>Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 16:37:35 -0700 (PDT) >From: Marsee Henon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, May 7 > >O'Reilly User Group Program >NEWSLETTER >May 7, 2002 > > >HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: >NEWS: >-Weakening Google and other O'Reilly Network Weblogs >-Flash MX: Building an Address Book >-Using Jini to Build a Catastrophe-Resistant System >-Indefatigable TicTacToe Contest >-O'Reilly Network Launches macdevcenter.com >-Steve Jobs and the History of Cocoa, Part One > >CONFERENCE NEWS >-We are pleased to announce our first Mac OS X Conference >-Free Exhibit hall passes still available for the O'Reilly Emerging >Technology Conference, May 13-16, 2002 > >BOOK NEWS: >-Managing & Using MySQL, 2nd Edition >-Learning the Korn Shell, 2nd Edition >-Windows XP in a Nutshell >-VB.NET Language in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition >-C# & VB.NET Conversion Pocket Reference >-Perl & XML >-Java Enterprise in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition > >ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM YOUR PEERS >-Boca Raton Computer Society, Inc. > >================================================ >NEWS FROM O'REILLY & BEYOND >================================================ > >Spread the word to your members.... > >------------------------------- >GENERAL NEWS >------------------------------- >WEAKENING GOOGLE >by David Sims >Google's top result for "Michael Eisner" is Tim O'Reilly's blog. >Is that a good thing? >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/1376 > >See all the O'Reilly Network Weblogs at: >http://www.oreillynet.com/weblogs/ > >--------------------- >FLASH >--------------------- >FLASH MX: BUILDING AN ADDRESS BOOK >Colin Moock shows you how to create an address-book application using >Flash MX's new Flash UI Components, in this article on Macromedia's >Flash Development Center. Colin is the author of "ActionScript: The >Definitive Guide." >http://macromedia.com/desdev/mx/flash/articles/addressbook.html > >"ActionScript: The Definitive Guide: Mastering Flash Programming" >Order Number: 8520 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actscript/ > >--------------------- >JAVA >--------------------- >USING JINI TO BUILD A CATASTROPHE-RESISTANT SYSTEM >September 11 caught the IT departments of several firms without timely >backups. To the author, the tragedy made clear the need for >self-healing, distributed systems that could survive the unthinkable. >The article describes such a system, based on Sun's Rio technology. >http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/05/01/911proof.html > > >INDEFATIGABLE TICTACTOE CONTEST >O'Reilly is sponsoring a contest on "Focus on Java" at About.com >http://java.about.com/ > >Contest Details: >http://java.about.com/library/contests/bl-tttcontest.htm > >--------------------- >MAC >--------------------- >O'REILLY NETWORK LAUNCHES MACDEVCENTER.COM >macdevcenter.com is a new web site for Mac OS X professionals. The >heart of it is a rich collection of tutorials on Mac OS X, covering the >OS and the key technologies that work with its BSD Unix core. Topics >include the Terminal application, AppleScript, QuickTime, Cocoa, Java, >Aqua, and Apache. The site also features news and regular columns from >Mac experts such as David Pogue, Simson Garfinkel, James Duncan >Davidson, and Kevin Hemenway. >http://www.macdevcenter.com > >The macdevcenter.com staff also produces a bi-weekly Mac OS X email >newsletter. >To subscribe, go to http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/user/home > > >STEVE JOBS AND THE HISTORY OF COCOA, PART ONE >In this first part of a two-part series, Simson Garfinkel and Michael >Mahoney explain why Cocoa and Mac OS X aren't nearly as revolutionary >as they are evolutionary-and still in the process of refinement. The >story begins with Apple's genesis in the 1970s and takes you through >key events up through 1993, when NeXTSTEP began to flounder. In Part >Two (Friday, May 10), Simson and Michael pick up the story with the >Star Trek project and bring you to the current iteration of Mac OS X. >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2002/05/03/cocoa_history_one.html > >"Building Cocoa Applications: A Step-by-Step Guide" >Order Number: 2351 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/buildcocoa/index.html > >================================================ >CONFERENCE NEWS >================================================ >WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE OUR FIRST MAC OS X CONFERENCE >The first O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference will be held September >30-October 3, 2002 in Santa Clara, CA. We will explore how Apple's >completely rebuilt operating system is creating fertile ground for Mac >users, *nix programmers, and Java developers alike. >Registration opens in June. >http://conferences.oreillynet.com/macosx2002/ > >Join our mailing list to receive the latest information about all >O'Reilly conferences. http://conferences.oreilly.com/form.html > > >FREE EXHIBIT HALL PASSES.... >for the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, May 13-16, 2002 >Westin Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA > >For more information or to register: >http://conferences.oreilly.com/etcon/ > > >================================================ >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. Please send me copies of your newsletters. > >Don't forget, your members get 20% off any O'Reilly book they purchase >direct from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering. > >Press releases are available on our press page: http://press.oreilly.com/ > >MANAGING & USING MYSQL, 2ND EDITION >Order Number: 2114 >MySQL is a popular and robust open source database product that >supports key subsets of SQL on both Linux and Unix systems. MySQL is >free for nonprofit use and costs a small amount for commercial use. >Unlike commercial databases, MySQL is affordable and easy to use. This >book includes introductions to SQL and to relational database theory. >If you plan to use MySQL to build web sites or other Linux or Unix >applications, this book teaches you to do that, and it will remain >useful as a reference once you understand the basics. Ample tutorial >material and examples are included throughout. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/msql2/ > >Chapter 13, "Java," is available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/msql2/chapter/ch13.html > > >LEARNING THE KORN SHELL, 2ND EDITION >Order Number: 1959 >The Korn shell is an interactive command and scripting language for >accessing Unix and other computer systems. As a complete and high-level >programming language in itself, it's been a favorite since it was >developed in the mid 1980s by David G. Korn at AT&T Bell Laboratories. >Knowing how to use it is an essential skill for serious Unix users. >"Learning the Korn Shell" shows you how to use the Korn shell as a user >interface and as a programming environment. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/korn2/ > > >WINDOWS XP IN A NUTSHELL >Order Number: 2491 >This compact and comprehensive book systematically unveils what >resolute users of the new Windows XP operating system will find >interesting and useful, with little-known details, utility programs, >and configuration settings all captured in a consistent reference >format. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/winxpnut/ > >Chapter 4, "Windows XP Applications and Tools," is available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/winxpnut/chapter/ch04.html > >Chapter 7, "Networking," is available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/winxpnut/chapter/ch07.html > > >C# & VB.NET CONVERSION POCKET REFERENCE >Order Number: 3196 >Though most programmers use two or more languages, they usually have a >mastery of one. Although Microsoft has advertised that the .NET runtime >is language agnostic and that C# and Visual Basic .NET are so close >that switching between the two is really quite easy, that's only true >up to a point. Some of the differences are obvious, but others are very >subtle. "C# & VB.NET Conversion Pocket Reference" helps you easily make >the switch from one language to another. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/csharpvbpr/ > >The Table of Contents is available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/csharpvbpr/toc.html > > >VB.NET LANGUAGE IN A NUTSHELL, 2ND EDITION >Order Number: 3080 >With the release of the Microsoft .NET platform comes a new version of >Visual Basic dramatically unlike its predecessors. So extensive are the >changes, in fact, that some VB programmers argue that Visual Basic .NET >is an entirely new programming language. In the updated second edition >of this popular book, you will find complete documentation for the >Visual Basic .NET language. http://oreilly.com/catalog/vbdotnetnut2/ > >Chapter 8, "Attributes," is available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/vbdotnetnut2/chapter/ch08.html > > >PERL & XML >Order Number: 205X >XML is a text-based markup language that has taken the programming >world by storm. 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 indispensable for organizing and conveying other >sorts of data as well, thus its central role in 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. That's where this book comes in. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlxml/ > >Chapter 3, "XML Basics: Reading and Writing," is available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlxml/chapter/ch03.html > > >JAVA ENTERPRISE IN A NUTSHELL, 2ND EDITION >Order Number: 1525 >Completely revised and updated for the new 2.0 version of Sun >Microsystems Java Enterprise Edition software, "Java Enterprise in a >Nutshell 2nd Edition" covers all of the J2EE APIs, including RMI, Java >IDL, JDBC, JNDI, Java Servlet, and Enterprise JavaBeans, with a >fast-paced tutorial and compact reference on each technology. Then >"Java Enterprise in a Nutshell" goes even further, providing a classic >O'Reilly-style quick reference for all of the classes in the various >packages that comprise the Enterprise APIs--covering the core >enterprise APIs as well as numerous standard extensions. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jentnut2/ > >Chapter 2, "JDBC," is available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jentnut2/chapter/ch02.html > >================================================ >ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM YOUR PEERS >================================================ >Florida- > >BOCA RATON COMPUTER SOCIETY, INC. >Will hold their next General Meeting >Wednesday May 15, 2002 at 6:30 P.M >South County Civic Center, >16700 Jog Road in Delray Beach >For more information see: >http://www.brcs.org/ > > >Until next week, > >Marsee
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