Professional Linux Programming

Neil Matthew and Richard Stones; Brad Clements; Andrew Froggatt; David J. Goodger; Ivan Griffin; Jeff Licquia; Ronald van Loon; Harish Rawat; Udaya Ranawake; Marius Sundbakken; Deepak Thomas; Stephen J. Turnbull; David Woodhouse; Richard Stones; Christopher Browne

ISBN 10: 1861003013 / ISBN 13: 9781861003010

Published by Apress, 2000

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Synopsis:

As Linux increases its presence throughout the world as a target platform for professional application development, its growth as a powerful, flexible system offering many free development tools assures its place in the future. By giving you easy access to this comprehensive range of tools, supporting new and nascent technologies, at little or no cost, developing with Linux allows you to apply the solution that's right for you.

In this follow-up to the best-selling Beginning Linux Programming, you will learn from the authors' real-world knowledge and experience of developing software for Linux; you'll be taken through the development of a sample 'DVD Store' application, with 'theme' chapters addressing different aspects of its implementation. Meanwhile, individual 'take-a-break' chapters cover important topics that go beyond the bounds of the central theme. All focus on the practical aspects of programming, showing how crucial it is to choose the right tools for the job, use them as they should be used, and get things right first time.

Who is this book for?

Experienced Linux programmers and aspiring developers alike will find a great deal of practical information in this book on libraries, techniques, tools and applications. You should be familiar with a simple Linux system, have a good working knowledge of programming in C, and a basic understanding of object-oriented programming with C++ for the Qt/KDE chapters.

What does this book cover?

Data storage in Linux - including coverage of PostgreSQL, MySQL and XML

Implementation of Linux GUIs - covering both KDE and GNOME

Web-based interfaces - using the PHP module for Apache

Python - including extending and embedding the language

Using RPC and CORBA to construct distributed object-based applications

Versioning (with CVS), documentation, internationalization and project distribution

Distributed hardware solutions such as diskless Linux and Beowulf clustering

About the Author: Richard Stones and Neil Matthew are the authors of the first edition of Beginning Linux Programming. They are both experienced software professionals with many years' experience using and programming UNIX and Linux. They are also co-authors of the Wrox Press title, Instant UNIX.

The other contributors are a multi-author Wrox writing team of professional developers.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Professional Linux Programming
Publisher: Apress
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket