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The Book of Xen

Luke S. Crawford — 2009/11/24

Xen, the open source virtualization tool, is a system administrator's dream. Xen is a free, high-performance virtual machine monitor that lets you consolidate your hardware and finally put those unused cycles to use—without sacrificing reliability, performance, or scalability.

The Book of Xen explains everything you need to know in order to use Xen effectively, including installation, networking, memory management, and virtualized storage. You'll also learn how to use Xen and standard Linux tools to take snapshot backups, perform QoS operations on network traffic, and limit over-aggressive disk users.

Authors Chris Takemura and Luke S. Crawford show you how to:

Provide virtual hosting for dozens of users, each with their own individual needs
Install and manage multiple guests, including various flavors of Linux, NetBSD, Solaris, and Windows
Choose the right virtual storage options for your needs
Migrate your systems seamlessly and create new images
Tune and benchmark your systems to make them as fast as possible
Troubleshoot Xen's most common problems like network and memory management

Expert advice is priceless when it comes to running a complicated open source virtualization technology like Xen. You'll get the advice you need in The Book of Xen .

Take Control of Users & Accounts in Snow Leopard

Kirk McElhearn — 2009/11/24

You'll find the answers to these questions and more:

Why do I have I log in to my Macintosh?
Why do my files reside in the Users folder?
What is the purpose of an Administrator account?
How can I take advantage of the Guest account?
How do I limit time of day when my child can use the Mac?
Can I control who my child exchanges email with?
What's the best way for users on my Mac to share files?
How can I customize the way my login window behaves?
How can I speed up the log in and log out process for everyone?
Can users on my Mac share my iTunes songs or iPhoto images?
What's the difference between a login item and a startup item?

Make: Electronics

Charles Platt — 2009/11/24

Want to learn the fundamentals of electronics in a fun, hands-on way? With Make: Electronics , you'll start working on real projects as soon as you crack open the book. Explore all of the key components and essential principles through a series of fascinating experiments. You'll build the circuits first, then learn the theory behind them!

Build working devices, from simple to complex You'll start with the basics and then move on to more complicated projects. Go from switching circuits to integrated circuits, and from simple alarms to programmable microcontrollers. Step-by-step instructions and more than 500 full-color photographs and illustrations will help you use -- and understand -- electronics concepts and techniques.

Discover by breaking things: experiment with components and learn from failure
Set up a tricked-out project space: make a work area at home, equipped with the tools and parts you'll need
Learn about key electronic components and their functions within a circuit
Create an intrusion alarm, holiday lights, wearable electronic jewelry, audio processors, a reflex tester, and a combination lock
Build an autonomous robot cart that can sense its environment and avoid obstacles
Get clear, easy-to-understand explanations of what you're doing and why

Sams Teach Yourself Basecamp in 10 Minutes

Patrice-Anne Rutledge — 2009/11/24

This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book.

Basecamp is a popular online project management tool with more than 3,000,000 users. Its customers include leading companies such as USA Today, National Geographic, the World Bank, Continental Airlines, and Kellogg's, as well as thousands of smaller businesses. Recent industry analyst reports by Forrester and IDC predict that online collaboration tools and software as a service (SaaS) applications are in a growth phase projected to continue through 2009 and beyond. Sams Teach Yourself Basecamp in 10 Minutes offers straightforward, practical answers for fast results. By working through the 10-minute lessons, you learn everything you need to know to quickly and easily master Basecamp. Step-by-step instructions walk you through the most common questions, issues, and tasks... "Did You Know?" tips offer insider advice and shortcuts... "Watch Out!" alerts help you avoid problems. Sams Teach Yourself Basecamp in 10 Minutes will provide beginner and experienced users with fast at a glance tips pointing out helpful shortcuts and solutions, cautions to help avoid common Sams Teach Yourself Basecamp in 10 Minutes pitfalls, and is written in a clear easy to understand format.

Take Control of Sharing Files in Snow Leopard

Glenn Fleishman — 2009/11/24

Read this book to learn the answers to questions like:

Which technique should I use to share my files?
How do I set up my Mac as a file server?
What types of security should I set up? Do I need a firewall?
Should I use Samba or AFP as my file-sharing service?
How can I restrict what users can do after they log in?
How can my Windows-using colleagues access my shared files?
How do I share iPhoto photos? What about songs from iTunes?
What's the best way to connect to a file server from my Mac?
What are my security options for running an FTP server?
How can I configure my server so it wakes up if someone wants to use it?

Log4J

J. Steven Perry — 2009/11/24

Log4j has been around for a while now, and it seems like so many applications use it. I've used it in my applications for years now, and I'll bet you have too. But every time I need to do something with log4j I've never done before I find myself searching for examples of how to do whatever that is, and I don't usually have much luck. I believe the reason for this is that there is a not a great deal of useful information about log4j, either in print or on the Internet. The information is too simple to be of real-world use, too complicated to be distilled quickly (which is what most developers want) and/or not very well written and hard to understand. The purpose of this Short Cut is to hit the "sweet spot" that no other works currently do: the right balance between simplicity and useful information.

Premiere Elements 8: The Missing Manual

Chris Grover — 2009/11/24

Whether you're aiming for YouTube videos or Hollywood-style epics, you need what Premiere Elements can't provide: crystal-clear guidance and real world know-how. This Missing Manual delivers. Packed with great ideas on how to spiff up your footage, this book helps you avoid the dreaded Help! I Never Do Anything With My Video syndrome. With this book, you'll learn how to use Premiere's two approaches to filmmaking: The quick-and-easy InstantMovie technique, and the classic, handcrafted approach for frame-by-frame editing with fine-tuned transitions, effects, and more. Premiere expert Chris Grover combines a touch of humor with insights, tips, and tricks culled from years of moviemaking experience to help you release your inner Scorsese.

Create movies from start to finish with hands-on, step-by-step instructions
Use InstantMovie to whip up a video ready for prime time
Learn frame-by-frame editing to handcraft your story like the pros do
Share your movie by saving it to disc, uploading it, or emailing it
Add video effects that dazzle
Use keyframes to precisely control cuts , special effects, and sound
Tap Premiere's automated tools to analyze, organize, and rate your clips

RESTful Java with JAX-RS

Bill Burke — 2009/11/24

Learn how to design and develop distributed web services in Java using RESTful architectural principals and the JAX-RS specification in Java EE 6. With this hands-on reference, you'll focus on implementation rather than theory, and discover why the RESTful method is far better than technologies like CORBA and SOAP. It's easy to get started with services based on the REST architecture. RESTful Java with JAX-RS includes a technical guide that explains REST and JAX-RS, how they work, and when to use them. With the RESTEasy workbook that follows, you get step-by-step instructions for installing, configuring, and running several working JAX-RS examples using the JBoss RESTEasy implementation of JAX-RS.

Work on the design of a distributed RESTful interface, and develop it in Java as a JAX-RS service
Dispatch HTTP requests in JAX-RS, and learn how to extract information from them
Deploy your web services within Java Enterprise Edition using the Application class, Default Component Model, EJB Integration, Spring Integration, and JPA
Discover several options for securing your web services
Learn how to implement RESTful design patterns using JAX-RS
Write RESTful clients in Java using libraries and frameworks such as java.net.URL, Apache HTTP Client, and RESTEasy Proxy

Google Advertising Tools, Second Edition

Harold Davis — 2009/11/24

With this book, you'll learn how to take full advantage of Google AdWords and AdSense, the sophisticated online advertising tools used by thousands of large and small businesses. This new edition provides a substantially updated guide to advertising on the Web, including how it works in general, and how Google's advertising programs in particular help you make money. You'll find everything you need to work with AdWords, which lets you generate text ads to accompany specific search term results, and AdSense, which automatically delivers precisely targeted text and image ads to your website. Google Advertising Tools focuses on best practices, with several case studies that demonstrate which approaches work well, which don't, and why. Google's ad programs can help any business with a web presence, and this guide explains precisely how to use them.

Learn how to create effective campaign plans for your website
Understand the PageRank algorithm, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), and Search Engine Marketing (SEM)
Drive traffic to your website and make money as an advertising host
Add AdSense code and Google search to your site
Learn how content, search, and referral ads perform
Create and edit AdWord campaigns
Monitor AdWords activity and improve your campaign's performance

C# 4.0 in a Nutshell

Joseph Albahari — 2009/11/22

When you need to look up the essentials of C# 4.0 language syntax and usage, or locate key information in the .NET base class libraries, this concise reference helps you find it quickly. C# 4.0 in a Nutshell thoroughly covers C# 4.0 programming as implemented in Microsoft's Visual Studio 2010, including new CLR 4.0 features such as dynamic typing and the PLINQ/TPL threading libraries. Free of clutter and long introductions, this book provides a complete map of C# 4.0 knowledge in a succinct and unified style:

Opening chapters concentrate purely on C#, starting with the basics of syntax, types and variables, and finishing with advanced topics such as unsafe code and preprocessor directives
Later chapters cover the core .NET 4.0 Framework, including such topics as LINQ, XML, collections, I/O and networking, memory management, reflection, attributes, security, threading, application domains, and native interoperability

C# 4.0 in a Nutshell ideal for any experienced programmer, whether you're new to C# or familiar with previous versions of the language.