-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, February 8 Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 18:45:34 -0800 (PST) From: Marsee Henon To: farli@unitywave.com 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 - ------------------------------------------------------- - -- Jim Freedom is worth preserving -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 iQA/AwUBPGScBysk3ywszI1FEQKKdACgjNz22NoUU5Yt98EkKKVAGpF45L8AoI4x MNUgzYFmOSpuMrmfBdwGwHJJ =Wzb/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----