From niederrhein-pm at web.de Mon Jul 12 03:02:08 2004 From: niederrhein-pm at web.de (=?iso-8859-15?Q?=22R._K=FCpper=22?=) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:33:13 2004 Subject: [Niederrhein-pm] Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, July 9 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ------- Forwarded message ------- From: Marsee Henon To: burbach@gwl.de Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, July 9 Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 17:06:58 -0700 > ================================================================ > O'Reilly News for User Group Members > July 9, 2004 > ================================================================ > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Book News > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials, 2nd Edition > -Mastering Oracle SQL, 2nd Edition > -Mac OS X Panther in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition > -Just a Geek > -Version Control with Subversion > -3D Game-Based Filmmaking: The Art of Machinima > -Eclipse Cookbook > -Flash Hacks > -The Spam Letters > -Online Investing Hacks > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Upcoming Events > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -O'Reilly at Macworld Conference & Expo, Boston, MA--July 12-15 > -Chuck Toporek ("Inside .Mac" & "Mac OS X Panther in a Nutshell"), > Chicago Apple Store, Chicago, IL--July 16 > -O'Reilly at Syllabus2004, San Francisco, CA--July 18-22 > -O'Reilly Open Source Convention, Portland, OR--July 26-30 > -Dan Gillmor ("We the Media") and Paul Graham ("Hackers & Painters"), > Powell's Books, Portland, OR--July 28 > -Tim O'Reilly Speaks at the Portland Area .NET User Group Meeting, > Portland, OR--July 29 > -Alex Martelli ("Python in a Nutshell"), Powell's Books, > Portland, OR--July 29 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Conference News > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -O'Reilly Open Source Convention User Group Discount > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > News > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -O'Reilly Releases Spanish-Language Titles > -History of Programming Languages > -Stealing the Network: A Prequel > -How to Write a Basic Gtk# Program with Mono > -Unix Printing Basics > -Announcing the 2004 Mac OS X Innovators Contest > -Hacking Mac OS X Panther > -Steve Jobs Introduces Tiger at WWDC 2004 > -Top Three Windows RSS Readers > -Surf the Web Anonymously > -Spring in Action > -Inside Class Loaders: Debugging > -Refactoring in Whidbey > -ASP.NET Forms Security, Part 2 > > ================================================ > Book News > ================================================ > Did you know you can request a free book to review for your > group? 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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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > New Releases > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ***Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials, 2nd Edition > Publisher: O'Reilly > ISBN: 059600737X > "Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials, 2nd Edition" provides an insider's look at > what's coming in the widely anticipated Perl 6. It uncovers > groundbreaking > new developments in Parrot, and the most revolutionary change in the > language itself, Apocalypse 12 on objects. The book also expands coverage > of Apocalypse 5 (regular expressions) and Apocalypse 6 (subroutines). > This > is the only book to reveal all the ingenious developments that will make > Perl 6 more powerful and easier to use. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/059600737X/index.html > > Chapter 10, "Parrot Intermediate Representation," is available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/059600737X/chapter/index.html > > > ***Mastering Oracle SQL, 2nd Edition > Publisher: O'Reilly > ISBN: 0596006322 > Updated to cover Oracle 10g, this new edition has a stronger focus on > practical, expert best practices and on Oracle-specific SQL techniques > than any other book on the market. The book covers Oracle's library of > built-in functions, query-writing features, regular expression support, > new aggregate and analytic functions, the native XML datatype, XMLType, > and more. For those who want to harness the power of Oracle SQL, this > essential guide for putting Oracle SQL to work will prove invaluable. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0596006322/ > > Chapter 7, "Set Operations," is available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0596006322/chapter/index.html > > > ***Mac OS X Panther in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition > Publisher: O'Reilly > ISBN: 0596006063 > "Mac OS X Panther in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition" offers a thorough treatment > of Mac OS X Panther, from its BSD Unix foundation to the finer points of > its user interface. It familiarizes readers with the Finder and the Dock, > file management, system configuration, network administration issues, and > more, including a clear picture of what's new. The book also includes the > most complete Unix command reference found in print--with each command > and > option painstakingly tested and checked against Panther. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/macpantherian/ > > Chapter 13, "Security Basics," is available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/macpantherian/chapter/index.html > > > ***Just a Geek > Publisher: O'Reilly > ISBN: 059600768X > Wil Wheaton has never been one to take the conventional path to success. > Despite early stardom through his childhood role in the motion picture > "Stand By Me," and growing up on television as Wesley Crusher on "Star > Trek: The Next Generation," Wil left Hollywood in pursuit of happiness, > purpose, and a viable means of paying the bills. In this, his newest > book, > Wil shares his deeply personal and difficult journey to find himself with > stories that reveal an honesty and disarming humanity. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jag/ > > A sample chapter, titled "Alone Again, or ...," is available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jag/chapter/index.html > > > ***Version Control with Subversion > Publisher: O'Reilly > ISBN: 0596004486 > "Version Control with Subversion" introduces the powerful new versioning > tool designed to be the successor to CVS. The book starts with an > introduction to Subversion, followed by a guided tour of its > capabilities. > Later chapters cover more complex topics of branching, repository > administration, and other advanced features. If you've never used version > control in your software projects, this book has everything you need to > get started. If you're a seasoned CVS user, it will help you make a > painless leap to Subversion. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0596004486/ > > Chapter 2, "Basic Concepts," is available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0596004486/chapter/index.html > > > ***3D Game-Based Filmmaking: The Art of Machinima > Publisher: Paraglyph Press > ISBN: 1932111859 > Machinima will revolutionize the computer animation industry, and this > book will serve as the industry bible for emerging filmmakers. It > expertly > covers the latest technology in filmmaking, the history of Machinima, the > major players, and where the Machinima movement is going. The book > clearly > explains Machinima and covers the basics you'll need to get started > including necessary hardware and software, and other production tools and > installation. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1932111859/ > > > ***Eclipse Cookbook > Publisher: O'Reilly > ISBN: 0596007108 > "Eclipse Cookbook" demystifies Eclipse with practical recipes for more > than 800 situations you may encounter--from deploying a web application > automatically to reverse engineering compiled code and from renaming all > references to a class across multiple packages to initializing the SWT > JNI > libraries. Perfect as a companion to the recently released "Eclipse" book > by the same author, this latest O'Reilly cookbook will help Java > programmers at all levels take advantage of the powerful and convenient > Eclipse in their daily work. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/eclipseckbk/ > > Chapter 6, "Using Eclipse in Teams," is available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/eclipseckbk/chapter/index.html > > > ***Flash Hacks > Publisher: O'Reilly > ISBN: 0596006454 > This collection of 100 Flash tips and tricks covers optimization, > creating > interesting effects, ActionScript programming, sound and video effects, > and much more--and you don't need to be an expert to use them (although > you'll certainly look like one). Ranging from practical hacks to the fun > and quirky, the book covers Flash MX, Flash MX 2004, and Flash MX > Professional 2004. If you're ready to explore and experiment with Flash, > this is the book for you. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/flashhks/index.html > > Five sample hacks are available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/flashhks/chapter/index.html > > > ***The Spam Letters > Publisher: No Starch Press > ISBN: 1593270321 >> From the man behind TheSpamLetters.com comes a collection of brilliant >> and > entertaining correspondence with the people who send out mass junk > emailings (a.k.a. spam). Compiled from the nearly 200 entries written by > Jonathan Land, "The Spam Letters" taunts, prods, and parodies the > faceless > salespeople in your inbox, giving you a chuckle at their expense. If you > hate spam, you'll love "The Spam Letters." > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1593270321/ > > > ***Online Investing Hacks > Publisher: O'Reilly > ISBN: 0596006772 > For the geek who's an investor, and the investor who's a geek, we present > 100 industrial-strength, bleeding-edge tips, tools, and techniques for > analyzing and managing online portfolios. This book provides hacks on > screening investments, executing trades, investing in mutual funds, > portfolio management, financial planning, and much more. Online Investing > Hacks is for people who get jazzed by cool online tools and services, and > who want to have some fun while trying to strike it rich (or at least not > lose their shirt). > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0596006772/ > > Ten sample hacks, are available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0596006772/chapter/index.html > > ================================================ > Upcoming Events > ================================================ > ***For more events, please see: > http://events.oreilly.com/ > > ***O'Reilly at Macworld Conference & Expo, Boston, MA--July 12-15 > In addition to all of our fabulous new Mac titles, we'll feature author > appearances at our booth and special promotional fun. > Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Booth #418 > http://www.macworldexpo.com/live/20/ > > > ***Chuck Toporek ("Inside .Mac" & "Mac OS X Panther in a Nutshell"), > Chicago Apple Store, Chicago, IL--July 16 > Chuck discusses "The Seven Essential Services of .Mac" at the Chicago > Apple Store. The .Mac team from Apple headquarters will be on hand to > discuss and demonstrate .Mac Internet essentials. > 679 North Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL > http://www.apple.com/retail/northmichiganavenue/ > > > ***O'Reilly at Syllabus2004, San Francisco, CA--July 18-22 > Come visit us at booth #304. > Hyatt Regency Hotel, San Francisco, CA > http://www.syllabus. > > > ***O'Reilly Open Source Convention, Portland, OR--July 26-30 > Mark your calendar to join us for the sixth annual O'Reilly Open Source > Convention this summer. Fresh ideas are already sizzling on the OSCON > program barbie, including keynote addresses by two of 2003's most > riveting > speakers, Robert Lefkowitz and Milton Ngan, as well as a trio of Dysons: > Esther, Freeman, and George. Bring the family along--Portland has > something for everyone. > Portland Marriott Downtown, Portland, OR > http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/ > > > ***Dan Gillmor ("We the Media") and Paul Graham ("Hackers & Painters"), > Powell's Books, Portland OR--July 28 > Powell's hosts a special double-header with two authors in town for > OSCON. > Powell's Technical Books, Portland, OR > http://www.powells.com/calendar.html > > > ***Tim O'Reilly Speaks at the Portland Area .NET User Group Meeting > Portland, OR--July 29 > "An Evening With Tim O'Reilly--Tim discusses what is on the > O'Reilly Radar." > The meeting starts at 6:30pm > Portland Community College Auditorium, > Room 104, 1626 SE Water Ave., Portland, OR > http://www.padnug.org > > > ***Alex Martelli ("Python in a Nutshell"), Powell's Books, > Portland, OR--July 29 > Alex stops in for an appearance at Portland's favorite bookstore. > Powell's Technical Books, Portland, OR > http://www.powells.com/calendar.html > > ================================================ > Conference News > ================================================ > ***O'Reilly Open Source Convention User Group Discount > User Group use code DSUG when you register, and you'll get 20% off the > conference price. > > To register, go to: > http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2004/create/ord_os04 > > O'Reilly Open Source Convention > Portland Marriott Downtown > Portland, OR > July 26-30, 2004 > http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/ > > ================================================ > News From O'Reilly & Beyond > ================================================ > --------------------- > General News > --------------------- > ***O'Reilly Releases Spanish-Language Titles > O'Reilly has been helping English speakers tame and control their > computers for over 25 years, and we're now offering eight of our most > popular titles in Spanish: four books from the Hacks series, three pocket > guides, and the bestseller, "PC Annoyances." > http://press.oreilly.com/pub/pr/1188 > > > ***History of Programming Languages > O'Reilly has produced a poster on the history of programming languages > that plots over 50 languages on a multi-layered, color-coded timeline, > based on a diagram created by Eric Levenez. Download the poster in PDF > format. You can also find full-size copies at Team O'Reilly bookstores, > and at O'Reilly conferences, such as this July's Open Source Convention. > http://www.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/news/languageposter_0504.html > > > ***Stealing the Network: A Prequel > Ryan Russell, one of the coauthors of "Stealing the Network: How to Own a > Continent" (from Syngress), has written a "prequel" that depicts a > '70s-era security hack, set at a tech company back East. If you've been > curious about "Stealing the Network," this short bit of fiction provides > a > real sense of the concept behind the book. And be sure to respond to the > talkback at the end of this tale -- we'd like to hear your theory. > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/security/2004/07/01/stealthenetwork.html > > --------------------- > Open Source > --------------------- > *** How to Write a Basic Gtk# Program with Mono > Gtk#, the Mono API for the GTK+ UI toolkit, is the open source > alternative > to Windows.Forms. This article shows how to install Mono on Windows, how > Gtk# works, and how to write a simple Gtk# program. This kind of > mini-project is just the sort you'll find in O'Reilly's upcoming "Mono: A > Developer's Notebook." > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/excerpt/MonoTDN_chap1/index.html > > > ***Unix Printing Basics > For some reason, consumer-level printing has never been easy on any OS, > including Unix. Unless you're in the know, it seems like a mess of > spoolers, filters, and drivers. Fortunately, new versions of Ghostscript > and foomatic make configuring printing easier. Dru Lavigne explains the > basics of Unix printer installation and configuration. > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/07/08/FreeBSD_Basics.html > > --------------------- > Mac > --------------------- > ***Announcing the 2004 Mac OS X Innovators Contest > The second Mac OS X Innovators contest is open and ready for your entry. > Here are the links and info you need to shine a light on your great idea. > http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/developer/2004/07/06/innovators.html > > > ***Hacking Mac OS X Panther > Rael Dornfest, coauthor of "Mac OS X Panther Hacks," has selected three > hacks from the book for your sampling pleasure. The first two detail how > to find anyone in your Address Book who has an Amazon Wish List, and how > to build a GUI to your Unix scripts with some Perl or Python glue code; > the third is just for fun. > http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/excerpt/pantherhacks/index.html > > > ***Steve Jobs Introduces Tiger at WWDC 2004 > So many things to talk about at WWDC. So many things that can't be said. > Here's an overview of what can be disclosed, including hardware > announcements and a preview of Tiger, Apple's next version of Mac OS X. > http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/07/01/wwdc.html > > --------------------- > Windows > --------------------- > ***Top Three Windows RSS Readers > Which are the best RSS readers out there? Wei-Meng Lee picks his > favorites > and gives you guided tours of them all. > http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/07/06/rss_readers.html > > > ***Surf the Web Anonymously > When you surf the Web, your life is an open book, open to anyone who > wants > to look. J.W. Olsen looks at two anonymous surfing programs that promise > to fix the problem. > http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/06/29/Anonymity.html > > --------------------- > Java > --------------------- > ***Spring in Action > In this excerpt from "Better, Faster, Lighter Java," authors Bruce Tate > and Justin Gehtland provide an example of Spring (their counter-example > to > the J2EE Pet Store application) in action, to show why you too will come > to appreciate this simple framework as elegant and important. > http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/excerpt/BFLJava_chap8/index.html > > > ***Inside Class Loaders: Debugging > Andreas Schaefer continues his examination of class loading in Java with > a > look at what can cause problems in advance class-loading scenarios and > how > to patch class loaders to help debug the problem. > http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/06/30/classloader2.html > > --------------------- > .NET > --------------------- > ***Refactoring in Whidbey > Code refactoring means restructuring your code so that the original > intention of the code is preserved. In this article, Wei-Meng Lee walks > you through Whidbey's new support for code refactoring. > http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2004/06/28/whidbey_refactoring.html > > > ***ASP.NET Forms Security, Part 2 > In his previous column, Jesse Liberty showed how to add web form security > to your ASP.NET 2.0 application, and how to add users. In this follow-up, > he demonstrates how easy it is to create and manage roles. > http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2004/06/28/liberty_whidbey.html > > > Until next time-- > > Marsee > -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ From niederrhein-pm at web.de Mon Jul 26 02:04:48 2004 From: niederrhein-pm at web.de (R. Kuepper) Date: Mon Aug 2 21:33:13 2004 Subject: [Niederrhein-pm] Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, July 22 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ------- Forwarded message ------- From: Marsee Henon To: burbach@gwl.de Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, July 22 Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 16:49:44 -0700 > ================================================================ > O'Reilly News for User Group Members > July 22, 2004 > ================================================================ > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Book News > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -Pragmatic Project Automation: How to Build, Deploy, and > Monitor Java Apps > -The Book of Nero 6 Ultra Edition > -Enterprise JavaBeans, 4th Edition > -Learning PHP 5 > -Java 1.5 Tiger: A Developer's Notebook > -Enterprise Service Bus > -GarageBand: The Missing Manual > -Mac OS X Panther Hacks > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Upcoming Events > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -O'Reilly Open Source Convention, Portland, OR--July 26-30 > -Dan Gillmor ("We the Media") and Paul Graham ("Hackers & Painters"), > Powell's Books, Portland, OR--July 28 > -Tim O'Reilly Speaks at the Portland Area .NET User Group Meeting, > Portland, OR--July 29 > -Alex Martelli ("Python in a Nutshell"), Powell's Books, > Portland, OR--July 29 > -Niel M. Bornstein (".NET and XML"), Extreme Markup Languages 2004, > Montreal, Canada--August 2-6 > -O'Reilly at LinuxWorld, San Francisco, CA--August 2-5 > -MERLOT International Conference, Costa Mesa, CA--August 3-6 > -Steve Bass ("PC Annoyances"), 11th Annual Southwest Computer > User Group Conference, San Diego, CA--August 6-8 > -Wil Wheaton ("Just a Geek"), Powell's Technical Books, > Portland, OR--August 6 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Conference News > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -O'Reilly Open Source Convention User Group Discount > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > News > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -The Ideal Digital Photographer's Workflow, Part 5 > -SafariU: Create, Customize, and Share Teaching Material > -The Great Linux Desktop Migration Contest > -Why PHP 5 Rocks! > -How to Fall in Love with Your iSight, Again > -12 Steps to Improving Your Mac's Performance > -Macworld Boston 2004: Brains Over Beauty > -Windows Server Hacks: Restoring Shadow Copies Using the Command Line > -Understanding WinFX in Longhorn > -Better, Faster, Lighter Programming in .NET and Java > -Cooking with Eclipse > -Writing Cross-Platform Mobile Applications Using Crossfire > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > News From Your Peers > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -How to Write a Book Review by the Melbourne PHP User Group > > ================================================ > Book News > ================================================ > Did you know you can request a free book to review for your > group? 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, No Starch, > Paraglyph, Pragmatic Bookshelf, or Syngress 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > New Releases > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ***Pragmatic Project Automation: How to Build, Deploy, and Monitor Java > Apps > Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf > ISBN: 0974514039 > Forget wizards, you need a slave--someone to do your repetitive, tedious > and boring tasks, without complaint and without pay, so you'll have more > time to design and write exciting code. Enlist your computer to automate > all of your Java project's repetitive tasks from individual builds and > testing through to product release and deployment. Enjoy pragmatic, > automatic, unattended software production that's reliable and accurate > every time. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0974514039/ > > > ***The Book of Nero 6 Ultra Edition > Publisher: No Starch Press > ISBN: 1593270437 > The Nero Ultra 6 software makes it easier to burn a CD or DVD, but to use > it you first need to understand how it works, as well as things such as > whether to burn a multisession CD, what mode to use, how to burn music > files, and much more. The Book of Nero 6 Ultra Edition takes you step by > step through using Nero for these tasks, and many others, so you'll be > ready to burn in no time. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1593270437/ > > > ***Enterprise JavaBeans, 4th Edition > Publisher: O'Reilly > ISBN: 059600530X > "Enterprise JavaBeans, 4th Edition" includes everything that made > previous > editions the single must-have book for EJB developers. Providing a solid > grasp of EJBsâ?? complexities; hundreds of clear, practical examples; and > adept coverage of EJBs' key concepts, this fourth edition also includes > everything you need to get up to speed quickly on the changes in EJB > version 2.1, including an architecture overview, design strategies, XML > deployment descriptors, and more. The book also includes a JBoss > implementation guide. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/entjbeans4/ > > A sample excerpt, "Workbook 8: Exercises for Chapter 11," is available > online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/entjbeans4/chapter/index.html > > > ***Learning PHP 5 > Publisher: O'Reilly > ISBN: 0596005601 > "Learning PHP 5" is the ideal tutorial for graphic designers, bloggers, > and other web crafters who want a thorough but non-intimidating way to > understand the code that makes web sites dynamic. The book begins with an > introduction to the just-released PHP 5, then moves to more advanced > features: language basics, arrays and functions, web forms, connecting to > databases, and much more. Complete with exercises to make sure the > lessons > stick, this book offers the ideal classroom experience to learning PHP 5. > > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnphp5/ > > Chapter 8, "Remembering Users with Cookies and Sessions,' is available > online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnphp5/chapter/index.html > > > ***Java 1.5 Tiger: A Developer's Notebook > Publisher: O'Reilly > ISBN: 0596007388 > Java 1.5, code-named "Tiger," promises to be the most significant new > version of Java since the language's introduction. But with so many > changes, where do you start? This no-nonsense, down-and-dirty guide is > the > answer, providing complete coverage of generics, boxing and unboxing, > varargs, enums, annotations, formatting, the for/in loop, concurrency, > and > more. Following the task-oriented format unique to this new series, this > book allows you to get straight to work with Tiger's new features. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnphp5/chapter/index.html > > Chapter 3, "Enumerated Types," is available free online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/javaadn/chapter/index.html > > > ***Enterprise Service Bus > Publisher: O'Reilly > ISBN: 0596006756 > "Enterprise Service Bus" provides an architectural overview of the ESB, > showing how it can bring the task of integrating enterprise applications > and services built on J2EE, .NET, C/C++, and other legacy environments > into the reach of everyday IT professionals, using an event-driven > Service-Oriented Architecture. Through the study of real-world-use cases > drawn from several industries deploying ESB, this book coherently > outlines > the benefits of moving toward this integration strategy, and it compares > and contrasts ESB to other integration architectures. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/esb/ > > Chapter 3, "Necessity Is the Mother of Invention," is available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/esb/chapter/index.html > > > ***GarageBand: The Missing Manual > Publisher: O'Reilly > ISBN: 0596006950 > Imagine how many thousands of musicians, though enormously talented, > remain undiscovered because they lack recording studios and backup bands. > For them, GarageBand may open doors--or just offer a lot of fun. > GarageBand can turn the inspiration of musical novices into > commercial-sounding demos, but you have to know how to take advantage of > all that the program offers. This book provides that knowledge. > "GarageBand: The Missing Manual" is an authoritative, witty guide to > constructing your digital recordings. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/garageband/ > > Check out the GarageBand examples CD available for download: > http://www.missingmanuals.com/cds/#garageband > > > ***Mac OS X Panther Hacks > Publisher: O'Reilly > ISBN: 0596007183 > This book offers the perfect combination of tips, tricks, and tools to > help serious Mac users get the most from their machines. This newly > revised collection provides hands-on solutions in topics such as user > interface, accessories, wired and wireless networking, email, messaging, > and much more. Written for users who need to go beyond what's covered in > conventional manuals, "Mac OS X Panther Hacks" will bring your Mac to its > full potential. > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0596007183/ > > Ten sample hacks are available online: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0596007183/chapter/index.html > > ================================================ > Upcoming Events > ================================================ > ***For more events, please see: > http://events.oreilly.com/ > > > ***O'Reilly Open Source Convention, Portland, OR--July 26-30 > Mark your calendar to join us for the sixth annual O'Reilly Open Source > Convention this summer. Fresh ideas are already sizzling on the OSCON > program barbie, including keynote addresses by two of 2003's most > riveting > speakers, Robert Lefkowitz and Milton Ngan, as well as a trio of Dysons: > Esther, Freeman, and George. Bring the family along--Portland has > something for everyone. > Portland Marriott Downtown, Portland, OR > http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/ > > > ***Dan Gillmor ("We the Media") and Paul Graham ("Hackers & Painters"), > Powell's Books, Portland OR--July 28 > Powell's hosts a special double-header with two authors in town for > OSCON. > Powell's Technical Books, Portland, OR > http://www.powells.com/calendar.html > > > ***Tim O'Reilly Speaks at the Portland Area .NET User Group Meeting > Portland, OR--July 29 > "An Evening With Tim O'Reilly--Tim discusses what is on the > O'Reilly Radar." > The meeting starts at 6:30pm > Portland Community College Auditorium, > Room 104, 1626 SE Water Ave., Portland, OR > http://www.padnug.org > > > ***Alex Martelli ("Python in a Nutshell"), Powell's Books, > Portland, OR--July 29 > Alex stops in for an appearance at Portland's favorite bookstore. > Powell's Technical Books, Portland, OR > http://www.powells.com/calendar.html > > > ***Niel M. Bornstein (".NET and XML"), Extreme Markup Languages 2004, > Montreal, Canada--August 2-6 > Niel presents a tutorial based on his book. > Hotel Europa, Montreal, Canada > http://www.mulberrytech.com/Extreme/Tutorial/Bornstein_tutorial.html > > > ***O'Reilly at LinuxWorld, San Francisco, CA--August 2-5 > Come by and say hello in the Exhibit Hall (I--Marsee--will be there on > Thursday, August 5th), and page through our latest publications, as well > as our classic references, at our booth (#873). Be sure to catch a panel > on The Future of Open Source with Tim O'Reilly on Tuesday, August 3. > Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA > http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/ > > > ***MERLOT International Conference, Costa Mesa, CA--August 3-6 > We'll be exhibiting at this event for faculty members, digital library > providers and developers, authors of digital learning materials, and > those > involved in administering and supporting instructional technology. Stop > by > for a preview of our SafariU service. > Hilton Costa Mesa, Costa Mesa, CA > http://conference.merlot.org/ > > > ***Steve Bass ("PC Annoyances"), 11th Annual Southwest Computer User > Group > Conference, San Diego, CA--August 6-8 > If you'll be there on the evening of August 7, be sure to drop by the > Vendor Fair and say hello to Steve. > Hilton Hotel--Mission Valley, San Diego, CA > http://www.swugconf.org/ > > > ***Wil Wheaton ("Just a Geek"), Powell's Technical Books, Portland, > OR--August 6 > Wil heads north for an appearance and book signing. > 33 NW Park Avenue Portland, OR > http://www.powells.com/calendar.html > > ================================================ > Conference News > ================================================ > ***O'Reilly Open Source Convention User Group Discount > User Group use code DSUG when you register, and you'll get 20% off the > conference price. > > To register, go to: > http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2004/create/ord_os04 > > O'Reilly Open Source Convention > Portland Marriott Downtown > Portland, OR > July 26-30, 2004 > http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/ > > ================================================ > News From O'Reilly & Beyond > ================================================ > --------------------- > General News > --------------------- > ***The Ideal Digital Photographer's Workflow, Part 5 > Ken Milburn, author of "Digital Photography: Expert Techniques," offers > the latest installment in his series on creating ideal (and least > destructive) workflows for digital photography. This week, he offers > step-by-step routines for performing the three stages of sharpening that > are almost always necessary: rescue, effect, and output. And he offers > advice on a few things you should do before you even start sharpening > your > images. > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2004/07/20/digital_photography.html > > > ***SafariU: Create, Customize, and Share Teaching Material > Looking for a way to truly customize your course textbook and offer > students exactly the material you choose to teach, while saving them a > good bit of money? Become a SafariU beta tester and check out the new > web-based publishing platform from O'Reilly that allows you to create > custom textbooks and online syllabi. > http://academic.oreilly.com/safariu-more.csp > > --------------------- > Open Source > --------------------- > ***The Great Linux Desktop Migration Contest > If you're considering, or you have already embarked upon, a Linux desktop > migration, here's your chance to help guide and inspire others and be > eligible to win an all-expense-paid trip to Barcelona, Spain. Novell and > O'Reilly Media have joined forces to present this contest and are looking > for entries that describe the benefits realized from a desktop migration, > a phased migration plan, or the most practical tips for migrating to > Linux. The contest deadline is August 9. > http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/linux/contest/ > > > ***Why PHP 5 Rocks! > Adam Trachtenberg provides a quick tour around PHP 5, highlighting seven > of his favorite new features. These features (including better support > for > OOP, bundled SQLite, iterators, and more cool stuff) will allow your PHP > 5 > code to be more concise, more elegant, and more flexible than ever. Adam > is the author of the upcoming "Upgrading to PHP 5." > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2004/07/15/UpgradePHP5.html > > --------------------- > Mac > --------------------- > ***How to Fall in Love with Your iSight, Again > Snaggy and Nitrozac are back to show you how to fall in love with your > iSight, again, and provide a few chuckles along the way. Consider them > your personal tech-therapists, willing to help bring you and your > gorgeous > hardware back together, with advice on apps and add-ons that will enhance > your iSight relationship. If you like the way S and N weave humor and > tech > talk, check out their book, "The Best of The Joy of Tech." > http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/07/20/iSightLove.html > > > ***12 Steps to Improving Your Mac's Performance > Keeping your Mac happy and performing as it did the day you brought it > home takes a bit of degunking. Joli Ballew offers 12 steps to improving > your Mac's performance that will have it humming along in no time. For > more in-depth details on why the Mac slowdown occurs and what you can do > about it, check out Joli's new book, "Degunking Your Mac." > http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/07/16/DegunkYourMac.html > > > ***Macworld Boston 2004: Brains Over Beauty > In the late 1700s, Boston culture facilitated debate by some of the > greatest American minds. Now in 2004, it's once again the home for the > Mac > elite on the East Coast. Derrick Story photographs and comments on the > character of this year's Macworld Boston. > > http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/07/14/macworld.html > > --------------------- > Windows > --------------------- > ***Windows Server Hacks: Restoring Shadow Copies Using the Command Line > Shadow copies is a new feature of Windows Server 2003 that automatically > creates point-in-time copies or snapshots of files in shared folders. > Mitch Tulloch, author of "Windows Server Hacks," shows you the easiest > way > to restore them. > http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/07/20/shadow_copies.html > > > ***Understanding WinFX in Longhorn > Longhorn is still in pre-beta, but it's time to get ready for developing > apps for it. Wei-Meng Lee, author of "Windows XP Unwired," gives a > rundown > about the APIs that developers will use to write the next generation of > Windows applications. > http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/07/13/winfx.html > > --------------------- > Java > --------------------- > ***Better, Faster, Lighter Programming in .NET and Java > In "Better, Faster, Lighter Java," authors Bruce Tate and Justin Gehtland > lay out five basic principles to combat the "bloat" that has built up > over > time in modern Java programming. In this article, Justin shows how > programmers developing .NET apps can apply the same principles, and along > the way, cultivate still more ideas that make programming simpler and fun > again. > http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/07/14/BFLJava.html > > > ***Cooking with Eclipse > In these sample recipes from O'Reilly's "Eclipse Cookbook" learn how to > create a custom perspective in Eclipse, and how to speed up the JDT > Editor. > http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/excerpt/eclipseckbk_chap1/index.html > > --------------------- > .NET > --------------------- > *** Writing Cross-Platform Mobile Applications Using Crossfire > If you are a Microsoft developer familiar with the .NET Framework, you > generally have two options if you want to write mobile applications. For > mobile handsets, you can develop mobile web applications using the > ASP.NET > Mobile controls. For standalone applications, you can use the .NET > Compact > Framework. However, using the .NET Compact Framework you can only target > Pocket PC devices. And that essentially means that you are out of luck > when it comes to developing for competing devices such as Palm and > Symbian > Smartphones. In this article, Wei-Meng Lee introduces you to a new open > source project known as Crossfire that promises to close the gap. > http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2004/07/12/crossfire.html > > > ================================================ > News From Your Peers > ================================================ > ***How to Write a Book Review by the Melbourne PHP User Group > http://melbourne.ug.php.net/content/view/63/59/ > > Thanks to Chris Burgess for sharing this. You can find this URL along > with other tips and tricks on the O'Reilly UG wiki: > http://wiki.oreillynet.com/usergroups/lpt?HomePage > > Until next time-- > > Marsee > > > -- Erstellt mit M2, Operas revolutionärem E-Mail-Modul: http://www.opera.com/m2/