Advanced Linux Programming

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This book was a pleasant surprise. Not 700-1000 pages, but just above 300 pages and packed with information and small workable c-examples. I was walked through creating basic applications, shared & static libraries, sockets, pipes and security, forks/threads and detailed expamples on synchronization mechanisms. The book also guides you through creation of a relatively simple web server with plugin-modules. Quite fun !So in addition to discover how typical intermediate/advanced programming tasks were handled in Linux I also learned a lot more on how the system works. No shell programming here - only C. Keep your Linux box close by when reading!

I'm working on my BS in Computer Science, and have spent years hunting over the web and bookstores for information on programming in the Linux enviroment. -This book is the BIBLE! I open each chapter and section as if I'm opening a treasure... and that is what this book is: a treasure trove of information, from thread management, interprocess communication, shared memory, devices, to even implementing inline assembly code! This book is well written as an introduction without overloading the reader with tangential information: it introduces each topic, shows hows it works and how to implement it (including simple illustrative sample code examples you can on your own machine), and where to get info on more in depth coverage. This book is a MUST for anyone who wants to understand the Linux enviroment! -Heck: it makes a good read just as an introduction to advanced tools in general! -I wish I had it years ago, and recommend it for ANYONE interested in programming in Linux, or just interested in developing their programming tools beyond "Hello World" ! Heck: any CS teachers out ther should consider creating a programming course based on this book as an intro to advanced progamming topics in general: the authors have already done most of the work introducing not only how to use the tools, but how the tools work and how the system implements them!

Working on this book was a privilege and a joy. As opposed to the money-minded "doorstop"/quantity-over-quality format that most computer/programming books fall into, this text is relatively lean and mean. The examples are beautiful in many ways: as pure code, as examples of how to comment code clearly and completely, and as examples of how to teach concepts. In each and every case the authors provided one of the better clarifications of a programming concept I have ever encountered. If you have tinkered with programming in a GNU/Linux environment, are reasonably comfortable with C code ("reasonably" is relative since this code is so well-commented) and are looking to take your knowledge to the next level, I cannot recommend this book too highly. I believe it is destined to become a classic!