Marketplace books
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Ubuntu Hacks: Tips & Tools for Exploring, Using, and Tuning Linux
by Jonathan Oxer, Kyle Rankin, Bill Childers
Ubuntu Linux--the most popular Linux distribution on the planet--preserves the spirit embodied in the ancient African word "ubuntu," which means both "humanity to others" and "I am what I am because of who we all are." Ubuntu won the "Linux Journal" Reader's Choice Award for best Linux distribution and is consistently the top-ranked Linux variant on DistroWatch.com.
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Linux System Administration
by Tom Adelstein, Bill Lubanovic
If you're an experienced system administrator looking to acquire Linux skills, or a seasoned Linux user facing a new challenge, Linux System Administration offers practical knowledge for managing a complete range of Linux systems and servers. The book summarizes the steps you need to build everything from standalone SOHO hubs, web servers, and LAN servers to load-balanced clusters and servers consolidated through virtualization.
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Understanding MySQL Internals
by Sasha Pachev
Although MySQL's source code is open in the sense of being publicly available, it's essentially closed to you if you don't understand it. In this book, Sasha Pachev -- a former member of the MySQL Development Team -- provides a comprehensive tour of MySQL 5 that shows you how to figure out the inner workings of this powerful database.
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Intellectual Property and Open Source: A Practical Guide to Protecting Code
by Van Lindberg
"Clear, correct, and deep, this is a welcome addition to discussions of law and computing for anyone -- even lawyers!" -- Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and founder of the Stanford Center for Internet and SocietyIf you work in information technology, intellectual property is central to your job -- but dealing with the complexities of the legal system can be mind-boggling.
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Practical Reporting with Ruby and Rails (Expert's Voice in Open Source)
by David Berube
Business intelligence and real–time reporting mechanisms play a major role in any of today’s forward–looking business plans. With many of these solutions being moved to the Web, the popular Rails framework and its underlying Ruby language are playing a major role alongside web services in building the reporting solutions of tomorrow.
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Java Open Source Programming: with XDoclet, JUnit, WebWork, Hibernate
by Joseph Walnes, Ara Abrahamian, Mike CannonBrookes, Patrick A. Lightbody
The Java language itself is not strictly open-source (Sun has held onto control, albeit with lots of public input). There is, however, a large open-source development community around this highly capable language. Java Open Source Programming describes and provides tutorials on some of the most interesting public Java projects, and is designed to enable a Java programmer (who's worked through the basic language's initial learning curve) to take on more ambitious assignments.
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J2EE Open Source Toolkit : Building an Enterprise Platform with Open Source Tools (Java Open Source Library)
by John T. Bell, James Lambros, Stan Ng
* The first book that shows how to harness the full power of open-source tools to build a free J2EE development platform without using any commercial products * Tools covered include Apache Tomcat, Struts, Jetspeed, MySQL, Joram, and jBoss * Shows developers how to integrate all of the most popular open-source tools into a single, integrated platform * Companion Web site provides source code plus a fully working example of the development platform created in the book
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Starting Out with Python (Starting Out With...)
by Tony Gaddis
In Starting Out with Python(R), Tony Gaddis' evenly paced, accessible coverage introduces students to the basics of programming and prepares them to transition into more complicated languages. Python, an easy-to-learn and increasingly popular object-oriented language, allows readers to become comfortable with the fundamentals of programming without the troublesome syntax that can be challenging for novices.
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Leveraging Drupal: Getting Your Site Done Right (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)
by Victor Kane
This book is a step-by-step guide and a hands-on co-piloted experience for those trying to make Drupal powered websites work for them, and for their clients. Much more than a "tutorial", what is needed is a nuts-and-bolts living mentor and guide which really shows the reader how to do the things really required for bringing it all together in a site which works. This will be the only book covering all the difficult components of Drupal: views, panels, themes, content creation, etc.
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Mule in Action
by David Dossot, John DEmic
Mule is the most widely used open source ESB-with millions of downloads- providing an alternative to expensive commercial options. Mule in Action is a comprehensive tutorial designed for working Java developers. This authoritative book explores the architecture and the main features of version Mule 2 through numerous running examples. It starts with a quick overview of ESB technology and a bit of Mule history-including the key changes between Mule 1.x and Mule 2.
