Professional Linux Programming

Market_Desc: · The primary audience is professional programmers who need to solve a particular problem while creating or modify applications using Linux. A server software developer, real-time software engineer, graphical software desktop developer or web programmer will all find valuable practical information in this book.· The secondary audience includes system administrators, and students. Special Features: · Delivers on Programmer to Programmer Promise: This book delivers practical Linux programming advice for professionals tackling application and kernel development.· Pragmatic coverage: A strong focus is placed upon getting programmers up to speed with technology as quickly as possible with effective examples. The book covers how to actually build software on a Linux based system while making extensive use of the GNU automated build tools (autoconf/automake, etc.) and many other utilities which streamline the process of software development.· Linux Market share growing: Linux is expected to grab more than 25% of the $50.9 billion server market in 2006 (IDC). Linux runs more than 25% of all corporate servers, and 39% of large corporations now use Linux. IBM alone has more than 4,600 Linux customers. (BusinessWeek) About The Book: The book is sub-divided into four primary sections: Linux Nuts & Bolts, The Linux Kernel, The Linux Desktop, and Linux for the web. The sections address key topics that Linux programmers need to master along with newer challenges. Cross-compilation (the act of building software on one type of computer system with the intention that it run on a foreign target platform) is a classical issue for those working on Linux projects and has a number of generally accepted approaches for its solution. Contrast the classical cross-compilation with a newer issue of dynamic device insertion and removal ( hotplug ). The Project Utopia has seeded various technologies that allow for automated device detection and discovery to work correctly on Linux systems - in a way that rivals that already available to users of other common computing platforms. Today, a Linux user who plugs in a USB stick can reasonably expect to have it just work . Part of the Desktop Linux section will discuss how to work with these technologies (D-BUS, hal, udev, etc.) in order to put such technological advancement to practical use.