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Language : English
Paperback : 360 pages [ 235mm x 191mm ]
Release Date : January 2013
ISBN : 1849515565
ISBN 13 : 9781849515566
Author(s) : Tom Ryder

• Monitor almost anything in a network
• Control notifications in your network by configuring Nagios Core
• Get a handle on best practices and time-saving configuration methods for a leaner configuration
• Use the web interface to control notification behaviour on the fly and for scheduled outages, without restarts
• Pull Nagios Core’s data into a database to write clever custom reports of your own devising

What you will learn from this book

• Finding, installing, and writing your own plugins, and learning to reference them as Nagios Core commands for use as host and service checks, including workarounds for making checks through difficult network layouts such as those using Network Address Translation.
• Managing notifications to send the right kind of notifications to the right people at the right time, and defining contact methods besides simple email messages, including an example of automatic contact rotation.
• In-depth examples of using the standard set of Nagios Plugins for common network monitoring needs, with discussion of generic methods for monitoring the results of SNMP queries.
• Remote monitoring methods to handle the situations where Nagios Core cannot directly check a service’s status over the network, to check things such as database servers that only listen locally, or hardware devices with no SNMP OIDs exported.
• Defining network structure and dependencies in Nagios Core to enable it to perform its notification behavior more intelligently, and allow you to very quickly find the “root” of particular problems; also how to reflect this structure in the network map once defined, and even decorate it.
• Best practices for managing Nagios Core configuration to make it leaner, more robust, and better suited to programatically generating configuration as specified by other systems.
• Automating other interactions with Nagios Core, including using passive checks to track tasks being performed both locally and in other parts of the network, or running scripts automatically in response to checks; also includes discussion of developing your own reports or vizualisations using automatically exported data from the system.

Tom Ryder

Tom Ryder is a systems administrator and former web developer from New Zealand. He uses Nagios Core as part of his “day job” as a systems administrator, monitoring the network for a regional internet service provider. Tom works a great deal with UNIX-like systems, being a particular fan of GNU/Linux, and writes about usage of open source command line development tools on his blog Arabesque: http://blog.sanctum.geek.nz.

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By David Mark , Jack Nutting , Jeff LaMarche , Fredrik Olsson

• ISBN13: 978-1-4302-4512-4
• 764 Pages
• User Level: Beginner to Intermediate
• Publication Date: January 21, 2013
• Available eBook Formats: EPUB, MOBI, PDF

The team that brought you the bestselling Beginning iPhone Development is back again for Beginning iOS 6 Development, bringing this definitive guide up-to-date with Apple’s latest and greatest iOS 6 SDK, as well as with the latest version of Xcode.

There’s coverage of brand new technologies, with chapters on storyboards and iCloud, for example, as well as significant updates to existing chapters to bring them in line with all the changes that came with the iOS 6 SDK. You’ll have everything you need to create your very own apps for the latest iOS devices, including the iPhone 4S, iPad 2, and the latest iPod touch. Every single sample app in the book has been rebuilt from scratch using latest Xcode and the latest 64-bit iOS 6-specific project templates and designed to take advantage of the latest Xcode features.

Assuming only a minimal working knowledge of Objective-C, and written in a friendly, easy-to-follow style, Beginning iOS 6 Development offers a complete soup-to-nuts course in iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch programming. The book starts with the basics, walking through the process of downloading and installing Xcode and the iOS 6 SDK, and then guides you though the creation of your first simple application.

From there, you’ll learn how to integrate all the interface elements Apple touch users have come to know and love, such as buttons, switches, pickers, toolbars, and sliders. You’ll master a variety of design patterns, from the simplest single view to complex hierarchical drill-downs. The confusing art of table building will be demystified, and you’ll learn how to save your data using the iPhone file system. You’ll also learn how to save and retrieve your data using a variety of persistence techniques, including Core Data and SQLite. And there’s much more! You’ll learn to draw using Quartz 2D and OpenGL ES, add multitouch gestural support (pinches and swipes) to your applications, and work with the camera, photo library, accelerometer, and built-in GPS. You’ll discover the fine points of application preferences and learn how to localize your apps for multiple languages.

• The iOS 6 update to the bestselling and most recommended book for Cocoa touch developers
• Packed full of tricks, techniques, and enthusiasm for the new SDK from a developer perspective
• Written in an accessible, easy-to-follow style

What you’ll learn

• Everything you need to know to develop your own bestselling iPhone and iPad apps
• Best practices for optimizing your code and delivering great user experiences
• How to create “universal” apps for both the iPhone and iPad
• What is data persistence and why is it important
• Get started with building cool, crisp User Interfaces
• What and how to use Table Views
• How to do graphics with Quartz and OpenGL ES
• What geo app development features the new iOS brings to the iPhone
• How to get your app in iCloud
• And much much more…

Who this book is for
Everyone who wants to start developing for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad!

For the latest source code, please head to http://www.iphonedevbook.com.

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