[SWLUG] [Fwd: O'Reilly User Group Newsletter Issue 14-03]

Philip Downer phil at pjd.me.uk
Wed Jul 16 21:53:15 UTC 2003 

I'm forwarding this newsletter that I've recieved from O' Reilly, if
anyone would prefer that I do not forward these User Group newsletters
in the future then please let me know.

Phil


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O'Reilly UK User Group Programme
NEWSLETTER
Issue 14-03


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HIGHLIGHTS
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NEWS FROM O’REILLY AND BEYOND

-The Future of Mozilla Application Development
-Writing for O'Reilly
-Defending Your Site Against Spam
-MySQL FULLTEXT Searching
-Using the Jakarta Commons, Part 1
-Understanding Interfaces in .NET
-Super-Efficient Image Rollovers
-Self-Enhancing Stylesheets
-Making Movies with the Apple iSight
-O'Reilly in a Nutshell--Tim O'Reilly interview on Apple.com
-O'Reilly Hits Milestone on Bookshare.org
-Secure Cooking with Linux
-Top Ten Tomcat Configuration Tips
-Using Delegates to Implement Event Handling
-How (Not) to Grow a Technology
-Developer Notes from WWDC
-Top Ten Digital Video Tips
UPCOMING EVENTS
BOOK NEWS
- Books for review
- Coming soon
YOUR BOOK REVIEWS
YOUR NEWS

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SPECIAL EVENTS
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Tim O’Reilly visited  the UK in June. Did you miss his presentation?
Thanks to the UK Unix User Group, you can see it on
http://www.ukuug.org/events/TimOReilly/slides.ppt


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NEWS FROM O'REILLY & BEYOND
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General News
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***The Future of Mozilla Application Development
Recently, mozilla.org announced a major update to its development
roadmap. David Boswell and Brian King provide an analysis of the new
roadmap, and demonstrate how to convert an existing XPFE-based
application into an application that uses the new XUL toolkit.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mozilla/2003/06/27/mozilla.html

***Writing for O'Reilly
We're always looking for new authors and new book ideas. Our ideal
author has real technical competence and a passion for explaining
things clearly. We're happy to work with first time authors, and
encourage inquiries about virtually any topic. However, it helps if you
know that we tend to publish "high end" books rather than books for
dummies, and generally don't want yet another book on a topic that's
already well covered.
For more information, please check out:
http://oreilly.com/oreilly/author/intro.html

***O'Reilly in a Nutshell--Tim O'Reilly interview on Apple.com
"My business thrives when the industry is interesting," says O'Reilly &
Associates founder and president.
http://www.apple.com/pro/

***O'Reilly Hits Milestone on Bookshare.org
There are now more than 100 O'Reilly titles available for blind and
visually impaired readers on Bookshare.org, an online community that
enables book scans to be shared.
http://www.bookshare.org/web/Welcome.html

Check out the complete list of O'Reilly titles on Bookshare.org:
http://www.bookshare.org/web/BooksOreilly.html


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Open Source
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***Defending Your Site Against Spam
To users, unsolicited commercial e-mail is an annoyance. To mail server
administrators, it's a threat. Dru Nelson recently had his network
attacked by spammers. He explains the various defenses he considered
for protecting against future attacks.
http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2003/06/26/blocklist.html

***MySQL FULLTEXT Searching
Storing text in your database is handy, but searching can be a pain.
MySQL's FULLTEXT search can save your sanity. Joe Stump demonstrates
how it works and gives several ideas on how to use it in your own
applications.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/06/26/fulltext.html

***Secure Cooking with Linux
Learn how to authenticate by public key, encrypt backups, and combine
log files in this first of three sets of recipes selected by the
authors of "Linux Security Cookbook."
http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/excerpt/lsckbk_chap1/index1.html


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Java
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***Using the Jakarta Commons, Part 1
Ever find yourself thinking "Someone's surely solved this problem
before?" That's the beauty of open source. In this first of three
articles, Vikram Goyal explores the Jakarta Commons, mature and
well-defined reusable Java components.
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/06/25/commons.html

***Top Ten Tomcat Configuration Tips
How can you configure Tomcat to do what you want it to do? Jason
Brittain, coauthor of O'Reilly's "Tomcat: The Definitive Guide,"
provides tips and configuration examples that cover frequently asked
questions from newbies about configuring Jakarta Tomcat.
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/06/25/tomcat_tips.html

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.NET
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***Understanding Interfaces in .NET
.NET introduces the potentially confusing concept of an interface. An
interface is a contract that defines the signature of some piece of
functionality. Throughout the .NET framework, interfaces are used to
define that certain types have well-known behaviors. Nick Harrison
explains what interfaces are and how to use them in your own classes.
http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2003/06/30/interfaces.html

***Using Delegates to Implement Event Handling
In this article, Jesse Liberty focuses on how delegates are used to
implement event handling, with a look at the implementation of a custom
event.
http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2003/06/23/progCsharp3.html


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Web
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***Super-Efficient Image Rollovers
Danny Goodman shows you how to reduce the number of individual image
files downloaded to a browser to accomplish three-state image
rollovers.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2003/07/01/bonusrecipe.html

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XML
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***Self-Enhancing Stylesheets
Developing new stylesheets can be a chore. So why not let XSLT take the
load? This article shows how to easily check the coverage of your XSLT
and create skeleton stylesheets.
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/07/02/xslt2.html

***How (Not) to Grow a Technology
Grassroots chaos or death-by-committee? The choice is yours. Kendall
Clark looks at strategies for growing XML technologies.
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/06/25/deviant.html

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Mac
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***Making Movies with the Apple iSight
Online conferencing is great, but what else can you do with your new
iSight? Actually, quite a bit. In this first installment of an ongoing
series, Derrick Story shows you how to make professional-looking
QuickTime movies with just an iSight and some very inexpensive
software.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/07/01/isight.html

***Developer Notes from WWDC
After the keynote, press releases, and standing-room-only sessions,
developers at WWDC process their impressions through conversation and
note comparison. Here's what some of them have to say.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/06/24/wwdc_2003.html

***Top Ten Digital Video Tips
Unless the guy next door happens to be Steven Soderbergh, you'll
probably have a hard time getting good advice about how to master your
DV camcorder. Yes, you can pore over each dryly composed paragraph in
your multilanguage owner's manual, but chances are all that will
improve is your French. Instead, check out these ten handy tips that
will transform your ho-hum footage into compelling video.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/06/13/dv_tips.html


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CONFERENCES
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***Registration Is Open for the Second Annual O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference
Do you want to tame Panther quickly, or live Apple's iLife to the
fullest? If so, the second annual O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference can take
you where you want to go with Apple's newest software and hardware. One
day of in-depth tutorials and three days of conference sessions cover
topics like network security, Cocoa, Java, Rendezvous, Quartz, AirPort
Extreme, workflow management, Unix administration, and much more. Some
of the many experts presenting at the conference include David Pogue,
Adam Engst, mmalcolm Crawford, Dan Wood, Andy Ihnatko, Robb Beal, and
Dan Frakes.

O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference
October 27-30, 2003
Westin Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA
http://conferences.oreilly.com/macosxcon/

User Group members who register before September 12, 2003 get a double
discount. Use code DSUG when you register, and receive 20% off the
"Early Bird" price.

To register, go to:
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/macosx2003/create/ord_mac03


***Put Up an O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Banner, Get A Free Book
Yet another new banner offer--
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 Mac OS X Conference banner, I will send you the
O'Reilly book of your choice.

O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Banners:
http://ug.oreilly.com/banners/macosx2003/

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BOOK NEWS
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****Latest books available for review

Review copies are available please email me, with your postal address, for a
copy - josette at oreilly.co.uk

Building Wireless Community Networks, 2nd Editon
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wirelesscommnet2/

Digital Video Pocket Guide
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dvideopg/index.html

Essential CVS
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/cvs/

Google Pocket Guide
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/googlepg/

Linux in a Nutshell, 4th Edition
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxnut4/

Perl 6 Essentials
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perl6es/

Programming .NET Security
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/prognetsec/

Secure Coding: Principles & Practices
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/securecdng/

Tomcat: The Definitive Guide
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/tomcat/


****Coming Soon

ActionScript Cookbook
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actscptckbk/

BLAST
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/blast/

Cisco Cookbook
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ciscockbk/

Extreme Programming Pocket Guide
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/extprogpg/

IPod: The Missing Manual
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ipodtmm/

Learning UML
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnuml/

Learning Web Design, 2nd Edition
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnweb2/

PC Hardware in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pchardnut3/

Practical RDF
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pracrdf/

RTF Pcoket Guide
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/rtfpg/

Secure Programming Cookbook for C and C++
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/secureprgckbk/

UML Pocket Reference
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/umlpr/


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YOUR BOOK REVIEWS
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O’Reilly Users Group in Egypt  reviewed – Programming C#, 3rd Editon
http://oreilly.5u.com/rev.htm

Birmingham pm reviewed -
DNS and BIND, 4th Edition
http://birmingham.pm.org/docs/reviews/dnsbind.html

XSL-FO (Making XML look good in print)
http://birmingham.pm.org/docs/reviews/xsl-fo.html

XML in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition
http://birmingham.pm.org/docs/reviews/xmlnut2.html


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YOUR NEWS
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*** Linux 2003 Conference and Tutorials – organized by the UKUUG
Thurs 31st July - Sun 3rd August 2003 - Edinburgh, Scotland
http://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2003/


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