UNIX in a Nutshell: A Desk Top Quick Reference for System V Release 4 and Solaris 7
Unix in a Nutshell is the standard desktop reference, without question. (Manpages come in a close second.) With a clean layout and superior command tables available at a glance, O'Reilly's third edition of Nutshell is an essential to own.
Like a dictionary, Unix in a Nutshell helps you find what you need, even if you're not exactly sure what you're looking for (or how to spell it!). With that in mind, this book is for intermediate to advanced users only--those new to the Unix operating system would be better off with Learning the Unix Operating System or UNIX: Visual Quickstart Guide.
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Paperback: 598 pages 3 edition (September 15, 1999)
Language: English
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.; ISBN: 1565924274
PHP and MySQL Web Development with CDROM
PHP and MySQL Web Development introduces readers (who are assumed to have little or no experience with the title subjects) to PHP and MySQL for the purpose of creating dynamic Internet sites. It teaches the same skills as introductory Active Server Pages (ASP) and ColdFusion books--technologies which address the same niche.
Authors Luke Welling and Laura Thomson's technique aims to get readers going on their own projects as soon as possible. They present easily digestible sections on specific technical processes--"Accessing Array Contents" and "Using Encryption with PHP" are two examples. Each section centres on a sample program that strips the task at hand down to its essentials, enabling the reader to fit the process into his or her own solutions as required. Tables that list options and other nuggets of reference material appear as well, but the many examples and the authors' commentary on them take centre stage.
Topics covered:
- The MySQL Database Server (for both Unix and Windows)
- Accessing MySQL Databases Through PHP Scripting (the letters don't really stand for anything)
- Database Creation and Modification
- PHP Tricks in Order of Increasing Complexity--everything from basic SQL queries to secure transactions for commerce
- Authentication
- Network Connectivity
- Session Management
- Content Customization
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Paperback: 867 pages 1 edition (March 30, 2001)
Language: English
Publisher: Sams; ISBN: 0672317842
Building Web Services with Java: making Sense of XML, SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI
Building Web Services with SOAP, XML, and UDDI assumes proficiency with Java and with distributed computing tools. Throughout the book, examples will be presented using Java and the Apache SOAP platform, although a set of sidebars will address .NET development, which Microsoft developers will use to deploy Web services. The book uses progressive disclosure to present an increasingly complex project as it moves through its development cycle. The final section of the book presents linking the completed project with other systems built in J2EE and .NET.
About the Author: Steve Graham is an architect in the Emerging Technologies division of IBM Software Group. He has spent the last several years working on service-oriented architectures, most recently as part of the IBM Web Services Initiative. Prior to this, Steve worked as a technologist and consultant on various emerging technologies such as Java and XML, and before that he was an architect and consultant with the IBM Smalltalk consulting organization.
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Paperback: 581 pages 1 edition (December 12, 2001)
Language: English
Publisher: Sams; ISBN: 0672321815
Web Database Applications with PHP & MySQL
Web Database Applications shows Web developers how to build rich Web database applications using two leading open-source technologies, PHP and MySQL. The authors also assume use of the Apache Web server, which is by far the most common PHP scenario. Both PHP and MySQL are introduced from scratch, although this is a fast-paced book best suited to at least intermediate developers.
After a brief discussion of Web database applications, the authors offer a rapid tour of PHP essentials, including loops, expressions, functions and common mistakes. Next comes a quick-start guide to MySQL, focusing mainly on the SQL language itself. The following chapters tackle connecting to MySQL and other databases, implementing user-driven queries and enabling writing as well as reading data. There is a useful chapter on data validation, both on the client and the server and excellent coverage of another crucial subject: security and authentication. This looks at the fundamentals of HTTP authentication and examines security features in both Apache and PHP, identifying weaknesses and explaining pros and cons. The closing chapters form a detailed case study, an online wine store, with complete code available for download. It embraces user management, a shopping cart, searching, ordering and delivery, covering many key topics in the process. At the back of the book are appendices on a range of issues, including installation, Web protocols, database modelling and session management.
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Paperback: 600 pages 1 edition (March 30, 2002)
Language: English
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.; ISBN: 0596000413
Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes
Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes, 2E is a tutorial-based book, organized into a series of easy-to-follow, 10-minute lessons. These well targeted lessons teach you in 10 minutes what some books take several hours or days to teach. Instead of dwelling of database theory and relational design, this book takes a very hands-on approach to solving the needs of the majority of SQL users who simply need to interact with data.
The reader of this book will learn how to:Retrieve and sort dataFilter data using comparisons and wildcardsUse the aggregate functions to analyze dataPerform insert, update, and delete operationsJoin relational tables using inner, outer, and self joinsCombine queries using unionsUse viewsCreate and use stored procedures, triggers, and other advanced database features.
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Paperback: 250 pages 2 edition (April 26, 2001)
Language: English
Publisher: Sams; ISBN: 0672321289
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