>O'Reilly User Group Program >Newsletter >July 11, 2003 > > >Please share the information your members would be interested in.... > > >Highlights This Week: >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Book News >---------------------------------------------------------------- >-Programming .NET Security >-Learning UML >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Upcoming Events >---------------------------------------------------------------- >-Macworld CreativePro, New York, NY--Jul 14-18 >-LinuxWorld Exhibit, San Francisco, CA--Aug 5-7 >-IEEE Computer Society Bioinformatics Conference, >Palo Alto, CA--Aug 11-14 >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Conferences >---------------------------------------------------------------- >-Registration is Open for the Second Annual O'Reilly Mac OS X >Conference >-Put Up an O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Banner, Get a Free Book >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Safari >---------------------------------------------------------------- >-"Go On Safari" Tip of the Week Winner--Vincent Danen, >Edmonton Linux Users Group >---------------------------------------------------------------- >News >---------------------------------------------------------------- >-Free Shipping on O'Reilly Orders >-Vote for Your Favorite O'Reilly Book >-Meeting Tim O'Reilly "In the Flesh" >-The State of Open Source >-An Interview with the Author of "Practical mod_perl" >-Creating Email Templates with XML >-Using Network Streams >-The Document is the Database >-O'Reilly Happenings at the Macworld CreativePro Conference >-Hydra, VoodooPad, Finish Tops in Second Mac OS X Innovators Contest >-Dot Mac Reloaded > >================================================ >Book News >================================================ >Review books are available--email me for a copy. > >***Please include the book order number on your requests. > >Let me know if you need your books by a certain date. >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. >http://www.oreilly.com/ > >***Group purchases with better discounts are available*** >Please let me know if you are interested. > >Press releases are available on our press page: >http://press.oreilly.com/ > > >***Programming .NET Security >Order Number: 4427 >With the spread of web-enabled desktop clients and web-server-based >applications, developers can no longer afford to treat security as an >afterthought. In fact, .NET forces you to address the topic since >Microsoft has placed security-related features at the core of the .NET >Framework. Even so, carelessness and lack of experience can enable a >program to be used in an unintended way. This book shows programmers >how to use. .NET's various tools to write secure applications. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/prognetsec/ > >Chapter 4, "The Lifetime of a Secure Application," is available >online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/prognetsec/chapter/index.html > > >***Learning UML >Order Number: 3447 >"Learning UML" introduces and leads you toward mastery of the Unified >Modeling Language. You'll learn how UML is used to model the structure >of a system, how to employ use-case diagrams to model the functionality >of a system, and how component and deployment diagrams are used to >model the way in which a system is deployed in a physical environment. >Each chapter ends with exercises you can use to test your growing >knowledge of UML and its concepts. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnuml/ > >Chapter 8, "Activity Diagrams," is available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnuml/chapter/index.html > >=============================================== >Upcoming Events >=============================================== >***Macworld CreativePro. New York, NY--Jul 14-18 >O'Reilly's got lots of Mac going on--see our latest offerings in the >Big Apple. Drop by our booth in the Expo Hall (it's #322) and catch >iMovie and iPhoto presentations from authors David Pogue ("Missing >Manual" Series) and Derrick Story ("iPhoto 2: The Missing Manual," >"Digital Photography Pocket Guide," and "Digital Video Pocket Guide"). > >O'Reilly's Activities at Macworld CreativePro NY: >http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/07/09/macworld.html > >MacWorld CreativePro >The Javits Center >655 West 34th Street >New York, NY >http://www.javitscenter.com/content/guide/here/main.htm > > >***LinuxWorld Exhibit, San Francisco, CA--Aug 5-7 >Say hello to our friendly staff, and page through our latest >publications, as well as our classic references, at our booth #1473. >http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/linuxworldny03/V40/index.cvn? > >The Moscone Center >747 Howard Street >San Francisco, CA >http://www.moscone.com/ > > >***IEEE Computer Society Bioinformatics Conference, >Palo Alto, CA--Aug 11-14 >Visit with us and peruse our collection of bioinformatics and other >books at our booth. >http://conferences.computer.org/bioinformatics/ > >Stanford University >Memorial Auditorium >At the corner of Galvez and Serra Streets. >551 Serra Street, Stanford, CA. >Palo Alto, CA >http://conferences.computer.org/bioinformatics/CSB2003/Site.html > >================================================ >Conference News >================================================ >***Registration is Open for the Second Annual O'Reilly Mac OS X >Conference >Do you want to tame Panther quickly, or live Apple's iLife to the >fullest? If so, the second annual O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference can take >you where you want to go with Apple's newest software and hardware. One >day of in-depth tutorials and three days of conference sessions cover >topics like network security, Cocoa, Java, Rendezvous, Quartz, AirPort >Extreme, workflow management, Unix administration, and much more. Some >of the many experts presenting at the conference include David Pogue, >Adam Engst, mmalcolm Crawford, Dan Wood, Andy Ihnatko, Robb Beal, and >Dan Frakes. > >O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference >October 27-30, 2003 >Westin Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA >http://conferences.oreilly.com/macosxcon/ > >User Group members who register before September 12, 2003 get a double >discount. Use code DSUG when you register, and receive 20% off the >"Early Bird" price. > >To register, go to: >http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/macosx2003/create/ord_mac03 > > >***Put Up an O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Banner, Get a Free Book >We are looking for user groups to display our conference banners on >their web sites. If you send me the link to your user group site with >our O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference banner, I will send you the >O'Reilly book of your choice. > >O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Banners: >http://ug.oreilly.com/banners/macosx2003/ > >================================================ >Safari News >================================================ >***"Go On Safari" Tip of the Week Winner--Vincent Danen, >Edmonton Linux Users Group > >"Safari is a welcome resource for this book-a-holic in that it saves me >time and a lot of money. I regularly buy books and have found with >Safari that even by cutting back on 2-3 books a year, I can have a >small Safari bookshelf where I can view around 120 books in a year >versus owning 2-3. Now I can review books and buy those ones I know >will be worth my money, and still get to explore more books than I'll >ever have time to read. All in all, Safari is a great resource I'd >recommend to anyone." > >Your group can also participate in this introductory program just for >user group members. To "Go on Safari," any of your members who sign up >for our Safari 14-day free trial can send comments on their >experiences, or tips and tricks for how they used Safari (it only >needs to be 2 sentences long, but it may be longer) to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >(Please include your UG name in the email.) > >Every week someone will be chosen from the tips or comments submitted >to receive fun stuff from O'Reilly (T-shirts, book bags, or other >surprises). If a member of your user group is selected, your group >receives free gifts, too. Whatever the individual member receives, your >UG will get one, too, to give away at your next meeting, or use however >you see fit. Recipients--and their comments--will be announced in the >User Group Newsletter. > >**Please use this special UG URL to sign up for the 14-day trial** >http://www.oreilly.com/safari/ug > >For more information on Safari: >http://safari.oreilly.com/ > >================================================ >News From O'Reilly & Beyond >================================================ >--------------------- >General News >--------------------- >***Free Shipping on O'Reilly Orders >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. This free ground shipping >offer may be used in conjunction with other promotional offers >including the 20% User Group discount code DSUG. The qualifying amount >is the total purchase amount before any discount is applied. > >If your order qualifies for free ground shipping and you are shipping >to Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, a P.O Box, or an APO address, you'll >need to contact our customer service group to complete the order. Email >[EMAIL PROTECTED] or call 800-998-9938 or 707-827-7019. > >For more information, go to: >http://www.oreilly.com/news/freeshipping_0703.html > > >***Vote for Your Favorite O'Reilly Book >"Linux Journal" announced that voting in the 2003 Readers' Choice poll >is officially underway and will continue until July 25, 2003. Winners >will be published in the November 2003 issue. >http://www.linuxjournal.com/rc2003/ > > >***Meeting Tim O'Reilly "In the Flesh" >Wil Wheaton, author of "Dancing Barefoot" by Monolith Press, blogs his >meeting with Tim O'Reilly and selling out of his first book at >O'Reilly's Open Source Convention in Portland, OR in his July 11 >entry. >http://www.wilwheaton.net/ > >--------------------- >Open Source >--------------------- >***The State of Open Source >Daniel Steinberg's report from OSCON details what luminaries from the >open source communities of Perl, Python, PHP, MySQL, Apache, and Linux >had to say about the current state of their technologies and where they >are headed. >http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/07/09/oscon_report.html > >For more reports, photos, and weblogs from the show, don't miss our >OSCON 2003 coverage page: http://www.oreillynet.com/oscon2003/ > > >***An Interview with the Author of "Practical mod_perl" >In this ONLamp.com interview with chromatic, Stas Bekman talks about >his work, mod_perl 2, and what it's like to be sponsored to work on >free software full-time. >http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/07/03/stas_interview.html > >Stas is the author of O'Reilly's recently released "Practical >mod_perl." >Order Number: 2270 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pmodperl/index.html > >--------------------- >Java >--------------------- >***Creating Email Templates with XML >Nearly every web app needs to send email at some point, but storing >message bodies and headers can be tricky. Rafe Colburn demonstrates >using XML, the Commons Digester, JavaMail, and MessageFormat to >simplify generating and sending email. >http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/07/09/email_templates.html > >--------------------- >.NET >--------------------- >***Using Network Streams >Wei-Meng Lee's earlier article on .NET streams talked about the various >implementations of the Stream class, such as the BufferedStream, >FileStream, MemoryStream, and CryptoStream classes. One class which >wasn't discussed is the NetworkStream class. In this article, he >discusses the use of the NetworkStream class for network communication >and how easy it is to use it for socket programming. >http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2003/07/07/netstreams.html > >--------------------- >XML >--------------------- >***The Document is the Database >When we convert to a database-backed web application in order to solve >problems of shared editing and presentation-oriented file formats, we >trade away the convenience of the file-oriented approach. Can we have >our cake and eat it too? >http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/07/09/udell.html > >--------------------- >Mac >--------------------- >***O'Reilly Happenings at the Macworld CreativePro Conference >The name might not be Macworld NY anymore, but for O'Reilly & >Associates, it's still our favorite excuse to visit with customers on >the East Coast. Our booth will be teeming with activity, and our >authors are deeply involved in this conference. Here's everything you >need to know. >http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/07/09/macworld.html > >***Hydra, VoodooPad, Finish Tops in Second Mac OS X Innovators Contest >Hydra, VoodooPad Earn Top Awards in Second Mac OS X Innovators Contest. >Here's the official announcement with links to the sites of each of the >winners. >http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/developer/2003/07/10/innovators.html > >***Dot Mac Reloaded >Later this year, many Dot Mac subscriptions will be up for renewal, >many of which were purchased at discounted prices. But now that full >pricing will be in effect, are there enough features to entice Mac >users to renew? Michael Brewer explores the changes Panther brings to >Dot Mac. >http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/07/08/dot_mac.html > >Until next time-- > >Marsee
--- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Puryear Information Technology, LLC <http://www.puryear-it.com> Providing expertise in the management, integration, and security of Windows and UNIX systems, networks, and applications.
