---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, December 20 Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 13:34:24 -0800 (PST) From: Denise Olliffe To: farli@unitywave.com O'Reilly User Group Program NEWSLETTER December 20, 2001 I'd like to wish you all a joyous holiday--and warm wishes for a bountiful new year. This will be the last newsletter of 2001, as I will be out of the office Dec 21 - Jan 1. I look forward to working with all of you in 2002. HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: BOOK NEWS: - Learning Wireless Java - Python & XML - The Web Design CD Bookshelf NEWS: - oreilly.com Wins Web Business Award - Pulling Stock Quotes into Microsoft Excel - ActionScript for JavaScript Programmers - Learning the Mac OS X Terminal: Part 1 - Bioinformatics Meets Mac OS X - Learning Oracle PL/SQL? Here's What to Expect - Distributed Systems Topologies: Part 1 CONFERENCES: - Call for Papers--O'Reilly Open Source Convention, 2002 ================================================ BOOK NEWS ================================================ REVIEW COPIES AVAILABLE, email me for a copy. OK, I'm a little behind on sending out the review copies--I know. I promise to get caught up after the holiday. LEARNING WIRELESS JAVA Order Number: 2432 "Learning Wireless Java" is for Java developers who want to create applications for the Micro Edition audience using the Connected, Limited Device Configuration and the Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP). These APIs specifically for devices such as mobile phones and pagers, allowing programmers to create MIDlet applications. This book offers a solid introduction to J2ME and MIDP, including the javax.microedition classes, as well as classes surrounding the features of the various platforms that the J2ME supports http://oreilly.com/catalog/wirelessjava/ Sample Chapter 5: MIDP GUI Programming http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wirelessjava/chapter/ch05.html PYTHON & XML Order Number: 1282 Python is an ideal language for manipulating XML, and this new volume gives you a solid foundation for using these two languages together. Complete with practical examples that highlight common application tasks, the book starts with the basics then quickly progresses to complex topics, like transforming XML with XSLT and querying XML with XPath. It also explores more advanced subjects, such as SOAP and distributed web services. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythonxml/ Coauthor Article: Using Python and XML with Microsoft .NET My Services http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2001/12/03/myservices.html THE WEB DESIGN CD BOOKSHELF Order Number: 2718 Six best selling O'Reilly Animal Guides are now available on CD-ROM, easily accessible and searchable with your favorite web browser: --"HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide 4th Edition" --"ActionScript: The Definitive Guide" --"Information Architecture for the World Wide Web" --"Designing Web Audio: RealAudio, MP3, Flash, and Beatnik" --"Web Design In a Nutshell, 2nd Edition" --AND "Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide" As a bonus, you also get the new paperback version of "Web Design in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition" when you purchase the CD Bookshelf. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/webcdbk/ Reminder: Your UG discount is 20% when you buy direct from O'Reilly. Use the DSUG discount code when ordering at http://www.oreilly.com/ or when calling 800-998-9938. For a list of what's coming up, go to: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/new.html To search our entire booklist, go to: http://www.oreilly.com/cgi-bin/productindex ================================================ NEWS FROM O'REILLY & BEYOND ================================================ Spread the word to your members.... GENERAL INTEREST ---------------- OREILLY.COM WINS WEB BUSINESS AWARD CIO.com honors O'Reilly & Associates as one of 50 companies thriving on the Web, despite the dot-com debacle. Creating an online community can be good for business, says CIO.com--if you know what you're doing. http://www.cio.com/archive/120101/people.html PULLING STOCK QUOTES INTO MICROSOFT EXCEL You can keep a spreadsheet up to date by pulling stock quotes from the Web, explains Steve Roman, author of O'Reilly's "Learning Excel Macros" and the upcoming "Access Database Design & Programming, 3rd Edition." http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2001/12/10/excelstocks.html JAVASCRIPT ---------------- ACTIONSCRIPT FOR JAVASCRIPT PROGRAMMERS Take advantage of your JavaScript knowledge within Flash's scripting environment by knowing the two languages' similarities and differences. To learn more, check out O'Reilly's "ActionScript: The Definitive Guide." http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2001/12/07/action.html MAC ---------------- LEARNING THE MAC OS X TERMINAL, PART 1 The Terminal application in Mac OS X provides powerful new benefits to traditional Mac users, and Chris Stone shows you how to get comfortable with the Terminal. To learn more, don't miss David Pogue's "Mac OS X: The Missing Manual." http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/12/14/terminal_one.html BIOINFORMATICS MEETS MAC OS X Many of the important bioinformatics applications that previously existed only for Unix platforms are now being ported to the Macintosh, thanks to Mac OS X and its Unix underpinnings. To learn about the latest technologies in bioinformatics, don't miss the upcoming O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/12/14/macbio.html ORACLE ---------------- LEARNING ORACLE PL/SQL? HERE'S WHAT TO EXPECT Here's an inside look at what will surprise, confuse, delight, and amaze you in Oracle PL/SQL, as revealed by Bill Pribyl, coauthor of O'Reilly's "Learning Oracle PL/SQL." http://oracle.oreilly.com/news/plsql_1201.html PEER-TO-PEER ---------------- DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS TOPOLOGIES: PART 1 Nelson Minar describes the essential frameworks for distributed networks used today and tells how Gnutella's network differs from Napster's or SETI@Home's. For more on building distributed, Web-based applications, check out O'Reilly's "Programming Web Services with SOAP." http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2001/12/14/topologies_one.html =============================================== CALL FOR PAPERS =============================================== O'REILLY OPEN SOURCE CONVENTION July 22-26, 2002, at the Sheraton San Diego, San Diego, CA. CALL FOR PAPERS Deadline for submission of proposals: March 1, 2002 This unrivaled convention is offering you the chance to have a say in what topics are offered and discussed--so be sure to send in your proposal for consideration. We're especially seeking presentations that invoke open source's innovative, do-more-with-less origins, and address the challenges of today's economic turbulence. What technologies will thrive and help us to thrive in the future? Creating and reinvesting in community is at the core of open source philosophy--what open source initiatives continue to strengthen these values? Help us discover the answers. http://conferences.oreilly.com/ Be well, and celebrate safely. --Denise -------------------------------------------------------