E.3. Advanced Books, Programming Books By a happy coincidence , this book is published by O'Reilly Media, the industry's leading source of technical books for Mac users, programmers, and system administrators. If this book has whetted your appetite for more advanced topics, these current and upcoming books on Unix, programming Mac OS X, and administering large networks could come in handy. E.3.1. Mac Essentials -
AppleScript: The Missing Manual by Adam Goldstein. This book is a patient, witty guide to the basics of scripting your Mac with AppleScript. Step-by-step examples include batch-renaming files in the Finder, altering and applying text styles in TextEdit, tweaking QuickTime movie files, and much more. -
AppleScript: The Definitive Guide by Matt Neuburg. Once you've got the basics down, this book takes you deeper into AppleScript, teaching you the finer details of the language from the ground up. -
Inside .Mac by Chuck Toporek. This book shows you how to get the most from your .Mac membership, showing you how to use apps like Backup and Virex, and how to build your .Mac HomePage using the online tools. -
Mac OS X Tiger Hacks by Rael Dornfest and James Duncan Davidson. 100 no- nonsense , sometimes quick-and-dirty solutions to administering and taking full advantage of Web, Mail, and FTP serving, security services, SSH, Perl and shell scripting, compiling, configuring, scheduling, networking, and hacking. -
Mac OS X Tiger Pocket Guide by Chuck Toporek. Need a handy guide to Mac OS X Tiger that you can carry around in your laptop bag? This small book fits in your pocket just as easily as it does your computer bag, and includes hundreds of tips for using and configuring Tiger. -
Podcasting Hacks by Jack Herrington. This book shows you all the ins and outs of Podcasting, with tips for developing a show, how to distribute your podcasts, and how to build an audience in this ever-growing market. E.3.2. Unix Essentials -
Learning Unix for Mac OS X Tiger . A tour of the Mac's Unix base, for the uninitiated. Includes descriptions of the hundreds of Unix programs that come with the Mac. -
Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks by Brian Jepson and Ernest Rothman. They're not kidding: This book is for people who already live and breathe Unix. -
Learning the bash Shell , 3rd Edition, by Cameron Newham. If you plan on using the Terminal application to do Unixy stuff on your Mac, this book shows you your way around Tiger's default shell, bash . -
Learning GNU Emacs , 3rd Edition, by Debra Cameron, James Elliott, and Marc Loy. A guide to the GNU emacs editor, one of the most widely used and powerful Unix text editors. -
Learning the vi Editor , 6th Edition, by Linda Lamb and Arnold Robbins. A complete guide to editing with vi , the text editor available on nearly every Unix system. -
Unix Power Tools , 3rd Edition, by Shelley Powers, Jerry Peek, Tim O'Reilly, and Mike Loukides. Practical advice about most every aspect of advanced Unix: POSIX utilities, GNU versions, detailed bash, tcsh , and ksh shell coverage, and a strong emphasis on Perl. E.3.3. Mac OS X Administration -
Essential Mac OS X Tiger Server Administration by Michael Bartosh and Ryan Faas. This book details the inner-workings of Mac OS X Tiger Server, covering topics such as Open Directory, and setting up Mail and Print services for Mac clients , as well as Server's NetBoot and NetInstall features, and using Apple Remote Desktop to monitor user machines from afar. -
Running Mac OS X Tiger by James Duncan Davidson. This book reveals the inner workings of Tiger with a heavy dose of Unix. -
Postfix: The Definitive Guide by Kyle D. Dent. If you're planning to run your own email server, this book shows you how to configure and run Mac OS X's built-in mail server, Postfix. -
Apache: The Definitive Guide , 2nd Edition, by Ben Laurie and Peter Laurie. Describes how to set up, and secure the Apache Web server software. -
Apache Cookbook by Ken Coar and Rich Bowen. A collection of configuration examples for all Apache users, from novices to advanced practitioners . |
