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Pragmatic Version Control using Subversion, 2nd Edition by Mike Mason Review by Glen Jarvis — by Bill Deegan — posted on Nov 15, 2008 05:36 AM

Although I had been using subversion in my workplace for over a year, I found "The Pragmatic Version Control Using Subersion 2nd Edition" by Mike Mason to be a valuable learning tool.

Essential SQLAlchemy By Rick Copeland Review by Max Slimmer — by Bill Deegan — posted on Nov 04, 2008 07:15 AM —

• oreilly

This book presents SQLAlchemy in a clear and comprehensive manner. Beginning with basics and covering the subject matter in an orderly approach. It is a good way to gain a fairly in depth understanding and set you on your way to being able to use SQLAlchemy.

The Algorithm Design Manual, 2nd ed by Steven S. Skiena Review by Steven Parkes Reviewed October, 2008 — by Bill Deegan — posted on Nov 04, 2008 06:41 AM —

• springer

For anyone looking to refresh and update their algorithms background, the recently released second edition of Steve Skiena's Algorithm Design Manual might well be the best resource available. At the very least, it's an approachable start.

High Performance Web Sites (Essential Knowledge for Frontend Engineers) by Steve Souders Review by William Deegan — by Bill Deegan — posted on Nov 01, 2008 05:00 AM —

• oreilly

So you're web site seems slow, users have to wait a long time for pages to render. Is it time to start looking at your database, and webserver configs? Perhaps not, there's a lot to be gained by following a few simple rules in your frontend.

Learning Vi & Vim- 7th Edition by Arnold Robbins, Elbert Hannah and Linda Lamb Review by Tom Michel Oct 2008 — by Bill Deegan — posted on Oct 31, 2008 05:55 AM —

• oreilly

Learning the vi and Vim Editors, Seventh edition, July 2008, by Arnold Robbins, Elbert Hannah and Linda Lamb is both a tutorial for beginners and a reference for experienced users. vi and several of its clones are covered in this edition: nvi, elvis, Vim, and vile. Chapters 9 through 15 cover Vim. Chapters 16, 17 and 18 cover nvi, elvis and vile, respectively. Including the index and appendices the book is 470 pages.

The Software Test Engineer's Handbook by Bath and McKay Review by Janesh Ramakrishnan — by Bill Deegan — posted on Oct 06, 2008 11:35 PM —

• oreilly

The Software Test Engineer's Handbook by Bath and McKay will serve as a decent ancillary guide for an ISTQB Advanced Level candidate.

Python for Unix and Linux System Administration Review by Emile van Sebille October 2008 — by Bill Deegan — posted on Oct 06, 2008 03:04 AM

I have a hard time imagining the target audience for this book. I'm comfortable with both Python and *nix administration having worked with python since v1.5.2 and *nix since Xenix v3.0, and although neither has ever been more than about 20% of my work, both are critical to administrating the 30 *nix boxes at the dozen sites I manage ranging from 5-80 users/site.

Learning Python, Third Edition By Mark Lutz Review by Mikael Rogers — by Bill Deegan — posted on Aug 27, 2008 05:37 AM —

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• overdue

JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook Review by Arien Malec, March 2005 — by Bill Deegan — posted on Aug 27, 2008 05:37 AM —

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As older browsers have mostly faded away, and new applications, such as GMail and Google Maps, have shown the power in the Document Object Model, interest in the JavaScript language has grown. The classic JavaScript reference is JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, by David Flanagan (also published by O'Reilly); Danny Goodman's other book, Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference (again, also published by O'Reilly), is a reasonable companion document. These two guides wear the term "Definitive" reasonably well, although they fail to document some of the more interesting XML and HTTP tools available in later IE, Firefox, Safari and Opera browsers

AutoIt v3: Your Quick Guide Review by Tony Cappellini, Reviewed June 2008 — by Bill Deegan — posted on Aug 27, 2008 05:10 AM —

• oreilly

For those of you who aren't familiar with AutoIt, it is a fabulous open-source framework for automating Windows applications. It is full-featured, easy to use, very popular and has a large, active community supporting it. O'Reilly published a Shortcut for AutoItV3 in 2007.