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With its user-friendly reputation, the Mac appeals to both novices and hard-core geeks. Known for its efficiency, pleasant interface, and customization options, the Mac has become increasingly attractive to Unix developers, especially with the introduction of Mac OS X's BSD core. The latest version, Panther, enhances this appeal by allowing users to explore the underlying Unix operating system more easily. Users can run Linux and Unix applications alongside native Aqua apps on the Mac desktop. However, even seasoned Unix users may find themselves navigating unfamiliar territory with Mac OS X Panther, which differs significantly from prior Macs and traditional Unix systems. This guide, written by Brian Jepson and Ernest E. Rothman, helps users understand the BSD Unix system and the specific components of Panther that may pose challenges. It covers essential topics, including an overview of the Terminal application and alternatives, Open Directory (LDAP) and NetInfo, GNU C Compiler (GCC) issues, library linking, and porting Unix software. Additionally, it provides insights into the Mac OS X Panther filesystem, startup processes, package creation using Fink and Darwin Ports, and building the Darwin kernel. The book concludes with a reference to the "Missing Manual Pages," detailing commands included with Mac OS X Panther that lack manpages. This resource will help users acclimate to the new Mac environment and navigate the fami

If you're one of the many Unix developers drawn to Mac OS X for its BSD core, you'll find yourself in surprisingly unfamiliar territory. Even if you're an experienced Mac user, Mac OS X is unlike earlier Macs, and it's radically different from the Unix you've used before, too.Enter "Mac OS X for Unix Geeks" by Brian Jepson and Ernest E. Rothman, two Unix geeks who found themselves in the same place you are. Their new book is your guide to figuring out the BSD Unix system and Mac-specific components that are making your life difficult and to help ease you into the Unix inside Mac OS X. This concise book includes such topics The book wraps up with a quick manpage-style reference to the "Missing Manual Pages"--commands that come with Mac OS X although there are no manpages.If you find yourself disoriented by the new Mac environment, Mac OS X for Unix Geeks can help you acclimate yourself quickly to the familiar, yet foreign, Unix landscape.

Learn the fundamentals of soldering - and pick up an essential skill for building electronic gadgets. You'll discover how to preheat and tin your iron, make a good solder joint, desolder cleanly (when things don't quite go right), and how to use helping hands to hold components in place.

Jump into the world of Near Field Communications (NFC), the fast-growing technology that lets devices in close proximity exchange data using radio signals. With lots of examples, sample code, exercises, and step-by-step projects, this hands-on guide shows you how to build NFC applications for Android, the Arduino microcontroller, and embedded Linux devices. You'll learn how to write apps using the NFC Data Exchange Format (NDEF) in PhoneGap, Arduino, and node.js that help devices read messages from passive NFC tags and exchange data with other NFC-enabled devices. If you know HTML and JavaScript, you're ready to start with NFC

If you're one of the many Unix developers drawn to Mac OS X for its Unix core, you'll find yourself in surprisingly unfamiliar territory. Unix and Mac OS X are kissing cousins, but there are enough pitfalls and minefields in going from one to another that even a Unix guru can stumble, and most guides to Mac OS X are written for Mac aficionados. For a Unix developer, approaching Tiger from the Mac side is a bit like learning Russian by reading the Russian side of a Russian-English dictionary. Fortunately, O'Reilly has been the Unix authority for over 25 years, and in Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks , that depth of understanding shows.This is the book for Mac command-line fans. Completely revised and updated to cover Mac OS X Tiger, this new edition helps you quickly and painlessly get acclimated with Tiger's familiar-yet foreign-Unix environment. Topics Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks is the ideal survival guide for taming the Unix side of Tiger. If you're a Unix geek with an interest in Mac OS X, you'll find this clear, concise book invaluable.