---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, January 10 Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 15:46:37 -0800 (PST) From: Denise Olliffe To: farli@unitywave.com NEWSLETTER O'Reilly User Group Program January 10, 2002 Here is the first newsletter of the new year. Enjoy. ;-) HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK BOOKS: - Programming Visual Basic .NET - Programming Web Services with SOAP - Programming Jabber - Windows 2000 Performance Guide - SAX2 NEWS: - Beginning Bioinformatics - Top Ten Cisco IOS Tips - At Macworld, Jobs Shows iPhoto and New iMac - Use iMovie to Edit Your QuickTime Content - What's Next for Linux and Open Source ================================================ BOOK NEWS ================================================ REVIEW COPIES AVAILABLE, email me for a copy. Press Releases available at: http://press.oreilly.com/ PROGRAMMING VISUAL BASIC .NET Order Number: 0936 Published just in time for the first release of Visual Studio .NET, "Programming Visual Basic .NET" is a programmer's complete guide to Visual Basic .NET. Starting with a sample application and a high-level map, the book jumps right into showing how the parts of .NET fit with Visual Basic .NET. Topics include the common language runtime, Windows Forms, ASP.NET, Web Forms, Web Services, and ADO.NET. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progvbdotnet/ PROGRAMMING WEB SERVICES WITH SOAP Order Number: 0952 "Programming Web Services with SOAP" introduces you to building distributed Web-based applications using the SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI protocols. You'll learn the XML underlying these standards, as well as how to use the popular toolkits for Java and Perl. The book also addresses security and other enterprise issues. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progwebsoap/ PROGRAMMING JABBER Order Number: 2025 "Programming Jabber" offers developers a chance to learn and understand the Jabber technology and protocol from an implementer's point of view Detailed information of each part of the Jabber protocol is introduced, explained, and discussed in the form of mini-projects, or simple and extended examples in Perl, Python, and Java. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jabber/ WINDOWS 2000 PERFORMANCE GUIDE Order Number: 4665 "Windows 2000 Performance Guide" will give you the information and the conceptual framework to become your own Windows 2000 performance expert. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/w2kperf/ SAX2 Order Number: 2378 This concise book gives you information you need to effectively use the Simple API for XML (SAX2), the dominant API for efficient XML processing with Java. With SAX2, developers have access to information in XML documents as they are read without imposing major memory constraints or a large code footprint. SAX2 gives you the detail and examples required to use SAX2 to its full potential. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sax2/ FYI: "Mac OS X: The Missing Manual" has been flying off the shelves, and we are already on our 2nd print run--and the book has been out less than a month! We sold out within 4 hours on opening day of Macworld in S.F., CA. If you wish to request a review copy, let me know. Keep in mind--I'd like to see a review. ;) User Group member discount for O'Reilly books is 20% when purchased direct. Use the DSUG discount code. Order at www.oreilly.com or 800-998-9938. ================================================ NEWS FROM O'REILLY & BEYOND ================================================ Spread the word to your members.... BIOINFORMATICS -------------------- BEGINNING BIOINFORMATICS Find out what the average Perl programmer needs to know to get into the exciting new field of bioinformatics, from James Tisdall, author of "Beginning Perl for Bioinformatics." http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2002/01/02/bioinf.html CISCO -------------------- TOP TEN CISCO IOS TIPS >From useful show commands to common access-list pitfalls, here are ten tips on working with the Cisco IOS, by James Boney, author of "Cisco IOS in a Nutshell." http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/01/02/ciscotips.html MAC/APPLE -------------------- AT MACWORLD, JOBS SHOWS iPHOTO AND NEW iMAC Daniel Steinberg, who writes a column for O'Reilly Network on "Java Programming on the Mac," has delivered a good, detailed report on Jobs' keynote address, and goes into fair detail about how iPhoto works, as well as about what iMacs will be ready when, and for how much. USE iMOVIE TO EDIT YOUR QUICKTIME CONTENT O'Reilly editor Derrick Story shares some secrets for using iMovie to edit, create transitions, and add special effects to non-Digital Video content. For more on iMovie, don't miss O'Reilly's "iMovie 2: The Missing Manual." http://mac.oreilly.com/news/imovietips_0102.html OPEN SOURCE --------------------- WHAT'S NEXT FOR LINUX AND OPEN SOURCE Commercial success in locking up crucial data with patents, says Tim O'Reilly, could adversely affect software interoperability and public access to scientific knowledge. In this Linux Magazine article, Tim also suggests that open source advocates extend themselves to new fields like bioinformatics. You can do that at the upcoming O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference. http://www.linux-mag.com/2001-10/trench_01.html =============================================== O'REILLY CONFERENCES =============================================== O'REILLY BIOINFORMATICS TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE January 28-31, 2002 Tuscon, Arizona This conference is only 2 weeks away. Registration has exceeded our expectations, so if you plan to attend--register soon. Your registration discount is 20% when using the user group DSUG discount code. Until next week. --Denise -------------------------------------------------------