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Java Swing

Java developers who moved from applets to full-scale applications in the mid-1900s exposed several weaknesses of the Java Developer Kit, one of which was the primitive functionality of GUI components in the Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT). To fix that particular problem, Sun Microsystems' Java group came up with Swing, a set of much more complete, flexible, and portable user interface components written entirely in Java. According to the authors of 'Java Swing' Swing revolutionized user interface development, enabling enterprise development in Java. With the release of Java 2 SDK 1.4, Swing's performance is even better. Loy and his cohorts have completely revised their comprehensive book not only to cover features available in Java 2 SDK 1.3 and 1.4, but also to include extensive coverage of Java on the new Mac OS X environment. The new edition of "Java. Swing" has hundreds of useful examples and detailed explanations to help programmers of all skill levels create code quickly and effectively. Java Swing offers a complete introduction to the entire Swing component set--tables, trees, sliders, spinners, progress bars, internal frames, text components, with discussions on how to use them, display them on the screen, register for events, get information from them, extend them, and even create new ones. The book also goes into detail about the model-delegate architecture behind the components and discusses the data models. As the book explains, "Understanding the models is essential when you're working on an application that requires something significantly different from the component's default behavior."

Essential System Administration

This new Edition of 'Essential System Administration" Covers All the Fundamentals of Running Unix and Linux Systems approaching system administration from a task-oriented perspective, so it is organized around various facets of the system administrator's job, rather than around the features of the Unix operating system, or the workings of the hardware subsystems in a typical system, or some designated group of administrative commands. In the third edition, Frisch covers all the fundamental and essential tasks required to run such divergent Unix systems as AIX, FreeBSD, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Tru64, and more.

The new edition includes expanded coverage of networking, electronic mail, security, and kernel configuration--topics of increasing importance to administrators. It also covers services such as LDAP, PAM, DHCP, and DNS, and discussions of many important open source tools, including SSH, Cfengine, Amanda, RRDTool, and Cricket. Written for full- or part-time administrators of Unix systems, the book includes help for both Unix users who are new to system administration and for experienced system administrators who are new to Unix.

Linux Server Hacks

Linux Server Hacks' is a collection of industrial-strength, real-world, tested solutions to practical problems. The book contains one hundred independent but related tips, tools, and scripts that solve common but frequently difficult administrative tasks. Some of the hacks are subtle, many of them are non-obvious, and all of them demonstrate the power and flexibility of a Linux system. The book offers hacks devoted to tuning the Linux kernel to make one's system run more efficiently, as well as using CVS or RCS to track the revision to system files. There are hacks covering alternate ways of doing backups, using the system monitoring tools to track system performance, and a variety of secure networking solutions. 'Linux Server Hacks' also includes tips on managing large-scale web installations running Apache, MYSQL, and other open source tools that are typically part of a Linux system. Every hack can be read in just a few minutes, but will save hours of searching for the right answer. This book contains one hundred directly applicable hacks that solve common but frequently difficult tasks.