Mac
Erica Sadun shows how to stream HD EyeTV video from a Mac using VLC in
five easy steps, even as it records. Learn how to build this remote
video streaming solution by accessing EyeTV's raw MPEG transport streams
and using VLC to stream that MPEG and watch the video on another
computer.
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2007/02/20/stream-live-hdtv-from-your-mac.html>
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Microsoft/.NET
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***Cleaning Up Your Disk Drives in Windows Vista
Your PC's hard disk fills up fast with junk, gunk, and extraneous files.
In this excerpt from "Windows Vista: The Definitive Guide," William R.
Stanek and Paul Marquardt show you how to clean it up fast.
<http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2007/03/06/cleaning-up-your-disk-drives-in-windows-vista.html>
***The Three Faces of ASP.NET AJAX
Jesse Liberty and Dan Hurwitz show you how to how to make the most out
of AJAX, whether you want to work with simple drag-and-drop controls,
create custom controls or extenders, or dig deep into its innards and
see how it all works.
<http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2007/02/27/the-three-faces-of-aspnet-ajax.html>
***Analyzing Assemblies with Reflector
In this excerpt from "Windows Developer Power Tools," James Avery and
Jim Holmes show you how to use Reflector freeware to explore any .NET
assembly and find its dependencies and callers, or dive down and explore
an entire assembly.
<http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2007/02/20/analyzing-assemblies-with-reflector.html>
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Java
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***Statement, Branch, and Path Coverage Testing in Java
Even with unit tests approaching 100% coverage, critical logic errors
could be hiding in your code. It is impossible to test every possible
condition, but with a little analysis of the potential paths and a plan
to test them, you can be much more confident in the quality of your
tests.
<http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2007/03/02/statement-branch-and-path-coverage-testing-in-java.html>
***An Introduction to Hibernate 3 Annotations
Hibernate is just about the defacto standard for Java database
persistence. With Hibernate 3, it has become even easier to specify how
your Java objects are stored in a database. In this article, John Smart
shows how Java 5 annotations are used by Hibernate to simplify your code
and make persisting your data even easier.
<http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2007/02/08/an-introduction-to-hibernate-3-annotations.html>
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Web
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***Learn Ruby on Rails: the Ultimate Beginner's Tutorial
In this action-packed adventure, Patrick provides rock-solid foundations
in object oriented programming principles, and a detailed explanation of
Ruby syntax. After this comprehensive tour, you'll plunge into the
mysterious depths of the Rails framework.
<http://www.sitepoint.com/article/learn-ruby-on-rails>
***Avoid Evil JavaScript
What makes some JavaScript Evil, and can beginners learn to write Good
JavaScript code from day one?
<http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/02/09/avoiding-evil-javascript/>
***The Hard Facts about Heading Structure
Because assistive technologies like screen readers allow users to
navigate through a document by its heading structure, its important to
ensure your site is up to scratch. Find out if your site passes the test.
<http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/01/26/the-hard-facts-about-heading-structure/>
Until next time--
Marsee Henon
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