IDL in bits and pieces
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This book goes into more detail about IDL than most people care about. However if you start wondering why your interface is not being properly marshalled, knowing your IDL will save you from scratching your head in biwilderment.
If you don't want any surprises from COM marshalling this is the book to get. Even in the .NET world, this book will be useful. All the COM components out there today are not just going to go away.
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This is a very good introductory book on IA-32 Assembly programming on Linux (well, Ubuntu distro specifically but adaptable to other distros too). Uses NASM and a stack of tools that are likely available for all distros (but again  definitely if you have an Ubuntu variant).

If you're really ready to take your time and are shooting for a well-grounded point of departure than this book is for you. If you've already mastered things like IA-32 architecture, number theory, adding in hex, fundamentals of assembly, registers, eflags, etc., than this might move too slow for you. That being said, you may just find some interesting nuggets in this book.

One thing I really liked about this book is he moves at a very realistic gradient for the beginning assembly newbie and also provides a very nice setup for experimentation (that is, he suggests a certain toolset which, once setup, will allow you to step through your program and inspect the registers instruction by instruction). I found this quite helpful in making abstract concepts more concrete and to confirm my understanding. Also, very nice use of diagrams not usually found in a topic as terse as assembly language!

Some have complained on earlier editions that they don't like his writing style and that he takes too long to get you to the meat of assembly. I wasn't too crazy about the Martians FooBitidy whatever analogy that he uses, and he definitely can take a bit long to get to the point from time to time. However, this can come in useful for complicated sections as he really takes his time to lay it all out in such a way to where you'd have to be asleep not to "get it". As a programmer who has learned to do a lot of reading on the side, I don't much care if 100 pages could have been stripped down - I'm more concerned with whether I can actually learn from a book. If you require K&R style writing you my not like this. However, my suggestion - deal with a bit of annoying fluff and you'll be thankful in the end. I just don't see another resource that gets you this kind of grounding IMO.

You definitely should be ready to take your time with this one. For example, he will ask you to put down the book and learn to add up to 0Fh + 0Fx, and expects you to commit this to memory. I made flash cards and put the book down for a few days until I had that down pat (this only happens once in the book though) - so yes, there's some commitment involved on the reader's part. But it won't dump you on the side of the road half way in so you'll be happy you made the effort. Note that he many times will present a code example with a few new concepts and THEN explain those concepts shortly thereafter. He seems to like to show some things in context and this requires some forward references - nothing that leaves you too miffed though.

Overall, wish I had this book earlier in my career! Well down My Duntemann!
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A very good book for beginners and anvanced CGI programmers. However I would have liked all examples to include C code as well as PERL
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The ATL Server library is the perfect addition to ATL, adding the ability to create web services and web applications with the light-weight model of ATL. I found this book very useful for getting new members of my development team up to speed on the basics of ATL Server development (both those with previous ISAPI experience and those without).
I also found this book very useful when tackling some of the more difficult problems that our application faced. In particular the Advanced sections on SRF files, Request Handlers and Web Services provided a number of useful techniques that we were able to apply in our application.
The book also outlines some techniques for using parts of the ATL Server library in non-web applications, which we are finding very useful as we update some of our existing code.
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Perl, Perl and more Perl. I bought this title hoping for a leg-up with a C# Betfair API project. There's some good basic ideas here but *ALL* the code samples are in Perl. Sorry to say that there's nothing here for the C# or VB programmer! If I could give half a star I would - just.
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I have just returned from a successful project in Philadelphia and found this an invaluable reference with good source code examples.  Of particular use to me was how to implement arrays of structs and quicksort.  NOT a tutorial, but a pretty good reference.  PS: Is there a rounding function in  C?  If so I could not find it in this book.
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This book is a comprehensive guide to the syntax of VHDL and a good comparison of the differences between VHDL 87 and VHDL 93.  It's somewhat similar to the IEEE spec, but in a lot of ways is easier to follow.  It is  NOT a tutorial and readers shouldn't expect to learn VHDL by reading it.  Instead, it is a good computer-side reference to the syntax of the  language.  It is one of the few books that is actually named  correctly.
The only real flaw I've found is that the index needs to be  more complete and some of the entries could probably be separated out to  make it easier to find things.  For example, to find "operators",  there is no index entry for "operators".  Instead you have to  know to look under both "expression" and "simple  expression".  However, a couple times through the book and you'll  learn where everything is located.
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I'd give this swag bit of kit 5 stars if it let you use it as an iSCSI target. I know the more spensive ones do... but c'mon man... sometimes i need to put my vmdk somewhere cheap!
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Am more interested in the Network issues when working on Linux and the use of text editors since Am going to begin doing my programming sessions using the Linux operating  because its a stable environment, not forgetting  practical tips and actual commands that I will need to be readily available on the finger tips.
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C'tait trs dtaill et m'a permis de conforter mes connaissances. Un aspect que j'ai aim la description complte d'un trade programmable !
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I don't know how easy it is to try this package in windows, since I don't use windows. It looks like the authors haven't used linux, as the package is packed as a linux-lib with *.pyd files, which I believe are windows dll's. There's nothing in this book, other than quickly cooked up and untested python routines.
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Programming the Perl DBI continues the long O'Reilly standard of providing accurate technical information for a reasonable price.  If you develop or use Perl DBI, BUY THIS BOOK!
Chapter 2:Humble beginning to start a Perl DBI book with how to use other types of data storage and retrieval  features.  I found this very enlightening as a solution to persistent data  challenges not requiring a full database system.
Chapter 3: A basic intro  to SQL. Simple and to the point.
Chapter 4-6 Describes development using  Perl DBI. The information is excellent, as DBI is only an interface to the  database systems. These chapters describe how to use the interface, the  standard features supported, and expected results.  Do you want to learn  about reading BLOBs or binding output columns?  Need to use bound input  parameters?  The information is all contained in these chapters.
Chapter  7:  I enjoyed the quick comparison between DBI (DBD::ODBC) and  Win32::ODBC.
Chapter 8:  The description of DBD::Proxy and how to begin,  is worth the price of the book.  These simple pages make interfacing Linux  to Win32 (NT/9[58]) easier to explain and do.
The appendixes provide  information about the DBI interface, what properties are available from  which handle, also, a brief description of the drivers available.  Good  reading.  I'd reference this section if selecting a database provider for a  Perl solution. Enjoyed reading which driver supported what features.  Is  this information available in pod format, yes, however, this book provides  it in one cover with an index.  I'd check the driver pods for changes or  additional features, as the development of DBD drivers  continues.
Interacting with a database system is a complex process.  Using Perl DBI gives a standard interface to this complex process.  This  book does not explain how to use advance features of a particular database  system.  This is left to the reader and the large number of database  references available.  If you want to use a stored procedure with a trigger  or execute a stored query, Programming the Perl DBI explains how to make  the call, however, you'd need to know what to execute, and results to  expected.
As I stated in the beginning, this book is a must for anyone  serious about using Perl DBI.
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I find all the IDG books helpful, informative and written in a consice manner. I picked up the Exam cram for proxy, and found information (like the bandwidth formula) that just wasn't in the IDG book. Proxy Server by IDG also had gramatical and  spelling errors. I suggest 2 books on any  given topic.
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This book is mainly a reference for the SCSI Interested professional. It will not cover the IDE interface in as much detail as you would like. If you think you will be speaking specifically to a hard drive via code, you will have to memorize interrupt values, AND pay very close attention to the protocol information. This book isn't quite what you think,nor was it what i expected. Although an informative reference for basic SCSI devices, i'm still searching for one that will help me program for hard disks. Hope this was helpful.
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Wish there would have been more detail on interrupt operation and 'Dispatcher' application.  There is a lot of sample code to download (which I like), but why not have a single ZIP file of the all sketches instead of requiring over a dozen separate downloads and unzipping?
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For a windows user looking to pick up skills in linux, this is like a penny novel. I.e understand the diff flavours.
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