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Not like? Drop us a line on your travels through our site -- we're listening! The IBM developerWorks team dWnews@us.ibm.com P.S. Instructions on subscribing to or unsubscribing from this newsletter are at the bottom. ===================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS ===================================================== dW NEWS: China Beta SECURITY: Internet World Report JAVA TECHNOLOGY ZONE: Test Drive Your Code CONTEST: New Prizes This Week! LINUX ZONE: Making the Distribution, Part 1 dW and IBOOKS.COM: dW Offers XML Primer WEB ARCHITECTURE ZONE: Capacity Planning for Growth STARTUP RESOURCES: Technopreneurship in Singapore COMPONENTS ZONE: Is EJB Right for You? ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER: Subscription Info and Legalese ===================================================== dW NEWS http://www.cn.ibm.com/developerWorks/?n-11160 ===================================================== China Beta Developers in Mainland China can now read articles, tutorials, news, and columns from local technology industry leaders -- all written in Simplified Chinese and geared toward the local developer community. Check out the site and click the feedback link to let us know what you think. http://www.cn.ibm.com/developerWorks/?n-11160 ===================================================== SECURITY http://www.ibm.com/developer/security/?n-s-11160 ===================================================== Internet World Report Larry Loeb scoured the floor at the Fall Internet World 2000 show in New York to catch the latest trends in security. In this special report, you'll learn some useful -- and surprising -- insights on what's going on and what's coming down the pike. http://www.ibm.com/software/developer/library/s-trend.html?n-s-11160 Principles for a Secure System Find out about Principles 2 and 3 in designing and building a secure system: Defense in depth, which advocates the use of multiple defense strategies; and secure failure, the notion that system failure is not necessarily the same as system vulnerability. Authors Gary McGraw and John Viega tell all. http://www.ibm.com/software/developer/library/s-fail.html?n-s-11160 ===================================================== JAVA TECHNOLOGY ZONE http://www.ibm.com/developer/java/?n-j-11160 ===================================================== Test Drive Your Code Learn how JUnit and Ant can automate testing, improve the quality of your software, and save you eons of time and effort over the long haul. http://www-4.ibm.com/software/developer/library/j-ant/?n-j-11160 ===================================================== CONTEST http://www.dwcontest.com/ ===================================================== New Prizes This Week! Five TIVO digital TV recorders are boxed up and waiting to be mailed to five people whose names we'll draw this week. To enter the drawing, simply register your name and e-mail address. While you're registering, download the free tutorial on Linux "Rebol scripting basics" and get a free CD set of developer tools. Don't forget to register each week for new prizes! http://www.dwcontest.com/ ===================================================== LINUX ZONE http://www.ibm.com/developer/linux/?n-l-11160 ===================================================== Making the Distribution, Part 1 Get the inside story on how Daniel Robbins put together his own Linux distribution. http://www.ibm.com/software/developer/library/l-dist1.html?n-l-11160 GNOMEnclature: Intro to Bonobo Take another step toward understanding component-based technologies using CORBA and ORBit. http://www.ibm.com/software/developer/library/l-gn-cor/?n-l-1160 Common Threads: Sed by example, Part 3 Daniel concludes his sed series with a powerful QIF-to-text conversion script. http://www.ibm.com/software/developer/library/l-sed3.html?n-l-11160 ===================================================== dW and IBOOKS.COM ===================================================== dW Offers XML Primer If you still haven't registered with ibooks.com, you might be tempted when you hear that this week "XML by Example" is free, compliments of dW, when you register with ibooks.com for the first time. http://www.ibooks.com/?affiliate=00AWJ1MKEQWK67R3LM&msg=xmlex ===================================================== WEB ARCHITECTURE ZONE http://www.ibm.com/developer/web/?n-w-11160 ===================================================== Capacity Planning for Growth Is your Web site poised to satisfy future demands? Can it accommodate potential workload and infrastructure changes as your e-business grows? Use these specific examples, graphs, and sample scenario scripts to help you understand and plan for users' behavior at online shopping, banking, and trading sites. http://www.ibm.com/software/developer/library/w-capacity/?n-w-11160 Introducing RSS News Feeds Learn why RDF Site Summary (RSS) is catching on as one of the most widely used XML formats on the Web. See why companies like Netscape, Userland, and Moreover use RSS to distribute and syndicate article summaries and headlines. The sample code in this article demonstrates elements of an RSS file and includes a Perl example using the module XML::RSS. http://www.ibm.com/software/developer/library/w-rss.html?n-w-11160 ===================================================== STARTUP RESOURCES http://www.ibm.com/developer/startup/?n-st-11160 ===================================================== Technopreneurship in Singapore Alive and well and roaring for more are the technopreneurs and startups in this small Southeast Asian country. A look at this tech-savvy island's tremendous tale of technological entrepreneurship provides insight for Singaporeans and non-Singaporeans alike who want to tap into this trend. http://www.ibm.com/software/developer/library/su-sing.html?n-st-11160 ==================================================== COMPONENTS ZONE http://www.ibm.com/developer/components/?n-co-11160 ==================================================== Is EJB Right for You? Choosing a development platform is an important architectural decision. Here's info on how to determine whether Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) is for you and what to look for when evaluating EJBs. http://www.ibm.com/software/developer/library/tip-ejb.html?n-co-11160 ===================================================== NEED MORE? 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