>Envelope-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 17:41:25 -0700 (PDT) >From: Marsee Henon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, October 7 > >O'Reilly User Group Program >Newsletter >October 7, 2002 > > >Spread The Word To Your Members... > >Highlights This Week: >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Book News >---------------------------------------------------------------- >-Learning C# >-Creating Applications with Mozilla >-Learning Cocoa with Objective-C >-Web Privacy with P3P >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Conference News >---------------------------------------------------------------- >-O'Reilly's Mac OS X Conference Coverage >-Mac User Group members at the Mac OS X Conference >---------------------------------------------------------------- >News >---------------------------------------------------------------- >-Go Wild with the New and Improved Safari Bookshelf >-A Missing Manual Saves my Day >-Real Hacking Rules! >-Securing Linux >-Working with Files in PHP >-Creating ASP.NET Web Services, Part 1 >-Introduction to OOP in VB.NET >-Help! IE6 Is Blocking My Cookies >-Top Five Open Source Packages for System Administrators >-O'Reilly Wins Best Java Book Award >-Top Ten New Things You Can Do with NIO >-The Near Future of Digital Rights Management >-Why Unix Matters to Mac OS X >-The Do's and Don'ts of Shareware, Part 1 >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Announcements From Your Peers >---------------------------------------------------------------- >-Maryland Apple Corps next meeting > > >================================================ >Book News >================================================ >Review books are available--please email me for a copy. >If you need your books by a certain date, please allow at least four >weeks for shipping. > >Send or email me copies of your newsletters and book reviews. > >Don't forget, your members get 20% off any O'Reilly book they purchase >directly from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering. > >Press releases are available on our press page: >http://press.oreilly.com/ > >***Learning C# >Order Number: 3765 >With "Learning C#," best-selling author Jesse Liberty will help you >build a solid foundation in .NET and show how to apply your skills by >using dozens of tested examples. You will learn how to develop various >kinds of applications--including those that work with databases--and >web services. Whether you have a little object-oriented programming >experience or you are new to programming altogether, "Learning C# "will >set you firmly on your way. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learncsharp/ > >Chapter 2, "Getting Started with C#," is available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learncsharp/chapter/ch02.html > > >***Creating Applications with Mozilla >Order Number: 0529 >Mozilla is not just a browser. Mozilla is also a framework that allows >developers to create cross-platform applications. "Creating >Applications with Mozilla" provides step-by-step information about how >you can create your own programs using Mozilla's >framework.http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mozilla/ > >Chapter 2, "Getting Started," is available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mozilla/chapter/index.html > > >***Learning Cocoa with Objective-C >Order Number: 3013 >Based on the Jaguar release of Mac OS X 10.2, this new edition of >"Learning Cocoa" covers the latest updates to the Cocoa frameworks, >including examples that use the Address Book and Universal Access APIs. >Also included with this edition is a handy quick reference card, >charting Cocoa's Foundation and AppKit frameworks, along with an >Appendix that includes a listing of resources essential to any Cocoa >developer--beginning or advanced. This is the "must-have" book for >people who want to develop applications for Mac OS X, and is the only >book approved and reviewed by Apple engineers. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learncocoa2/ > >Chapter 3, "Object-Oriented Programming with Objective-C," is available >online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learncocoa2/chapter/index.html > > >***Web Privacy with P3P >Order Number: 3714 >"Web Privacy with P3P" explains the P3P protocol and shows web site >developers how to configure their sites for P3P compliance. Full of >examples and case studies, the book delivers practical advice and >insider tips. Software developers, privacy consultants, corporate >decision-makers, lawyers, public policy-makers, and any individual >interested in online privacy issues will find this book a necessary >reference. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/webprivp3p/ > >Chapter 1, "Introduction to P3P," is available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/webprivp3p/chapter/index.html > >The author's website: >http://p3pbook.com/ > > >================================================ >Conference News >================================================ >***Mac OS X Conference Coverage >O'Reilly's Mac OS X Conference has just wrapped up. Don't miss our >coverage, including photos, reports, and weblogs from the conference >floor. http://www.macdevcenter.com/mac/osx2002/ > > >***Mac User Group members together at the conference: >http://www.mugcenter.com/ > >Thanks to Lorene Romero (North Coast Mac Users Group) and Chuck Joiner >(Hershey Apple Core) for putting this event together and promoting it. > >================================================ >News From O'Reilly & Beyond >================================================ >--------------------- >General News >--------------------- >***Go Wild with the New and Improved Safari Bookshelf >The premier electronic reference library for programmers and IT >professionals just got better, with simplified navigation, a more >powerful search, and flexible book swapping options. >http://www.oreilly.com/news/new_safari_0902.html > >Get your first 14 days on Safari free! >https://secure.safaribooksonline.com/promo.asp?code=ORA14&portal=oreilly > > >***A Missing Manual Saves my Day >O'Reilly author and editor Jonathan Gennick writes about the book that >saved him from disaster--David Pogue's "Windows XP Home Edition: The >Missing Manual." >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2032 > > >Has an O'Reilly book saved your day? >Please let me know at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >***Real Hacking Rules! >On the tenth anniversary of Def Con, the annual Las Vegas meeting of >computer hackers, security professionals, and others, Richard Thieme >reflects on how the con--and hacking--had changed since he spoke at Def >Con 4 seven years earlier. >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/10/04/hackers.html > >--------------------- >Open Source >--------------------- >***Securing Linux >Michael Bauer explains why it's both possible and worthwhile to secure >Linux for use as an Internet server platform. >http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2002/10/03/securinglinux.html > >Michael is the author of "Building Secure Servers with Linux," >available later this month. Order Number: 2173 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bssrvrlnx/ > > >***Working with Files in PHP >John Coggeshall covers the fundamentals of reading and writing text >files in PHP. >http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2002/10/03/php_foundations.html > >This article is part of the "PHP Foundations" series--A programmer's >guide to learning PHP for people with no PHP experience. >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/ct/29 > >--------------------- >.NET >--------------------- >***Creating ASP.NET Web Services, Part 1 >Learn how to write a HelloWorld Web services application with ASP.NET >in part one of a series of book excerpts from "Programming .NET Web >Services." >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/dotnet/excerpt/progdotnetws_2/index1.html > >Programming .NET Web Services >Order Number: 2505 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/prognetws/ > > >***Introduction to OOP in VB.NET >This article addresses why Microsoft made the switch to object-oriented >programming, and why it is so hard to learn, even for experienced >programmers. >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2002/09/22/vb-oop.html > >For more on how OOP helps you maximize the power of .NET, don't miss >the upcoming "Object-Oriented Programming with Visual Basic .NET." >Order Number: 1460 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/objectvbnet/ > >--------------------- >Web Development >--------------------- >***Help! IE6 Is Blocking My Cookies >Lorrie Cranor offers an introduction to P3P and an overview of what you >need to do to prevent IE6 from blocking your cookies. Lorrie is the >author of "Web Privacy with P3P." >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2002/10/04/p3p.html > >--------------------- >System Administration >--------------------- >***Top Five Open Source Packages for System Administrators >AEleen Frisch offers the first installment in a five-part series on the >most useful open source administrative tools. We begin the countdown >with number five, Amanda, a network-based enterprise backup utility. >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/09/24/essentialsysadmin.html > >AEleen is the author of "Essential System Administration, 3rd Edition." >Order Number: 3439 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/esa3/ > >--------------------- >Java >--------------------- >***O'Reilly Wins Best Java Book Award >"The Java Developer's Journal" has announced its Readers' Choice award >for Best Java Book in 2002: Richard Monson-Haefel and David Chappell's >"Java Message Service." >http://www.sys-con.com/java/readerschoice2002/winners.cfm > >Java Message Service >Order Number: 0685 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/javmesser/ > >***Top Ten New Things You Can Do with NIO >In this article, Ron Hitchens lists a slew of powerful new capabilities >NIO brings to the Java platform. >http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/10/02/javanio.html > >Ron is the author of O'Reilly's recently released "Java NIO." >Order Number: 2882 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/javanio/ > >--------------------- >Mac >--------------------- >***The Near Future of Digital Rights Management >Daniel Steinberg looks at the ramifications of Hollywood's desire to >turn the PC into a trusted digital appliance, in this report from the >DRM panel at the Mac OS X Conference >http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/10/03/drm.html > > >***Why Unix Matters to Mac OS X >In their keynotes Tim O'Reilly and Jordan Hubbard talk about the >significance of UNIX to Mac OS X. >http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/10/03/keynotes.html > > >***The Do's and Don'ts of Shareware, Part 1 >http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/09/30/dev_osx.html > >This article is part of the "Developing for Mac OS X Series" >http://macdevcenter.com/pub/ct/59 > > >================================================ >Announcements From Your Peers >================================================ >***Maryland Apple Corps, Inc.--Greater Baltimore Metro Area >Tuesday, October 8, 2002, 6:30 pm >320 York Rd., Towson, MD 21204 >A presenter from the Mid-Atlantic Mac User Groups will be discussing >Jaguar and its new feature. > >For More info contact Mical Wilmoth Carton, Club Ambassador at >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Until next time, > >Marsee
--- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Puryear Information Technology Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting http://www.puryear-it.com
