>Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 18:34:41 -0800 (PST) >From: Marsee Henon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, February 8 > >O'Reilly User Group Program >NEWSLETTER >February 8, 2002 > >We've got lots of new books coming in! This week's issue is a long one; >we're catching up in Denise's absence. Next week we should go back to >our usual length. > >HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: > >NEWS: >-First Annual Google Programming Contest (with a grand prize of $10,000) >-AppleScript Primer for Mac OS X >-Frank Willison Award >-Miguel on Mono; an interview with Miguel de Icaza >-Web Services Journal Readers Choice Awards > >BOOK NEWS: >-Sax2 >-Practical PostgreSQL >-Access Database Design & Programming, 3rd Edition >-HTML Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition >-C# Essentials, 2nd Edition >-IP Routing offers >-Learning Red Hat Linux, 2nd Edition >-Solaris 8 Administrator's Guide >-Programming with Qt, 2nd Edition >-Running Weblogs with Slash > > >================================================ >NEWS FROM O'REILLY & BEYOND >================================================ > >Spread the word to your members.... > >------------------------------- >GENERAL INTEREST >------------------------------- >GOOGLE PROGRAMMING CONTEST >Google announces their first annual Google programming >contest (with a grand prize of $10,000). >Check it out at: http://www.google.com/programming-contest/ > >--------------- >MAC >--------------- >APPLESCRIPT PRIMER FOR MAC OS X >Curious about AppleScript for Mac OS X but don't know where to start? >Here's an Online introduction to how AppleScript works with AppleScript >Studio, Unix Shell, Terminal App, and Web services, by Bruce Perry, >author of O'Reilly's AppleScript in a Nutshell: >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2002/02/01/applescript_macosx.html > >--------------------- >OPEN SOURCE >--------------------- >MIGUEL ON MONO; an interview with Miguel de Icaza on the .NET >DevCenter: >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2002/02/04/mono.html > >FRANK WILLISON AWARD >This year's Frank Willison Award for Contributions to the Python >Community was presented to Andrew Kuchling at the Tenth International >Python Conference. Guido van Rossum, one of the award's judges, said >that "besides being a prolific programmer who has contributed to many >corners of the Python implementation, Andrew has done numerous writing >projects related to Python." For more details about this award see the >Press Release: http://press.oreilly.com/willison_award.html > >Tenth International Python Conference >http://www.python10.org/ > >-------------------- >WEB SERVICES >-------------------- >Web Services Journal is accepting votes for their Readers Choice >Awards. Categories include best app, best framework, best middleware, >and yes, best book (a few ORA books have been nominated, including >Programming.Web Services with Soap, Programming. Web Services with >XML-RPC, and Peer-to-Peer). >http://www.sys-con.com/webservices/readerschoice/index.cfm > >(These are still available for review, let me know if you want to check >them out.) > >================================================ >BOOK NEWS >================================================ > >REVIEW COPIES ARE AVAILABLE, email me for a copy. > >If you have a deadline please let me know in your subject line. > >Feel free to re-use or forward the press release, in any way you see >fit. Don't forget, your members get 20% off any O'Reilly book they >purchase direct from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering. > >SAX2 >All the information you need to use SAX2 (Simple API for XML), the >dominant API for efficient XML processing with Java. Order Number 2378 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sax2/ The authors Top Ten SAX2 Tips: >http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2001/12/05/sax2.html Chapter 3 Producing SAX2 >Events: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sax2/chapter/ch03.html Press >Release: http://press.oreilly.com/sax2.html > >PRACTICAL POSTGRESQL >Order Number: 8466 >Arguably the most capable of all the open source databases, PostgreSQL >is an object-relational database management system that--until >now-lacked comprehensive, easy-to-use documentation. Practical >PostgreSQL is a fast-paced guide that shows you how to get PostgreSQL >installed, configured, and running. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ppostgresql/ >Chapter 2, Installing PostgresSQL is available at: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ppostgresql/chapter/ch02.pdf Press >release: http://press.oreilly.com/ppostgresql.html > >ACCESS DATABASE DESIGN & PROGRAMMING, 3RD EDITION >Order Number: 2734 >The book one critic called "A must-have for the serious Access >developer." http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/accessdata3/ Chapter 4 >Database Design Principles is available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/accessdata3/chapter/ch04.html >Press Release: http://press.oreilly.com/accessdata3.html > >HTML POCKET REFERENCE, 2ND EDITION >Order Number: 2963 >The second edition of this handy pocket reference to every HTML tag in >the current HTML specification (4.01). >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/htmlpr2/ > >C# ESSENTIALS, 2ND EDITION >Order Number: 3153 >Concise but thorough, this second edition of C# Essentials introduces >the Microsoft C# programming language. >http://oreilly.com/catalog/csharpess2/ >Chapter 1, Introduction, is available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/csharpess2/chapter/ch01.html Press >release: http://press.oreilly.com/csharpess2.html > >IP ROUTING >Order Number: 2750 >This concise guide offers the basic concepts of IP routing, helping you >master not only the fundamentals of all the major routing protocols, >but also the underlying principles on which they are based. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/iprouting/ >Chapter 4, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), is >available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/iprouting/chapter/ch04.html >Press Release: http://press.oreilly.com/iprouting.html > >LEARNING RED HAT LINUX, 2ND EDITION >Order Number: 0715 >An excellent introduction to one of the most popular distributions of >Linux in the U.S. Because the book is written specifically for the >enclosed CDs, the reader needs nothing else to get started with his or >her new Linux system. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/redhat2/ Chapter >13, Advanced Shell Usage and Shell Scripts is available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/redhat2/chapter/ch13.html >Press Release: http://press.oreilly.com/redhat2.html > >SOLARIS 8 ADMINISTRATOR'S GUIDE >Order Number: 0731 >Written for experienced network administrators who want an objective >guide to networking with Solaris, the book covers installation on the >Intel and Sparc platforms, and instructs you how to setup Solaris as a >file server, application server, and database server. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/solaris8/ > >Programming with Qt, 2nd Edition >Order Number: 0642 >Completely updated for Qt Version 3.0, Programming Qt guides you >through the steps of writing your first Qt application. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/prowqt2/ >An article by the author, Design Patterns in Qt, is available online: >http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2002/01/10/designqt.html > >RUNNING WEBLOGS WITH SLASH >Order Number: 1002 >Slash is the open-source software system that drives the hugely popular >Slashdot web site and many others. Slash implements the kind of web >site that has come to be called a "weblog": a moderated list, in >reverse-chronological order, of timely items, with links to further >discussion on-site, or to further information off-site. Anyone who >wants to get a weblog site up and running will want to read Running >Weblogs with Slash. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/runblogslash/ >Chapter 4, Editing and Updating Stories, is available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/runblogslash/chapter/ch04.html > >================================================ >ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM YOUR PEERS >================================================ > >ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION: > >RMOUG Training Days 2002 Denver, Colorado February 20-21, 2002 >This year's conference will continue the tradition of training >excellence. Join us for two days of expanded training session, >networking with Oracle professionals, and viewing the largest Oracle >exhibit in the Rocky Mountain region. For more information go to our >web site at www.rmoug.org > >If your group has an event you'd like me to post, let me know. > > >--Marsee
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