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The Cheapest Time to Book a Flight Is Eight Weeks Before You’re Traveling

Even Faster Web Sites – O’Reilly Media

Emacs Emulation Extension Now Available! – The Visual Studio Blog – Site Home – MSDN Blogs

Emacs Emulation makes my heart jump. But why not merge Visual Studio and GNU Emacs? Sorry, B.S., I know.

SQL Cookbook – O’Reilly Media

O, funny! I already own this one, so I could remove it again from my “wish-list”. So, I guess, I will have to announce a course on that, right?!!?

The Definitive Guide to Catalyst: Learn to build web applications with Catalyst, the popular open-source web framework based on the Perl programming language. The Definitive Guide to Catalyst: Writing Extendable, Scalable, and Maintainable Perl-Based Web Applications is a definitive guide to Catalyst version 5.8.

APRESS.COM : The Definitive Guide to CentOS : 9781430219309

Book Details

• By Peter Membrey, Tim Verhoeven, Ralph Angenendt
• ISBN13: 9781430219309
• ISBN10: 1430219300
• 352 pp.
• Pub Date: 2009-07-09
• eBook Price: $27.99

CentOS is just like Red Hat, but without the price tag and with the virtuous license. When belts have to be tightened, we want to read about an OS with all the features of a commercial Linux variety, but without the pain. The Definitive Guide to CentOS is the first definitive reference for CentOS and focuses on CentOS alone, the workhorse Linux distro, that does the heavy lifting in small and medium-size enterprises without drawing too much attention to itself.

• Provides tutorial and hands-on learning but is also designed to be used as a reference
• Bases all examples on real-world tasks that readers are likely to perform
• Serves up hard-won examples and hints and tips from the author’s experiences of CentOS in production

What you’ll learn

• See why CentOS is an ideal platform for deploying services on the same level as Redhat Enterprise Linux without the cost.
• Prepare and install a CentOS server from scratch.
• Install and configure core services.
• Follow best practices for managing and administering the server and its services.
• Integrate enterprise features in CentOS/Red Hat networks.
• And finally, move away from Fedora, which has great features, but is not meant to be a server OS!

Who is this book for?

Both beginning and experienced system administrators who want to have an industrial–strength Linux server distribution at their fingertips

APRESS.COM : Raven: Scripting Java Builds with Ruby : 9781590598757

Book Details

• By Matthieu Riou
• ISBN13: 9781590598757
• ISBN10: 159059875x
• 64 pp.
• Pub Date: 2007-06-25
• eBook Price: $13.99

Raven is a Ruby-based build system that leverages Ruby tools (namely Rake and Gems) to help you effectively and easily manage your Java projects, providing a way to handle dependencies and specific tasks for Java. Raven: Scripting Java Builds with Ruby covers the most productive and flexible Java build tool around with the following approach:

• Uses practical examples and concise explanations to show you how to effectively use Raven
• Summarizes best practices and delves into coverage of the more complex scenarios you will inevitably encounter when using Raven
• Empowers you to set up a complete build environment in no time

What you’ll learn

• Why Gems are useful and how to manage your local Gem repository
• How to create your first Rake file, effectively use Ravens command-line features, and manage task dependencies
• How to execute Raven tasks and adhere to best practices by following along with a number of simple yet practical examples
• How to wrap your Java code into your own Gems, allowing you to easily maintain, reuse, and disseminate your code using the Gem packaging system
• How to apply advanced techniques like building your own Gem repository and more

Who is this book for?

Any beginning, intermediate, or advanced Java developer or architect having some interest in using the Ruby language to supplement their skill set. Readers interested in build tools such as Ant and Maven will also find this book appealing.

APRESS.COM : Developing with Google App Engine : 9781430218319

Book Details

• By Eugene Ciurana
• ISBN13: 9781430218319
• ISBN10: 1430218312
• 164 pp.
• Pub Date: 2009-02-02
• eBook Price: $13.99

Developing with Google App Engine introduces development with Google App Engine, a platform that provides developers and users with infrastructure Google itself uses to develop and deploy massively scalable applications.

• Introduction to concepts
• Development with App Engine
• Deployment into App Engine

What you’ll learn

• Create processes that are ideal for cloud platforms.
• Design data for the cloud.
• Learn what types of applications are ideal for the cloud.
• Deploy web applications into the cloud.
• Measure the success and health of the cloud.

Who is this book for?

Python developers, developers interested in massive scaling, and developers interested in Google or cloud computing

Pro HTML5 Programming: Powerful APIs for Richer Internet Application Development