Dear Readers,
It's always fun to add new recipes to the collection. Chocolate mousse, fresh greens, and berry salad, auto-tabbing for fixed-length text boxes. That's right, a little JavaScript is a wonderful addition to any Web developer's menu.
I mention this because we've just published the first of six recipes from the "JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook" by Danny Goodman. Danny's been busy in the kitchen, and we thought you'd enjoy a few of his appetizers. Be sure to stop by our Web DevCenter for a taste.
While you're over there, you might want to sample Bruce Stewart's interview of information architect Lou Rosenfeld and Web usability expert Steve Krug. They chat about life on the Web as it appears from their respective disciplines.
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Yes, we have a virtual buffet waiting for you. And as you meander over for a look, I think I'd better step out for a real bite to eat.
Until next week,
Derrick
Derrick Story
O'Reilly Network Technical Editor
derrick@oreilly.com
Cooking with JavaScript & DHTML
In this first sample recipe excerpted from JavaScript & DHTML
Cookbook learn how to use auto-tabbing for fixed-length text boxes.
And check back to this space over the next several weeks for more
sample recipes covering arrays and objects, browser feature
detection, style-sheet management, and HTML elements positioning.
Information Architecture Meets Usability
We talk to information architect Lou Rosenfeld and Web usability
expert Steve Krug about the common pitfalls of their respective
disciplines.
Web Services Security, Part 3
This article discusses XML-based authentication and the sharing of
authentication information across different applications, known as
Single Sign-on. The Security Assertions Markup Language (SAML) from
OASIS provides expression in XML of authentication information.
Networking in Cocoa
Now that he's returned from his book writing hiatus, Mike Beam shows
you how to finish off the RCE chat program he started several
columns ago.
Geeking in the Third World
Geekcorps volunteers work in third world countries helping companies
become technically competent IT businesses. Richard Koman interviews
Geekcorps founder Ethan Zuckerman.
Instrumenting Your .NET Applicaiton
As they refine the .NET story, Microsoft seems to be getting more
and more serious about pushing into the "enterprise" space. One of
the latest pieces of evidence of this push is the release of the
Enterprise Instrumentation framework (EIF), a set of classes and
utilities that work with the .NET languages to provide white-box
monitoring for distributed applications. Mike Gunderloy shows you
how to add instrumentation to your own .NET applications.
What I Hate About Your Programming Language
Choosing a programming language is rarely ever as easy as making a
list of features and choosing the best ones. Like programming, it
can be messy and opinionated. Every language has its own philosophy,
and whether that fits your own mind is often a matter of taste.
Exult Developer Interview: Reinventing a Classic
Howard Wen recently introduced the Exult project that's making
Ultima 7 accessible on a new generation of platforms. This week,
he talks to developers Jeff Freedman and Ryan Nunn about code
reuse across projects, reverse engineering, and other proposed and
actual gaming ideas.
Black Box Web Testing with HttpUnit
No matter how much unit testing you do, how do you know your web
site meets your customers' real needs? Giora Katz-Lichtenstein
introduces HttpUnit, a Java framework for Black Box web testing,
and demonstrates how it can improve your sites.
Berkeley DB XML: An Embedded XML Database
Paul Ford introduces Sleepycat Software's Berkeley DB XML database,
an XML-aware version of the popular Berkeley DB libraries, embedded
in many software products.
Top Ten Digital Photography Tips
You have a digital camera and have recorded the typical shots of
family and friends. Now what? Here are ten tips to make your next
batch of digital images so impressive that people will ask: "Hey,
what type of camera do you have?" Guess what? It's not the camera.
Goodbye PDA, Hello iPod?
Many casual PDA users dumped their old handhelds when Apple first
introduced address and calendar synch to the iPod. But for more
serious PDA enthusiasts, that just wasn't enough. Now with the new
iPods running firmware 2.0, notes have been added to the mix (plus
a few other goodies). Here's a look at how the iPod could become
your next PDA... with a 10 GB hard drive or bigger!
More Cocoa, More Stuff: Results from the Mac DevCenter Survey
In less than a week, more than 1,300 Mac DevCenter readers responded
to our first online survey for the site. Here's who they are, what
they like, and directions they want us to go.
Black Box Web Testing with HttpUnit
No matter how much unit testing you do, how do you know your web
site meets your customers' real needs? Giora Katz-Lichtenstein
introduces HttpUnit, a Java framework for Black Box web testing,
and demonstrates how it can improve your sites.
What's New in Windows Server 2003
They did it. Microsoft has finally released Windows Server 2003.
Sure, they did a ninth-inning renaming of the operating system from
Windows .NET Server to Windows Server 2003. But there are still
many features that the .NET developer should be salivating over.
Shawn Wildermuth counts down the top ten features that you should
know about.
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