>Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 17:07:08 -0800 (PST) >From: Marsee Henon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 1 > > >O'Reilly User Group Program >NEWSLETTER >March 1, 2002 > >HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: > >NEWS: >-Steven Johnson on "Emergence" >-The O'Reilly Community Press Publishes Essential >Grassroots Documentation >-Report from TED: Geeks and Movie Stars >-Hierarchical Menus with the Underrated >style.display Object >-Perl Golf Challenge >-Learning the Mac OS X Terminal, Part 3 >-The Visual Display of Quantitative XML >-A Quick Tour of .NET Web Services > >UPCOMING EVENTS >-Tim O'Reilly on Emerging Tech Trends >-Jesse Liberty on ASP v. ASP.NET >-Eric Ray on Perl and XML >-Noel Rappin on Jython > > >BOOK NEWS: >-Web Services Essentials >-Hardening Cisco Routers > >================================================ >NEWS FROM O'REILLY & BEYOND >================================================ > >Spread the word to your members.... > >------------------------------- >GENERAL NEWS >------------------------------- >STEVEN JOHNSON ON "EMERGENCE" >At the beginning of the Web era, Steven Johnson wrote "Interface >Culture," a book that found an enthusiastic reception among web folks, >who appreciated its theme that wired culture is creating new metaphors >for ways to see the larger world. Now Johnson, the founder and editor >of one of the Web's earliest magazines, FEED, has written "Emergence," >which takes up the theme of bottom-up organization of complex systems. >David Sims and Rael Dornfest talked to Johnson about emergent theory >and its relationship with the Web. > >Read the interview: >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/02/22/johnson.html > > >THE O'REILLY COMMUNITY PRESS PUBLISHES >ESSENTIAL GRASSROOTS DOCUMENTATION >Since the advent of computers, do-it-yourself documentation has been a >foundation of grassroots technology development. FreeBSD, Linux, Perl, >Apache, MySQL, and other core Internet technologies have flourished >with the help of documentation created by dedicated members of their >technical communities. The O'Reilly Community Press, a new series from >technical publisher O'Reilly & Associates, publishes essential >community-generated documentation. Thanks to that classic user >interface, the book, hackers can now access the wisdom of their >community on the bus, at the beach, or in the bathroom. > >Read the press release here: >http://press.oreilly.com/commpress.html > > >REPORT FROM TED: GEEKS AND MOVIE STARS >Why does Walter Mossberg receive more passionate mail about Mac vs. PC >than he ever received about the Gulf War? Jimmy Guterman reports from >the Technology, Entertainment and Design conference in Monterey, where >techies mix with artists and authors. > >The whole story: >http://oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/02/25/ted.html > >--------------------------------------------------- >UPCOMING EVENTS AT SOFTPRO BOOKS IN BURLINGTON, MA >--------------------------------------------------- >TIM O'REILLY ON EMERGING TECH TRENDS >Tim O'Reilly will talking about emerging tech trends that O'Reilly is >following. Topics will include bioinformatics, community wireless, web >services, and the evolution of what he's calling "the internet >operating system." > >Wednesday March 13--6:30 PM > > >JESSE LIBERTY ON ASP V. ASP.NET >The principal difference between ASP.NET and ASP is that the new >programming model is more object-oriented and more event-driven. This >will be illustrated by extracting records from a database and filling a >DataGrid in a web form, coloring some records based on their content, >and responding to the ItemDataBound event. Along the way Jesse will >also explain how to create code-behind pages for Web forms, how to >retrieve data from a database and how to populate the DataGrid. > >Wednesday, March 20--6:30 PM > > >ERIK RAY ON PERL AND XML >Erik Ray is coauthor of the upcoming book "Perl & XML." More powerful >than HTML yet less demanding than SGML, XML has proven itself to be >flexible and resilient. XML is the perfect tool for formatting >documents with even the smallest bit of complexity, from Web pages to >legal contracts to books. However, XML has also proven itself to be web >services like SOAP and XML-RPC. As the Perl programming language was >tailor-made for manipulating text, few people have disputed the fact >that Perl and XML are perfectly suited for one another. The only >question has been what's the best way to do it. > >Wednesday, April 3--6:30-8:00 PM > > >NOEL RAPPIN ON JYTHON >Noel Rappin is coauthor of "Jython Essentials." Jython is an >implementation of the Python programming language written in Java, >allowing Python programs to integrate seamlessly with any Java code. >The secret to Jython's popularity lies in the combination of Java's >libraries and tools with Python's rapid development capabilities. > >Wednesday, April 24--6:30-8:00 PM > >All events to be held at: > >Softpro Books >112 Mall Road >Burlington, MA 01803-5300 > >For more information see: >http://www.softpro.com/events.html > >--------------------- >JAVASCRIPT >--------------------- >HIERARCHICAL MENUS WITH THE UNDERRATED >STYLE.DISPLAY OBJECT >You can better manage your Web real estate using hierarchical menus. >Learn how with these JavaScript examples by Bill Pena, coauthor of >"Designing with JavaScript, 2nd Edition" >Read what Bill has to say here: >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2002/02/22/hierarchical_menus.html > >For more information, order a review copy of >"Designing with JavaScript,2nd Edition" >Order Number: 360X >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/designjs2/ > >--------------------- >MAC >--------------------- >LEARNING THE MAC OS X TERMINAL, PART 3 >In parts one and two, Chris Stone helped you get comfortable with Mac >OS X's Terminal app. Now he provides a virtual cornucopia of >cron-related goodies. >Read Chris's article here: >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2002/02/26/terminal_three.html > >-------------------- >PERL >-------------------- >LOS ANGELES PERL MONGER'S GOLF CHALLENGE >What is Perl Golf? >Perl Golf is a competition where all participants will try to >create/shorten Perl code that has a certain purpose to the least amount >of (key)strokes. >For more information check out: >http://la.pm.org/golf/ > >Are you interested in started your own Perl Golf challenge? >talk to Samy Kamker of the LA Perl Mongers. >The Los Angeles Perl monger site: >http://la.pm.org/ > >--------------------- >XML >--------------------- >THE VISUAL DISPLAY OF QUANTITATIVE XML >Fabio Arciniegas A. shows you how to use SVG and XSLT to present >your data in the most appropriate, efficient and >attractive way possible. >Fabio's article: >http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/02/27/visual/index.html > >-------------------- >.NET >-------------------- >A QUICK TOUR OF .NET WEB SERVICES >Brian Jepson shows you some simple Web services with code examples. >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2002/02/25/examples.html > >For more information, get a copy of >".NET Framework Essentials, 2nd Edition." >By Thuan L. Thai, Hoang Lam >Order Number: 3021 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dotnetfrmess2/ > >================================================ >BOOK NEWS >================================================ >REVIEW COPIES ARE AVAILABLE, email me for a copy. >If you need your books by a certain date, please allow at least three >weeks for shipping. > >Don't forget, your members get 20% off any O'Reilly book >they purchase direct from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering. > >WEB SERVICES ESSENTIALS >Order Number: 2246 > >This concise book gives programmers both a concrete introduction and a >handy reference to XML web services, first by explaining the >foundations of this new breed of distributed services, and then by >demonstrating quick ways to create services with open-source >Java tools. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/webservess/ > >Chapter 6, "WSDL Essentials" >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/webservess/chapter/ch06.html > >The "Web Services Essentials" press release is available here: >http://press.oreilly.com/webservess.html > > >HARDENING CISCO ROUTERS >Order Number: 1665 > >As a network administrator, auditor or architect, you know the >importance of securing your network and finding security solutions you >can implement quickly. This succinct book departs from other security >literature by focusing exclusively on ways to secure Cisco routers, >rather than the entire network. The rational is simple: If the router >protecting a network is exposed to hackers, then so is the network >behind it. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/hardcisco/ > >Chapter 10, "NTP" >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/hardcisco/chapter/ch10.html > >The "Hardening Cisco Routers" press release is available here: >http://press.oreilly.com/ > >================================================ >ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM YOUR PEERS >================================================ >Kansas - > >The Kansas City Java Users Group, http://www.kcjava.org, has organized >an open source users group portal project named GroupHQ. Any and all >developer's are welcome to help code, and all users groups are welcome >to use the first release of code, due out later this year. > >If your users group has requirements, or you wish to volunteer with >development, please contact Steve Mitchell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] >We are especially interested in architects and senior developers who >which to contribute design reviews and code reviews once we get under >way. Watch http://sourceforge.net/projects/kcjava for details. > >Florida- > >North Tampa O'Reilly Users Group seeking new geeks for membership! >Please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] for information. New Website and Virtual >Meetings, as well as F2F meeting schedules forthcoming. > >Calgary, Canada- > >Next Meeting of the Calgary ORACLE Users Group >Thursday March 7th, 8-10am >Fifth Avenue Place >Suite 202 237 4th Ave, West Tower >Presentation: Oracle Workspace Manager, Jane Lockhart >Check our new Portal website at http://atlas.coug.ab.ca/ > > >Until next week, > >Marsee
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