Scripted GUI Testing with Ruby

Scripted GUI Testing with Ruby is a practical, quick-moving tutorial based on real life, and real-world GUI applications.

Right out of the gate you'll start working with code to drive a desktop GUI. You'll discover the kinds of gotchas and edge cases that don't exist in simple, toy programs. As you add more tests, you'll learn how to organize your test code and write lucid examples. The result is a series of "smoke tests" team will run on Continuous Integration servers.

Next, we'll explore a variety of different testing tips and tricks. You'll employ a series of increasingly random and punishing test monkeys to try to crash programs. Table-driven techniques will show you how to check dozens of different input combinations. See how to use longer acceptance tests (in the form of stories) to represent the way a typical customer would use your program.

Python for Unix and Linux System Administration

Python is an ideal language for solving problems, especially in Linux and Unix networks. With this pragmatic book, administrators can review various tasks that often occur in the management of these systems, and learn how Python can provide a more efficient and less painful way to handle them.

Each chapter in Python for Unix and Linux System Administration presents a particular administrative issue, such as concurrency or data backup, and presents Python solutions through hands-on examples. Once you finish this book, you'll be able to develop your own set of command-line utilities with Python to tackle a wide range of problems.

RedHat Linux Networking and System Administration

Red Hat Linux is the most popular distribution of Linux currently in use. Red Hat Linux has shown itself to be a robust, reliable operating system that can run on a variety of hardware, from personal computers to large mainframes. Linux in general, and Red Hat Linux in particular, is a very powerful operating system that can be used at the enterprise level as a full-fledged server, as well as at the workstation level for typical user applications. For those of us dissatisfied with the reliability of other commercially available operating systems, Red Hat Linux is a pleasant alternative.

Hardening Linux

Bulletproof your system before you are hacked! From the publisher of the international best-seller, Hacking Exposed, here is a brilliant new offering written with a passion for security that will help you make the necessary upgrades and take the essential steps to secure your Linux systems. The concise and consistent approach breaks down security into logical parts, giving you actions to take immediately, information on hardening your system from the top down, how to plan and maintain an interative security strategy and finally, how to navigate the "soft issues" of how to garner management and employee support for your security strategy. Features examples in the most frequently used enterprise Linux distributions, Red Hat Enterprise Server 3.0, SuSE SLES 8.1 and a sneak preview of SuSE SLES 9.0

Ubuntu Linux For Dummies

What has made Ubuntu the most popular Linux distribution in recent years? It's the emphasis on ease of installation and use. It gets even easier when paired with Ubuntu Linux For Dummies. This friendly reference shows you how to run Ubuntu directly from CD-ROM and install it on a PC as a personal workstation and network server. You’ll find out how to download Ubuntu and start using it right away. You'll also discover how to:
Connect to a LAN via a wireless and Ethernet
Use OpenOffice.org and Mozilla Firefox drawing and editing
Tap into multimedia, graphics and other applications using Ubuntu
Create services for a home or small business network
Generate and manage web pages, print services, and more
Find helpful information about Ubuntu and Linux
Troubleshoot and fix problems