By: Marc J. Rochkind

The classic guide to UNIX programming -- completely updated!

An initiative of the Free Standards Group, the Linux Standard Base (LSB) is a set of standards designed to increase compatibility among Linux distributions and enable applications to run on any LSB-compliant system. The advent of LSB 2.0 is revolutionary in that it allows ISVs to create "shrink-wrapped software" for the Linux platform much in the same way they already do for Windows.

Written by the team that created the LSB, this book shows developers how to create, test and certify software for LSB 2.0 compliance. The book's hands-on approach lets readers quickly understand how to write Linux applications that are portable across multiple distributions, including those from SuSE, Mandrake, and Solaris. The accompanying CD-ROM contains the full LSB 2.0 specification and the sample program files used in the book.

Written for Java and Linux developers alike, Java Application Development on Linux is the hands-on guide to the full Java Development lifecycle on Linux.

By: Arnold Robins

Learn Linux Programming, hands-on...from real source code.

In this book, PHP 5's co-creator and two leading PHP developers show you how to make the most of PHP 5's industrial-strength enhancements in any project--no matter how large or complex. Their unique insights and realistic examples illuminate PHP 5's new object model, powerful design patterns, improved XML Web services support, and much more. Whether you're creating web applications, extensions, packages, or shell scripts--or migrating PHP 4 code--here are high-powered solutions you won't find anywhere else.