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Apache Books

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Apache Experts

Tom White has been an Apache Hadoop committer since February 2007, and is a member of the Apache Software Foundation. He has written numerous articles for O'Reilly, java.net and IBM's developerWorks, and has spoken at several conferences, including at ApacheCon 2008 on Hadoop.

Sean Hull is an Oracle DBA and web developer plying his trade as an independent consultant with his own firm, iHeavy Inc., in New York City.

Dave Cross is the owner of Magnum Solutions Ltd., a London-based Perl Consultancy, and is also the author of the well-respected Data Munging with Perl.

Brian K. Jones is an infrastructure architect, and system/network/database administrator, and co-author of Linux Server Hacks, Volume Two .

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Apache Answers

O'Reilly Answers: Clever Hacks. Creative Ideas. Innovative Solutions.

• Get to Know Hadoop Filesystems
• Parse the Recovery.gov Grant Data and Create a Lucene Index
• How to Create a New Maven Project from the Command Line
• How to upgrade Apache using config.nice
• How to install a generic third-party Apache module
• How to get more details in your log entries
• How to log user directories with Apache
• How to set up name-based virtual hosts with Apache
• How to permit case-insensitive URLs with Apache
• How to restrict images from being used off-site with Apache

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Apache News & Commentary

Announcing O'Reilly Answers - Clever Hacks. Creative Ideas. Innovative Solutions.

By Allen Noren
November 4, 2009

We're launching the beta of O'Reilly Answers, and I'm inviting you to be part of it. In brief, O'Reilly Answers is a community site for sharing knowledge, asking questions, and providing answers that brings together our customers, authors, editors, conference speakers, and Foo (Friends of O'Reilly). O'Reilly is at the center of an amazing exchange of knowledge sharing and idea generation, and we want you to join us in changing the world by spreading the knowledge of innovators.

Building a "Slide Gallery" Demo in Apache Pivot

By Greg Brown
September 29, 2009

I recently came across this article comparing the implementation of a simple "slide gallery" application in Flash and Silverlight. I was inspired to try to replicate the application's behavior in Apache Pivot. The results of my efforts are in this post:

The Cherokee Project: Has Apache Finally Met Its Match?

By M. David Peterson
August 4, 2009

Over the coming weeks I plan to introduce you all to what I believe to be one of the most important open source projects on the planet: The Cherokee Project. Buckle up. The ride won't be without bumps. But it...

Exploring Apache Pivot 1.1, Part 3

By Greg Brown
April 26, 2009

This is the third in a series of articles that explore some of the new features in Apache Pivot 1.1. Pivot is a Java-based RIA toolkit that is currently undergoing incubation at the Apache Software Foundation. The previous article demonstrated Pivot's new support for browsing the local file system; this article explains how Pivot can be used to implement support for "push" notifications in a web application using the Jabber instant messaging API.

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