Books

SitePoint recently announced the release of The Principles Of Project Management, a step-by-step guide to delivering projects on time and on budget.
Authored by Meri Williams and beautifully presented in full color, The Principles Of Project Management proves that project management isn’t rocket science, and, with a little help from Meri, that you don’t need to […]

FXRuby is one of the most popular libraries for developing graphical user interface applications in Ruby. Pragmatic Bookshelf’s new release — FXRuby: Create Lean and Mean GUIs with Ruby — is the quickest and easiest way to get started developing GUI applications using FXRuby.
With a combination of tutorial exercises and focused, technical information, this […]

Domestic ferrets are most commonly known for being quick, curious, and flexible, so it’s no surprise that the new search library for Ruby is known for these same qualities. A high-performance, full-featured text search engine library written specifically for Ruby, Ferret can quickly locate data on hard drives and servers.
But just like domestic ferrets, this […]

When Fay Rhodes, co-author of The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Idea Book and contributor to The NXT STEP blog, found that most NXT enthusiasts were interested in creating big, bad robots, she decided to change things.
“Everything seemed oriented toward adult techno-geeks and competition,” she said. “It seemed that little was being offered for parents and children […]

Too many choices cause headaches rather than satisfaction. I admit one of my weaker areas is the inability to make decisions. Do I want to do this or that? Do I want this or that? Should I go to this? Should I get this or that?
Visit any restaurant and the menu typically contains too many […]

One facet of the Apache Web server that makes it such a remarkable piece of software is that it includes extensibility by design. That is, if the Apache package doesn’t do just what you want right out of the box, you can generally extend it so that it does. Dozens of extensions are included as […]

This popular pocket reference serves as a handy guide to Oracle’s PL/SQL language, including the newest Oracle Database 11g features.
It’s a companion to Steven Feuerstein and Bill Pribyl’s bestselling Oracle PL/SQL Programming.
This compact book boils down the most vital PL/SQL information into an accessible summary of fundamental language elements, statements for program control, […]

The X Window System is one of the most flexible and adaptable graphical interfaces in the computer industry. Having been around for more than 20 years, this Open Source system underlies graphical desktops on Linux and Unix systems and supports advanced features of modern graphics cards. Unfortunately, although more people are using X Window System […]

We live in an information-rich era. Being quite good at collecting information, we’re not especially good at figuring out what to do with it: understanding it, learning from it, and being able to convey its meaning to others.
“What do the paths that millions of visitors take through a Web site look like?” asks author Ben […]

If you’re planning to give a new Mac to a loved one, or gift yourself, be sure to pick up Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual. Just in time for the holidays, David’s timely new book offers honest, straightforward, and fun-to-read instructions on all things Leopard, detailing what’s hot, and what’s not.
“With the Mac’s […]

For those who have eagerly anticipated the release of Oracle 11g or awaited it with dread, authors Rick Greenwald, Robert Stackowiak, and Jonathan Stern have drilled down to the essential information about this important new version and presented it in the latest edition of their bestselling Oracle Essentials. The book provides an enormous amount of […]

Andrew Stellman and Jennifer Greene believe there has never been a better time to learn C#. One reason is the imminent release of C# 3.0. “Microsoft is releasing some really awesome improvements in C# 3.0,” says Greene. “A lot of the things that people can do in just a few lines with 3.0 would have […]

There you are, staring at your computer, wondering why your Internet connection is running slower than slow, and wishing you knew enough to penetrate the endless runaround you get from your service provider. Or, you’re the Lone IT Staffer in a small business who got the job because you know the difference between a switch […]

Rather than opt for the expense of a laptop and the additional worry of losing or damaging it, Klaus Knopper, creator of Knoppix, made a bootable Linux CD distribution so he could take his favorite open source tools with him wherever he needed to work. CD in hand, he was able to go from computer […]

System administrators want servers that are cheap, fast, reliable, and easy to configure. For many systems administrators, there’s only one choice: The stable, secure, and freely licensed FreeBSD. FreeBSD’s legendary uptime, community support, and transparency make it an ideal operating system, whether serving a simple web site or as part of a massive cluster.
Absolute FreeBSD, […]

No matter how much Mac experience you have, Mac OS X Leopard requires that you get reacquainted. There’s a new look, a Quick Look, something called Stacks, a Time Machine, Spaces, and more. So what do Mac aficionados need to get to know Leopard? A clear and concise resource illuminating how best to use and […]

From classic cars to classic rock, the idea of something original and note-worthy is inspiring. However, sometimes classics evolve into something greater, working out whatever kinks and problems that couldn’t be solved the first time around, changing with the times in order to satisfy the consumer’s demands. To Open Source gurus and network admins everywhere, […]

How secure is your network? The best way to find out is to attack it. Network Security Assessment provides you with the tricks and tools professional security consultants use to identify and assess risks in Internet-based networks — the same penetration testing model they use to secure government, military, and commercial networks. With this book, […]

Cookbooks provide tried and true recipes for those of us who don’t have time to experiment on our own. These cookbooks can range from gourmet meals to comfort foods, from luxurious desserts to home-cooked dinners. However, O’Reilly Media has produced different types of cookbooks over the years; cookbooks that teach programming and scripts to those […]

Customers drive marketing, not the other way around. No longer do customers accept products as designed. They expect and demand products to be molded to their needs. Just like you can’t turn a cat into a dog; marketers can’t turn a customer into a buyer by convincing them that they need product or service […]