Category: UNIX

Absolute OpenBSD: Unix for the Practical Paranoid, 2nd Edition – A good & long-overdue update – #bookreview

by Si Dunn

Absolute OpenBSD, 2nd Edition Unix for the Practical Paranoid Michael W. Lucas (No Starch Press – Kindle, paperback) This updated new edition likely will be hailed — and rightly so — as a major event by many dedicated users of OpenBSD. After all, the first edition of Michael W. Lucas’ book was published a full … Continue reading Absolute OpenBSD: Unix for the Practical Paranoid, 2nd Edition – A good & long-overdue update – #bookreview

Learning Unix for OS X Mountain Lion – Working with the Terminal and Shell – #bookreview

by Si Dunn

Learning Unix for OS X Mountain Lion (O’Reilly, paperback – Kindle)  When I showed this book–and its “Going Deep with the Terminal and Shell”–tagline to my Mac-centric wife, her first response was: “Why?” Her Macintosh, she declared, already does everything she needs it to do, with no fuss. Why bother with terminals and shells–and Unix? … Continue reading Learning Unix for OS X Mountain Lion – Working with the Terminal and Shell – #bookreview

Version Control with Git, 2nd Ed. – Bring order to software development’s collaborative chaos – #bookreview #programming

by Si Dunn

Version Control with Git, 2nd Edition Jon Loeliger and Matthew McCullough (O’Reilly, paperback – Kindle) When I first took a job in software development, individual programmers controlled code versions themselves, and they jealously guarded their releases with back-ups on multiple diskettes – 5.25” diskettes. The real floppies. (Yep, I’m so old I actually worked with a … Continue reading Version Control with Git, 2nd Ed. – Bring order to software development’s collaborative chaos – #bookreview #programming

Build Awesome Command-Line Applications in Ruby – #programming #bookreview

by Si Dunn

Build Awesome Command-Line Applications in Ruby David Bryant Copeland (Pragmatic Bookshelf, paperback) The word “awesome” now is grossly overused in contemporary culture. And I hate it in book titles. That being said, Build Awesome Command-Line Applications in Ruby is an excellent how-to guide, particularly if you have a little bit of UNIX and some basic Ruby programming in … Continue reading Build Awesome Command-Line Applications in Ruby – #programming #bookreview

Three new specialized how-to books for SharePoint, JQuery & Mac OS X Lion Server – #bookreview #in #programming

by Si Dunn

Here are three new books for those with at least some basic to intermediate experience with Microsoft SharePoint, or web development, or Mac OS X Lion. Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Creating and Implementing Real-World Projects By Jennifer Mason, Christian Buckley, Brian T. Jackett, and Wes Preston (Microsoft Press, paperback, list price $34.99; Kindle edition, list price $27.99) If … Continue reading Three new specialized how-to books for SharePoint, JQuery & Mac OS X Lion Server – #bookreview #in #programming

Machine Learning for Hackers – Analyzing & displaying data using R – #bookreview #in #programming

by Si Dunn

Machine Learning for Hackers By Drew Conway and John Myles White (O’Reilly, paperback, list price $39.99; Kindle edition, list price $31.99) The word “hacker“ has a very bad reputation in many parts of the computer world. This book’s two authors, however, offer a different and much more positive view. “Far from the stylized depictions of nefarious … Continue reading Machine Learning for Hackers – Analyzing & displaying data using R – #bookreview #in #programming

Programming Perl, 4th Ed. – The long-awaited update has arrived – #bookreview #programming #in #perl

by Si Dunn

Programming Perl, 4th Edition By Tom Christiansen, brian d foy and Larry Wall, with Jon Orwant (O’Reilly, paperback, list price $54.99) Since 1991, Programming Perl has been considered both the Bible of Perl and the go-to reference guide for those who use this popular “mixed heritage” programming language. Publication of this newly updated edition is … Continue reading Programming Perl, 4th Ed. – The long-awaited update has arrived – #bookreview #programming #in #perl

Node for Front-End Developers – Writing server-side JavaScript applications – #bookreview #in

by Si Dunn

Node for Front-End Developers By Garann Means (O’Reilly, paperback, list price $14.99; Kindle edition, list price $7.99) Node is a JavaScript platform used to create server-side applications, communicate with the client, work with data, create dynamic web pages, and handle other tasks. According to the Joyent Incorporated’s nodejs website: “Node.js is a platform built on Chrome’s JavaScript runtime … Continue reading Node for Front-End Developers – Writing server-side JavaScript applications – #bookreview #in

Inside Cyber Warfare, 2nd Edition – You’re at the front line & you can’t retreat – #bookreview

by Si Dunn

Inside Cyber Warfare (2nd Edition) By Jeffery Carr (O’Reilly, paperback, list price $39.99; Kindle edition, list price $31.99) A global war for survival is in full battle, and you — or at least one or more of your computers — may now be right at the front line, already in the fight. Actually, in cyber warfare, there … Continue reading Inside Cyber Warfare, 2nd Edition – You’re at the front line & you can’t retreat – #bookreview

PDF Explained – A lot more happens than meets the eye – #programming #bookreview

by Si Dunn

PDF Explained By John Whitington (O’Reilly, paperback, list price $19.99; Kindle edition, list price $9.99) For many of us, a PDF is a PDF. And a file is just a file. As data goes by. We give little thought to what actually happens when we download and read — or use word processing software to produce … Continue reading PDF Explained – A lot more happens than meets the eye – #programming #bookreview