FYI from one of our strongest vendor supporters . . . ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, October 7 Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 17:50:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Marsee Henon To: farli@unitywave.com 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 marsee@oreilly.com ***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 MdAPPLE@aol.com Until next time, Marsee ------------------------------------------------------- -- Jim Freedom is worth protecting