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O'Reilly News for User Group Members
March 7, 2007
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-A+, Network+, Security+ Exams in a Nutshell
-ActionScript 3.0 Design Patterns: Rough Cut Version
-Ajax on Java
-The Art and Science of CSS
-Asterisk: The Future of Telephony: Rough Cuts Version,
Second Edition
-bash Cookbook: Rough Cuts Version
-Beyond Schemas: Planning Your XML Model
-Closeup Shooting
-CompTIA A+Essentials 220-601 Exam Guide
-Designing BSD Rootkits
-HDR: An Introduction to High Dynamic Range Photography
-Head First Algebra
-Head First PMP
-Introduction to Flex 2
-Lead Generation on the Web
-Learning WCF: Rough Cuts Version
-Linux Appliance Design
-Linux System Administration
-MAKE: Technology on Your Time Volume 09
-Microsoft Windows Vista Exam 70-620 Guide
-Programming .NET 3.0: Rough Cuts Version
-Programming WCF Services
-Programming WPF: Rough Cuts Version, Second Edition
-QuickBase: The Missing Manual
-TextMate
-Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers
-What's New in Apache Web Server 2.2?
-Windows Admin Programming with Visual C# 2005 Little Black
Book
-Windows Vista Pocket Reference
-Windows Vista: The Definitive Guide
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-Adam Trachtenberg, LinuxWorld Open Solutions Summit,
New York, NY--Mar 14
-Chris Shiflett, 2007 PHP Quebec Conference, Montreal,
QC--Mar 15
-O'Reilly at Society for Photographic Education, Miami,
FL--Mar 15-18
-David Pogue, NYPC, New York, NY--Mar 20
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OH--Mar 24
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26-27
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-Eric Meyer at An Event Apart, Boston, MA Mar 26-27
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-QOOP + O'Reilly: Create Your Own Shirt or Mug
-User Group Members Receive a Special 30% Discount on
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-How an Accident of Hardware Design Encouraged Open Source
-How to Optimize Rank Data in MySQL
-Lightroom Getting Started: Organizing the Lightroom
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-Joe Schorr on Color Management in Aperture
-Replacing AppleScript with Ruby
-Stream Live HDTV from Your Mac
-Cleaning Up Your Disk Drives in Windows Vista
-The Three Faces of ASP.NET AJAX
-Analyzing Assemblies with Reflector
-Statement, Branch, and Path Coverage Testing in Java
-An Introduction to Hibernate 3 Annotations
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***Ajax on Java
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***Asterisk: The Future of Telephony: Rough Cuts Version,
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***Beyond Schemas: Planning Your XML Model (PDF)
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***Closeup Shooting
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***CompTIA A+Essentials 220-601 Exam Guide (PDF)
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***Designing BSD Rootkits
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***HDR: An Introduction to High Dynamic Range Photography
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***Head First Algebra
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***Introduction to Flex 2 (PDF)
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***Learning WCF: Rough Cuts Version
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***Linux Appliance Design
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***Microsoft Windows Vista Exam 70-620 Guide (PDF)
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***Programming .NET 3.0: Rough Cuts Version
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If you want to build applications that take full advantage
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***QuickBase: The Missing Manual
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ISBN 10: 0596529600
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***TextMate
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***Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers
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Readers will learn how to write stealthy webbots that read
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***What's New in Apache Web Server 2.2? (PDF)
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"What's New in Apache Web Server 2.2?" shows you
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***How an Accident of Hardware Design Encouraged Open Source
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***Lightroom Getting Started: Organizing the Lightroom
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Guide."
<http://www.macdevcenter
.com/pub/a/mac/2007/02/27/replacing-applescript-with-ruby.ht
ml>
***Stream Live HDTV from Your Mac
Erica Sadun shows how to stream HD EyeTV video from a Mac
using VLC in
five easy steps, even as it records. Learn how to build this
remote
video streaming solution by accessing EyeTV's raw MPEG
transport streams
and using VLC to stream that MPEG and watch the video on
another
computer.
<http://www.macdevcenter.
com/pub/a/mac/2007/02/20/stream-live-hdtv-from-your-mac.html
>
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Microsoft/.NET
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***Cleaning Up Your Disk Drives in Windows Vista
Your PC's hard disk fills up fast with junk, gunk, and
extraneous files.
In this excerpt from "Windows Vista: The Definitive
Guide," William R.
Stanek and Paul Marquardt show you how to clean it up fast.
<h
ttp://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2007/03/06/clea
ning-up-your-disk-drives-in-windows-vista.html>
***The Three Faces of ASP.NET AJAX
Jesse Liberty and Dan Hurwitz show you how to how to make
the most out
of AJAX, whether you want to work with simple drag-and-drop
controls,
create custom controls or extenders, or dig deep into its
innards and
see how it all works.
<http://www.windo
wsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2007/02/27/the-three-faces-of-
aspnet-ajax.html>
***Analyzing Assemblies with Reflector
In this excerpt from "Windows Developer Power
Tools," James Avery and
Jim Holmes show you how to use Reflector freeware to explore
any .NET
assembly and find its dependencies and callers, or dive down
and explore
an entire assembly.
<http://www.
windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2007/02/20/analyzing-asse
mblies-with-reflector.html>
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Java
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***Statement, Branch, and Path Coverage Testing in Java
Even with unit tests approaching 100% coverage, critical
logic errors
could be hiding in your code. It is impossible to test every
possible
condition, but with a little analysis of the potential paths
and a plan
to test them, you can be much more confident in the quality
of your
tests.
<http://
www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2007/03/02/statement-branch-and-
path-coverage-testing-in-java.html>
***An Introduction to Hibernate 3 Annotations
Hibernate is just about the defacto standard for Java
database
persistence. With Hibernate 3, it has become even easier to
specify how
your Java objects are stored in a database. In this article,
John Smart
shows how Java 5 annotations are used by Hibernate to
simplify your code
and make persisting your data even easier.
<http://www.onja
va.com/pub/a/onjava/2007/02/08/an-introduction-to-hibernate-
3-annotations.html>
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Web
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***Learn Ruby on Rails: the Ultimate Beginner's Tutorial
In this action-packed adventure, Patrick provides rock-solid
foundations
in object oriented programming principles, and a detailed
explanation of
Ruby syntax. After this comprehensive tour, you'll plunge
into the
mysterious depths of the Rails framework.
<http://www.sitepoint.com/article/learn-ruby-on-rails>
***Avoid Evil JavaScript
What makes some JavaScript Evil, and can beginners learn to
write Good
JavaScript code from day one?
<http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/02/09
/avoiding-evil-javascript/>
***The Hard Facts about Heading Structure
Because assistive technologies like screen readers allow
users to
navigate through a document by its heading structure, its
important to
ensure your site is up to scratch. Find out if your site
passes the test.
<http://www.sitepoint.com/bl
ogs/2007/01/26/the-hard-facts-about-heading-structure/>
Until next time--
Marsee Henon
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