--=-a8F7dNuTmf2igM25BLxr Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=-X235oGxG0t9k+1A8sCsQ" --=-X235oGxG0t9k+1A8sCsQ Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable FYI --=20 Jim Freedom is all we really want --=-X235oGxG0t9k+1A8sCsQ Content-Disposition: inline Content-Description: Forwarded message - Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, April 4 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Return-path: Envelope-to: farli@deru.com Delivery-date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 19:58:30 -0700 Received: from rock.oreilly.com ([209.204.146.34] helo=smtp.oreilly.com) by kuu.deru.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 191dt0-0000jg-00 for farli@deru.com; Fri, 04 Apr 2003 19:58:30 -0700 Received: from rock.west.ora.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.oreilly.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h352wFoR019870 for ; Fri, 4 Apr 2003 18:58:15 -0800 (PST) Received: (from marsee@localhost) by rock.west.ora.com (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h352w4SU019859 for farli@deru.com.; Fri, 4 Apr 2003 18:58:04 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 18:58:04 -0800 (PST) From: Marsee Henon Message-Id: <200304050258.h352w4SU019859@rock.west.ora.com> To: farli@deru.com Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, April 4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable O'Reilly User Group Program Newsletter April 4, 2003 Please share this information with your members... Highlights This Week: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Book News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Outlook Pocket Guide -Mastering Visual Studio .NET -.NET Windows Forms in a Nutshell -Content Syndication with RSS ---------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Brian McConnell ("Beyond Contact"), SFPCUG, San Francisco, CA --April 15 -JavaRanch Online Author Forum--Apr 15-18 -PHPCon East 2003, New York, NY--Apr 23-25 -Linuxfest Northwest 2003, Bellingham, WA--April 26 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Conference=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Free Amazon Workshop at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference -Registration is open for the 2003 O'Reilly Open Source Convention -O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Call for Participation -Put Up an O'Reilly Open Source Convention Banner,=20 Get a Free Book --------------------------------------------------------------- Safari=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------- -"Go On Safari" winner--Hamster, LinuxChix ---------------------------------------------------------------- News ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Sift, Stir, Code: O'Reilly Cookbooks -Daddy, Are We There Yet? A Discussion with Alan Kay -Cheap IP Takeover -What's New in Python 2.3? -Top 12 Reasons to Write Unit Tests -Inside the Workings of Rotor -Oracle 9i Release 2 Developments for PL/SQL Collections -iMovie 3 and Other New Books -A Photographer's Review of the Canon EOS 10D Digital SLR -A Developer's Perspective on Apple's 12-inch PowerBook ---------------------------------------------------------------- News From Your Peers ---------------------------------------------------------------- -MUG ONE Special Event with Dave Marra, Oneonta, NY--May 6 -Peninsula Apple Users Group Celebrates 20 years, Redwood City, CA--July 19 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Book News =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 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.=20 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/ ***Outlook Pocket Guide Order Number: 4443 This pocket-size reference explains how Outlook works behind the scenes, allowing you to more efficiently manage your schedule, contacts, and deadlines. The book includes an extensive guide section for common tasks and little-known solutions, as well as reference tables for keyboard shortcuts, regular expressions, and common file locations. =20 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/outlookpg/ ***Mastering Visual Studio .NET Order Number: 3609 Most developers can perform the basics inside Visual Studio .NET, like creating a project, typing some code, compiling, and debugging. "Mastering Visual Studio .NET" covers these topics quickly, and then it gives intermediate and advanced programmers the kind of depth that's really needed: advanced window functionality, macros, advanced debugging, add-ins, and so on. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mastvsnet/ Chapter 7, "Integrating Components with Visual Studio .NET," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mastvsnet/chapter/index.html ***.NET Windows Forms in a Nutshell Order Number: 3382 ".NET Windows Forms in a Nutshell" offers an accelerated introduction to this next generation of rich user-interface development. Experienced programmers will find a comprehensive guide to developing Windows applications within the .NET Windows Forms platform, along with a compact yet complete reference to the .NET Framework Class Library (FCL) Windows Forms namespaces and types. The bonus CD-ROM includes an add-in that integrates the book's reference directly into the help files of Visual Studio .NET. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/netwinformian/ Chapter 3, "Forms, Containers, and Applications," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/netwinformian/chapter/index.html ***Content Syndication with RSS Order Number: 3838 RSS is an XML-based format that allows web developers to describe and syndicate web site content. Written for webloggers, developers, and programmers who want to offer XML-based feeds of their content, or who want to use content that other people are syndicating, this book explores and explains metadata interpretation, different forms of content syndication, and the increasing use of web services in this field. Produce your own RSS feed with this step-by-step guide to implementation. =20 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/consynrss/ Chapter 4, "RSS 0.91, 0.92 and 2.0 Really Simple Syndication," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/consynrss/chapter/index.html =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Upcoming Events =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D ***Brian McConnell ("Beyond Contact") at SFPCUG, San Francisco, CA--April 15=20 Author Brian McConnell will discuss the current status of SETI programs and his research with the San Francisco PC User's Group. 7 p.m. meeting; doors open at 6 Meetings take place in the auditorium of the Community College District Office, 33 Gough Street, (a half-block south of Market Street) San Francisco, CA. www.sfpcug.org ***JavaRanch Online Author Forum--April 15-18=20 Author Ron Hitchens ("Java NIO") moseys up to the JavaRanch for four days, answering questions and responding to Forum topics. On the last day, four winners will be randomly selected from all Forum participants to win a copy of the book. =20 http://www.javaranch.com/bookpromo.jsp ***PHPCon East 2003, New York, NY-- April 23-25 Join O'Reilly author and PHP inventor Rasmus Lerdorf ("PHP Pocket Reference") at PHPCon for his opening keynote and session on "PHP Tips and Tricks." Also, don't miss "PHP Cookbook" authors Adam Trachtenberg and David Sklar for their session, "Taming Large-Scale PHP Projects." PHPCon East 2003 Park Central Hotel=20 870 Seventh Avenue at 56th Street=20 New York City, New York 10019-4038 http://php-con.com/ ***Linuxfest Northwest 2003, Bellingham, WA--April 26 Brian Aker ("Running Weblogs with Slash") and Randal Schwartz ("Learning Perl, 3rd Edition") will be speaking at Linuxfest Northwest 2003, a regional exposition for computer users interested in the Linux operating system and other Open Source software. This event is being organized by Linux User Groups from Bellingham, Kitsap Peninsula, Seattle, and Tacoma, and hosted by BTC. Admission to the event is free. April 26th, 2003,10am to 4pm Bellingham Technical College 3028 Lindbergh Avenue,=20 Bellingham, WA 98225 For more information: http://linuxnorthwest.com For more events, please see: http://events.oreilly.com/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Conference News =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D ***Free Amazon Workshop at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference This full-day workshop, located at ETech, examines the Amazon platform in depth, with a specific focus on web services APIs. Amazon.com employees and third party developers share case studies and demonstrations. Space is limited (and filling up quickly). Register for the workshop by April 14, 2003. =20 To register, send an email to Linda Holder at lholder@oreilly.com with your contact information. For more info, read the Slashdot article "REST vs. SOAP In Amazon Web Services": http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=3D03/04/03/1942235 For more info on the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference:=20 http://conferences.oreilly.com/etcon/ ***Registration is open for the 2003 O'Reilly Open Source Convention --Portland, OR Programmers, developers, strategists, technical staff, and other open source votaries from around the world congregate for five days of tutorials, conference sessions, and networking of the flesh-and-blood variety. Recognizing that open source tools have moved squarely into the mainstream, this year's convention focuses on "embracing and extending proprietary software." Early Bird Discount-- User Group members who register before May 23, 2003, get a double discount. Use code DSUG when you register, and you'll get 20% off the "Early Bird" price. To register, go to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2003/create/ord_os03 O'Reilly Open Source Convention Portland Marriott Downtown, Portland, OR July 7-11, 2003 http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/ ***O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Call for Participation System administrators, developers, strategists, technical staff, and power users are invited to submit proposals to lead tutorial and conference sessions at the second annual O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference. Suggested topics include: Scripting Genius, Amazing Applications, Ingenious Hacks, and SysAdmin Mac Style, to name a few. http://conferences.oreilly.com/macosxcon/ The submission deadline for proposals is May 14, 2003: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/macosx2003/create/e_sess ***Put Up an O'Reilly Open Source Convention 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 Open Source Convention banner, I will send you the O'Reilly book of your choice. OSCON Conference Banners: http://ug.oreilly.com/banners/oscon2003/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Safari News =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D ***"Go On Safari" Tip of the Week Winner--Hamster, LinuxChix "Make Safari your first port of call when searching the Web for technical information. Search engines return an awful lot of junk, but a search on Safari has a 100% signal to noise ratio!!" 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 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 safari_talk@oreilly.com. 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/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D News From O'Reilly & Beyond =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --------------------- General News --------------------- ***Sift, Stir, Code: O'Reilly Cookbooks=20 Looking for the right ingredients to solve a programming problem? Look no further than O'Reilly Cookbooks. Each cookbook contains hundreds of programming recipes presented in a special Problem/Solution/Discussion format, and includes hundreds of scripts, programs, and command sequences you can use to solve specific dilemmas. http://cookbooks.oreilly.com/ ***Daddy, Are We There Yet? A Discussion with Alan Kay Daniel Steinberg chats with Alan Kay, the creator of Smalltalk, about where computing is today and where it's headed. Alan will deliver a keynote at O'Reilly's upcoming Emerging Technology Conference. http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2003/04/03/alan_kay.html For more info on the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference:=20 http://conferences.oreilly.com/etcon/ --------------------- Open Source --------------------- ***Cheap IP Takeover Rob Flickenger offers a scheme for monitoring the health of your server using ping, bash, and a simple network utility. This is an example of the 100 hacks you'll find in Rob's "Linux Server Hacks." http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/03/linuxhacks.html Linux Server Hacks Order Number: 4613 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxsvrhack/ ***What's New in Python 2.3? Will the forthcoming Python 2.3 invalidate what you learn from O'Reilly's recently released "Python in a Nutshell?" Is it worth upgrading to 2.3, or should you stick to 2.2 as long as possible? This article, by Alex Martelli, the author of "Python in a Nutshell," answers these questions with a look at the changes and improvements in the new version, including reviews of the new modules 2.3 has to offer. =20 http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2003/03/27/pythonian.html Python in a Nutshell Order Number: 1886 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythonian/index.html --------------------- Java --------------------- ***Top 12 Reasons to Write Unit Tests Most programmers don't write tests, which is unfortunate since testing improves software quality and design, reduces bugs, and provides material for accurate documentation. If those reasons don't convince you, here are 12 more, brought to you by Eric M. Burke and Brian M. Coyner, coauthors of "Java Extreme Programming Cookbook." http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/04/02/javaxpckbk.html Java Extreme Programming Cookbook Order Number: 3870 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jextprockbk/ --------------------- .NET --------------------- ***Inside the Workings of Rotor Get under the Shared Source CLI hood in this OET interview with David Stutz, a former member of Microsoft's .NET Framework core design team and a coauthor of the first book on the inside operations of Rotor, O'Reilly's "Shared Source CLI Essentials." http://www.oetrends.com/cgi-bin/page_display.cgi?194 Shared Source CLI Essentials Order Number: 351X http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sscliess/ --------------------- Oracle --------------------- ***Oracle 9i Release 2 Developments for PL/SQL Collections Steven Feuerstein and Bryn Llewellyn explore the extended flexibility of the collection syntax, storage, and access in Oracle 9i Release 2, which makes it possible to write simpler, more efficient code. Steven is a coauthor of "Oracle PL/SQL Programming, 3rd Edition." http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2003/04/01/feuerstein.html Oracle PL/SQL Programming, 3rd Edition Order Number: 3811 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/oraclep3/index.html --------------------- Mac --------------------- ***iMovie 3 and Other New Books Author David Pogue talks about a number of upcoming releases that will cover everything you need to know about the Apple iLife suite, in the latest From David's Desk. http://missingmanuals.com/david/ ***A Photographer's Review of the Canon EOS 10D Digital SLR=20 The concept of digital photography is exciting. But in reality, shooting with a typical digicam elicits a raft of frustrations, from shutter lag to those miserable optical viewfinders. The Canon EOS 10D digital SLR changes all of that. It's a photographic tool that distinguishes itself as a capable camera first, then amazes you that it uses CompactFlash media instead of film. Here's a photographer's look at what might be your next digital camera. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/all_mac_articles ***A Developer's Perspective on Apple's 12-inch PowerBook Many of our developers have been eyeing Apple's new 12-inch PowerBook as a possible upgrade for their iBooks. Yes, the PowerBook does have a G4 processor, but does it pass muster in other areas? Wei Meng Lee made the leap and reports on how he landed. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/03/28/powerbook.html =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D News From Your Peers =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D ***MUG ONE Special Event with Dave Marra, Oneonta, NY--May 6 Dave Marra, Apple Senior Systems Engineer, will be presenting to The Macintosh User Group of Oneonta, NY on May 6, 2003 at 7:30 PM in Hogdon IRC Classroom 4 on the State University at Oneonta campus for an exciting evening exploring the amazing new Macintosh hardware and software recently released from Apple. =20 http://www.mugone.com/ ***Peninsula Apple Users Group Celebrates 20 years, Redwood City, CA--July 19 All Macintosh enthusiasts are invited to join Saturday, July 19, 2003 from 11am-3pm at the Red Morton Community Park in Redwood City, California. =20 http://homepage.mac.com/ipaug/20-yrs.html Please RSVP by July 11 to Audrey Hargis at audreyrwc@aol.com. 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