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Written by a core member of the Perl debugger development team, it's an ideal quick reference to debugger commands, as well as a detailed tutorial on how to get started. "Perl Debugger Pocket Reference" provides complete coverage in a conveniently small package. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perldebugpr/ An excerpt, "Before You Debug, A Debugger Tutorial, and More," is available online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perldebugpr/chapter/index.html ***Java Examples in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition ISBN: 0596006209 This third edition covers Java 1.4 and contains 193 complete, practical examples: over 21,900 lines of densely commented, professionally written Java code, covering 20 distinct client-side and server-side APIs. It includes new chapters on the Java Sound API and the New I/O API. The chapters on XML and servlets have been rewritten to cover the latest versions of the specifications and to demonstrate best practices for Java 1.4. 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Although not a study guide, this book will cover all objectives on Check Point's CCSA exam and a free exam simulator will be available from syngress.com. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1932266895/ ================================================ Upcoming Events ================================================ ***For more events, please see: http://events.oreilly.com/ ***Tim O'Reilly, The Licensing Executives Society Winter Meeting, San Francisco, CA--February 13 Tim moderates a panel discussing "Executing Convergence with Open Source Software: Benefit or What?" http://www.usa-canada.les.org/2004winter/plenary.asp#13 ================================================ Conference News ================================================ ***Digital Democracy Teach-In, San Diego, CA--February 9 We've just added a Digital Democracy Teach-In to the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference. It's a stand-alone, full-day session that explores the Internet's impact on the political process. If you're interesting in theintersection of technology, politics, and culture, you won't want to miss it. Hear from the people who are defying conventional wisdom and changing the rules of the game--the founders of MoveOn and MeetUp, Dean campaign staffers, influential political bloggers, and grassroots advocates. They'll explain how, as political outsiders with technology chops and an urge to change the world, they've hacked the old guard's system. You'll come away with a potent new Internet-based toolset for flexing your political muscle. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/et2004/edemo.csp To register, go to: (Sorry, no user group discounts apply.) http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2004/create/ord_et04?x-t=edemo.create.form ***O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference February 9-12, 2004 Westin Horton Plaza San Diego San Diego, CA 92101 http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech/ Use code DSUG when you register, and receive 20% off conference pricing. To register for the conference, go to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/28/register.html ***Last Chance--OSCON 2004: Call for Participation Individuals and companies interested in making presentations or giving tutorials at next summer's O'Reilly Open Source Convention in Portland, Oregon are invited to submit proposals. This year's theme is "Opening the Future: Discover, Develop, Deliver." Tracks of interest run the open source gamut from Apache to XML, and we're also looking for proposals for sessions that help attendees add open source to their companies. The deadline for submitting proposals is February 9. 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We have some web graphics available here: http://ug.oreilly.com/banners/ebayhks/ eBay Hacks ISBN: 0596005644 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ebayhks/ ***O'Reilly's Latest Catalog is Available Our new winter catalog is our biggest catalog ever, with information on all our current titles, including our upcoming Februrary releases, as well as those from our new publishing partners. If you'd like to receive our catalogs, sign up here: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog-request/ - --------------------- Open Source - --------------------- ***An Introduction to the Twisted Networking Framework Network programming is difficult, and not just because bandwidth and latency are hard to manage. Itamar Shtull-Trauring introduces Python's Twisted, an open source framework designed to ease development of networked applications. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2004/01/15/twisted_intro.html Itamar will be presenting a session on Twisted February 9th at O'Reilly's Emerging Technology Conference. For more information on the this conference, go to: http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech/ ***Open Source in Government: Newport News, VA Open source software is often attractive to local governments due to cost savings, stability, security, and open access. Migration is still tricky though. Andy Stein, CIO of Newport News, VA, is tackling the problems of adopting open source. In this interview with Tom Adelstein, Andy explains why local governments should form an alliance to share their knowledge and their code. http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2004/01/15/andy_stein_interview.html ***Five Tips for a Better sendmail Configuration Using the vendor-configured version of sendmail bundled with your Unix OS may seem like the easy route to take, but Craig Hunt, author of "sendmail Cookbook," says don't be fooled by this apparent simplicity. Creating a custom sendmail configuration gives you better performance, reliability, security, and maintainability. Craig offers five tips to building a better sendmail configuration. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/01/15/sendmail.html sendmail Cookbook ISBN: 0596004710 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sendmailckbk/ - --------------------- Java - --------------------- ***Introduction to Aspect-Oriented Programming Aspect-oriented programming (AOP) offers the ability to overlay new functionality atop existing code not by rewriting and recompiling, but by adding "aspects" to the compiled code. Graham O'Regan has an introduction. http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/01/14/aop.html ***What's so Bad About Making it Easier to Learn Java? Kathy Sierra, coauthor of "Head First Java" wants to know "What's all this grumbling about 'dumbing down' Java? Is it really so bad to make it easier to learn and develop in Java?" http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/857 ***Java in a Nutshell Survey Java programmers: providing your feedback in our survey will help us refine the next edition of one of our flagship titles, "Java in a Nutshell." Participants will be eligible to win one of 10 autographed copies of the new edition when it releases. Make this next edition as useful as possible by taking our survey. http://www.zoomerang.com/recipient/survey-intro.zgi?ID=L222LTNYRMUF&PIN=CW0BLL7RM3AC - --------------------- .NET - --------------------- ***Inside XAML One of Longhorn's most interesting technologies for developers is its new XML-based markup language, codenamed XAML (short for eXtensible Application Markup Language, and pronounced "Zammel"). User interfaces in Longhorn applications are typically built using XAML. Ian Griffiths looks at how XAML relates to the underlying support provided by WinFX. http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2004/01/19/longhorn.html - --------------------- Mac - --------------------- ***Pogue's iLife '04 Mini Manual available online David Pogue's iLife '04 Mini Manual is your guide to the new features in iLife, Apple's tightly integrated suite of media applications. This exclusive preview is the only documentation available until the spring release of our full-length books on these applications: "iPod & iTunes: The Missing Manual;" "iPhoto 4: The Missing Manual;" "iMovie 4 & iDVD: The Missing Manual;" "GarageBand: The Missing Manual;" and "iLife '04: The Missing Manual." Download the PDF here: http://www.macdevcenter.com/mac/excerpt/iLife04_MiniManual.pdf ***How to Set Up Encrypted Mail on Mac OS X The latest version of Apple's Mail app, included with the Panther upgrade, supports S/MIME security and encryption. But how do you go about getting a certificate and taking advantage of this feature? Fran??ois Joseph de Kermadec shows you how, step by step. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/01/20/mail.html ================================================ News From Your Peers ================================================ ***Golden Gate Computer Society General Meeting, San Rafael, CA--January 26 Don't miss this exciting appearance by former "San Francisco Chronicle" Columnist Henry Norr. The meeting starts at 7:15 pm at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 101 McInnis Parkway, San Rafael, CA. For more Golden Gate Computer Society information, call 415-454-5556 or visit them online: http://www.ggcs.org/thismonth.html Until next time-- Marsee - ----- End forwarded message ----- - -- Don Bindner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----------------------------------------------------------------- To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -----------------------------------------------------------------
