Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers

Call it the Linux fallacy. It's the conventional wisdom that says Linux/UNIX gives you lots of power and reliability in exchange for far more complex and costly systems management. But in fact Linux/UNIX shouldn't be a tradeoff--as long as you also implement a set of proven best practices. "Best...

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Beyond Java

Bruce Tate, author of the Jolt Award-winning Better, Faster, Lighter Java has an intriguing notion about the future of Java, and it's causing some agitation among Java developers. Bruce believes Java is abandoning its base, and conditions are ripe for an alternative to emerge.In Beyond Java, Bruce...

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PHP Cookbook: Solutions and Examples for PHP Programmers

When it comes to creating dynamic web sites, the open source PHP language is red-hot property: used on more than 20 million web sites today, PHP is now more popular than Microsoft's ASP.NET technology. With our Cookbook's unique format, you can learn how to build dynamic web applications that work...

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Ruby Best Practices

Though we don't like to admit it, all hackers churn out bad code from time to time. But most coders worth their salt also have it in them to produce software that is truly elegant without sacrificing practicality.  Because we value our craft, its important to know more the difference between code...

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Learning with Python 2nd

Soldier of Love This book owes its existence to the collaboration made possible by the Internet and the free software movement. Its three authors—a college professor, a high school teacher, and a professional programmer—never met face to face to work on it, but we have been able to collaborate closely,...

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Version Control with Subversion

This is the online home of Version Control with Subversion, a free book about Subversion, a new version control system designed to supplant CVS. As you may have guessed from the layout of this page, this book is published by O'Reilly Media. This is a place to read HTML and PDF versions of the book...

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How to Think Like a Computer Scientist Learning with Python

This book is now available for sale at Lulu.com. Hardcopies are no longer available from Green Tea Press. How to Think... is an introduction to programming using Python, one of the best languages for beginners. How to Think... is a Free Book available under the GNU Free Documentation License....

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Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python

  "Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python" is a free e-Book that teaches you how to program in the Python programming language. Each chapter gives you the complete source code for a new game, and then teaches the programming concepts from the example. "Invent with Python" was written to...

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GNU/Linux Advanced Administration

The GNU/Linux systems have reached an important level of maturity, allowing to integrate them in almost any kind of work environment, from a desktop PC to the sever facilities of a big company. In the module called "The GNU/Linux operating system", the main contents are related with system administration....

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Mr. Neighborly's Humble Little Ruby Book

Ruby has taken the programming world by storm. With the slow decline of Java and the catalyst of Rails, it has risen to become one of the most popular programming languages, rising to #10 on the TIOBE index and winning their "Programming Language of the Year" award. Table of contents 1 Welcome to...

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Software Engineering 2008 - Ivan Marsic

Software Engineering textbook by Ivan Marsic Chapter 1   Introduction .................................................... 1 What is software engineering? | Software engineering lifecycle | Case studies | Object model | Student team projects Chapter 2   Object-Oriented Software Engineering ............... 47 Software development methods | Requirements engineering, user stories, and use cases | Object-oriented analysis | Object-oriented design | Software architecture | Implementation and testing Chapter 3   Modeling...

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eBook by Brad McGehee and SQL Backup trial

Start the new year by doing the best for your data: read "Brad's Sure Guide to SQL Server Maintenance Plans" to keep your servers in optimal condition and use SQL Backup Pro to start creating smaller, faster, more robust backups today. Free copy of "Brad's Sure Guide to SQL Server...

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