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* Free as in Freedom - Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software
* Creating Applications with Mozilla - Mozilla is not just a web browser. It is
also a framework for building cross-platform applications using standards such as
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), XML languages such as the XML-based User-interface
Language (XUL), eXtensible Binding Language (XBL), and Resource Description Framework
(RDF). Gecko, Mozilla's rendering engine, is used as part of the framework, along with
other technologies such as XPConnect and XPCOM, Mozilla's component model. The Mozilla
development framework also uses programming languages such as JavaScript, C++, C,
Python, and Interface Definition Language (IDL). The Mozilla framework is used to
create Netscape's Mozilla-based browsers (Netscape 6.x and 7.x), other browsers such
as Galeon and Camino, and chat clients like ChatZilla and JabberZilla. Developers also
use Mozilla to create development tools, browser enhancements, games, and other types
of add-ons and applications. This book explains how applic
ations are created with Mozilla and provides step-by-step information that shows how to create your own programs using Mozilla's powerful cross-platform development framework. It also includes examples of different existing applications to demonstrate the possibilities of Mozilla development.
* The Art of Unix Programming - There is a vast difference between knowledge and expertise. Knowledge lets you deduce the right thing to do; expertise makes the right thing a reflex, hardly requiring conscious thought at all. This book has a lot of knowledge in it, but it is mainly about expertise. It is going to try to teach you the things about Unix development that Unix experts know, but aren't aware that they know. It is therefore less about technicalia and more about shared culture than most Unix books â both explicit and implicit culture, both conscious and unconscious traditions. It is not a âhow-toâ book, it is a âwhy-toâ book. The why-to has great practical importance, because far too much software is poorly designed. Much of it suffers from bloat, is exceedingly hard to maintain, and is too difficult to port to new platforms or extend in ways the original programmers didn't anticipate. These problems are symptoms of bad design. We hope that readers
of this book will learn something of what Unix has to teach about good design.
* XForms Essentials - The book in your hands introduces you to XForms, a combination of two of the most successful experiments ever performed on the Web: XML and forms. 2003 marks the 10-year anniversary of forms on the Web. During that time, the Web grew from a loose collection of technical research sites to the livelihood of millions; browser empires have risen and fallen; and the tech economy went through an inflationary period of cosmic proportions only to collapse back in upon itself. The addition of forms to the otherwise static HTML language in 1993 was a revolutionary step forward, making possible Yahoo!, Google, Amazon, Hotmail, and countless other interactive sites. During the mid-nineties, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), began work on XML, a uniform way to represent structured text and data, in an attempt to simplify an earlier language called SGML. XML became a W3C Recommendation in 1998, and has since gained momentum, becoming the foundation for XHTML
, SVG, the Universal Business Language (UBL), syndication formats like RSS, and DocBook (which was used to write this book). Nearly every data format that consists primarily of human-readable data has been influenced by XML.
* The Linux Development Platform - The Linux Development Platform shows how to
choose the best open source and GNU development tools for your specific needs, and
integrate them into a complete development environment that maximizes your
effectiveness in any project. It covers editors, compilers, assemblers, debuggers,
version control, utilities, LSB, Java, cross-platform solutions, and the entire Linux
software development process.
* Intrusion Detection with SNORT: Advanced IDS Techniques Using SNORT, Apache,
MySQL, PHP, and ACID - Rafeeq Ur Rehman explains and simplifies every aspect of
deploying and managing Snort in your network. You'll discover how to monitor all your
network traffic in real time; update Snort to reflect new security threats; automate
and analyze Snort alerts; and more. Best of all, Rehman's custom scripts integrate
Snort with Apache, MySQL, PHP, and ACID-so you can build and optimize a complete IDS
solution more quickly than ever before.
* Embedded Software Development with eCos - Embedded Software Development with eCos shows
developers and managers the advantages of using the eCos â Embedded Configurable Operating
System from Red Hat â over proprietary or commercial embedded operating systems. In this
start-to-finish guide to eCos solution bui
