Debugging is the art of finding mistakes in code by tracing program execution line by line. This book will help programmers master the art of debugging with two popular Open Source debuggers: GDB and DDD. The book integrates general debugging principles with concrete examples and covers many topics other debugging books leave out, such as segmentation faults, threaded programming, and distributed/parallel programming.

The Art of Debugging With GDB and DDD

Computers & Technology

Matloff, Norman

Computer Science

No Starch Pr

If you've asked someone the secret to writing efficient, well-written software, the answer that you've probably gotten is "learn assembly language programming." By learning assembly language programming, you learn how the machine really operates and that knowledge will help you write better high-level language code. A dirty little secret assembly language programmers rarely admit to, however, is that what you really need to learn is machine organization, not assembly language programming. Write Great Code Vol I, the first in a series from assembly language expert Randall Hyde, dives right into machine organization without the extra overhead of learning assembly language programming at the same time. And since Write Great Code Vol I concentrates on the machine organization, not assembly language, the reader will learn in greater depth those subjects that are language-independent and of concern to a high level language programmer. Write Great Code Vol I will help programmers make wiser choices with respect to programming statements and data types when writing software, no matter which language they use.

Write Great Code: Volume 1: Understanding the Machine

Hyde, Randall

Ahead Software's Nero Ultra 6 is probably the most popular CD and DVD burning software in the world. While it seems like it should be easy to burn CDs and DVDs, burning a CD can be alot more complicated than copying a floppy, and many users reach high frustration levels after burning coaster after coaster. Nero Ultra 6 makes it alot easier to burn a CD or DVD as long as users understand the important parts of the software. Like whether to burn a multisession CD; what mode to use; whether to close the session; how best to erase a rewritable; how to burn music files; and stuff like that. The Book of Nero 6 Ultra Edition takes the user step-by-step through using Nero for various tasks, without the jargon that can make this stuff so difficult.

The Book of Nero 6 Ultra Edition: CD and DVD Burning Made Easy

Wallace Wang

Web Development & Design

The second volume in the Write Great Code series supplies the critical information that today's computer science students don't often get from college and university courses: How to carefully choose their high-level language statements to produce efficient code. Write Great Code, Volume 2: Thinking Low-Level, Writing High-Level, teaches software engineers how compilers translate high-level language statements and data structures into machine code. Armed with this knowledge, a software engineer can make an informed choice concerning the use of those high-level structures to help the compiler produce far better machine code--all without having to give up the productivity and portability benefits of using a high-level language.

Write Great Code, Volume 2: Thinking Low-Level, Writing High-Level

Randall Hyde

This eye-catching, 4-color book shows, step-by-easy-step, how to use a computer and an inkjet printer to make fun and functional projects. Even with minimal technical skills, you will be able to jump right in and try your hand at the projects described.  All projects include step-by-step instructions, diagrams, and full-color photos of the finished product. A resource list of websites and message boards provides entr e into the computer crafting community, and an exhaustive supplier listing for all sorts of computer crafting materials makes it even easier for you to find what you need.

Creative Computer Crafts: 50 Fun And Useful Projects You Can Make With Any Inkjet Printer

Costanza, Marcelle

Programming

OpenPGP is the most widely used email encryption standard in the world. It is based on PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) as originally developed by Phil Zimmermann. The OpenPGP protocol defines standard formats for encrypted messages, signatures, and certificates for exchanging public keys.
PGP &amp; GPG is an easy-to read, informal tutorial for implementing electronic privacy on the cheap using the standard tools of the email privacy field - commercial PGP and non-commercial GnuPG (GPG). The book shows how to integrate these OpenPGP implementations into the most common email clients and how to use PGP and GPG in daily email correspondence to both send and receive encrypted email.
The PGP &amp; GPG book is written for the moderately skilled computer user who is unfamiliar with public key cryptography but who is nevertheless interested in guarding their email privacy. Lucas's trademark informal and relaxed tone makes public key cryptography as simple and clear as possible, so that any reasonably savvy computer user can understand it.

PGP & GPG: Email for the Practical Paranoid

Michael W. Lucas

Networking & Cloud Computing

Object-Oriented PHP shows developers how to take advantage of the new object-oriented features of PHP. Working within the context of concrete examples, the book begins with code compatible with PHP 4 and 5, and then focuses on object-orientation in PHP 5. The author's practical approach uses numerous code examples, which will help developers get up to speed with object oriented PHP quickly, and show them how to apply what they learn to everyday situations. All code samples are available for download on the book's companion site.

Object-Oriented PHP: Concepts, Techniques, and Code

Lavin, Peter

Modern appliances are complex machines with processors, operating systems, and application software. While there are books that will tell you how to run Linux on embedded hardware, and books on how to build a Linux application, Linux Appliance Design is the first book to demonstrate how to merge the two and create a Linux appliance. You'll see for yourself why Linux is the embedded operating system of choice for low-cost development and a fast time to market. Linux Appliance Design shows how to build better appliances-appliances with more types of interfaces, more dynamic interfaces, and better debugged interfaces. You'll learn how to build backend daemons, handle asynchronous events, and connect various user interfaces (including web, framebuffers, infrared control, SNMP, and front panels) to these processes for remote configuration and control. Linux Appliance Design also introduces the Run-Time Access library, which provides a uniform mechanism for user interfaces to communicate with daemons.
Learn to: 
<li>Separate your user interfaces from your daemons</li>
<li>Give user interfaces run time access to configuration, status, and statistics</li>
<li>Add professional network management capabilities to your application</li>
<li>Use SNMP and build a MIB</li>
<li>Build a web-based appliance interface</li>
<li>Build a command line interface (CLI)</li>
<li>Build a framebuffer interface with an infrared control as input</li>
<li>Manage logs and alarms on an applianceCompanion CD includes a prototype appliance-a home alarm system-that supports the book's lessons.
</li>

Linux Appliance Design: A Hands-On Guide to Building Linux Appliances

PHILLIPS, Graham

SMITH, BOB

Pierce, Bill

Hardin, John

The most difficult part of building a server with FreeBSD, the Unix-like operating system, is arguably software installation and configuration. Finding the software is easy enough; getting everything up and running is another thing entirely. The only option for many people has been to hire a consultant.
Building a Server with FreeBSD 7 is for those of us who prefer to build our own server. If you're a small business owner looking for a reliable email server, a curious Windows administrator, or if you just want to put that old computer in the closet to work, you'll learn how to get things up and running quickly. Then, once you have a working system, you can experiment, extend, and customize as you please.
You'll learn how to install FreeBSD, then how to install popular server applications with the ports collection. Each package is treated as an independent module, so you can dip into the book at any point to install just the packages you need, when you need them. The book s modules cover topics like:
<ul>
<li> Running common FreeBSD admin commands and tasks</li>
<li> Managing the FreeBSD ports collection</li>
<li> Installing third-party apps like Apache, Courier-IMAP, SpamAssassin, CUPS, Cyrus SASL, MediaWiki, and WordPress</li>
<li> Setting up MySQL, NTP, ISC DHCP, ISC BIND DNS, PHP, OpenLDAP, OpenSSH, OpenSSL, and OpenVPN</li>
</ul>
Building a Server with FreeBSD 7 will have you up and running fast, with minimum hassle. (Just be sure to send the money you save to the Unemployed Consultant Foundation.)

Building a Server with FreeBSD 7

Hong, Bryan J.

FreeBSD—the powerful, flexible, and free Unix-like operating system—is the preferred server for many enterprises. But it can be even trickier to use than either Unix or Linux, and harder still to master.
 Absolute FreeBSD, 2nd Edition is your complete guide to FreeBSD, written by FreeBSD committer Michael W. Lucas. Lucas considers this completely revised and rewritten second edition of his landmark work to be his best work ever; a true product of his love for FreeBSD and the support of the FreeBSD community. Absolute FreeBSD, 2nd Edition covers installation, networking, security, network services, system performance, kernel tweaking, filesystems, SMP, upgrading, crash debugging, and much more, including coverage of how to:
<ul>
<li>Use advanced security features like packet filtering, virtual machines, and host-based intrusion detection</li>
<li>Build custom live FreeBSD CDs and bootable flash</li>
<li>Manage network services and filesystems</li>
<li>Use DNS and set up email, IMAP, web, and FTP services for both servers and clients</li>
<li>Monitor your system with performance-testing and troubleshooting tools</li>
<li>Run diskless systems</li>
<li>Manage schedulers, remap shared libraries, and optimize your system for your hardware and your workload</li>
<li>Build custom network appliances with embedded FreeBSD</li>
<li>Implement redundant disks, even without special hardware</li>
<li>Integrate FreeBSD-specific SNMP into your network management system.</li>
</ul>
Whether you're just getting started with FreeBSD or you've been using it for years, you'll find this book to be the definitive guide to FreeBSD that you've been waiting for.

Absolute FreeBSD: The Complete Guide to FreeBSD, 2nd Edition

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