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Contents 1 Developer Education Track #1: Understanding Linux 1.1 Recommended Content 1.1.1 Linux System 1.1.2 Application Management 1.1.3 Data Storage Services 1.1.4 Security and Identity Management 1.1.5 Software Engineering 1.2 Optional Content 1.2.1 Linux System 1.2.2 Application Management 1.2.3 Data Storage Services 1.2.4 Security and Identity Management 1.2.5 Collaboration 1.2.6 Software Engineering

Developer Education Track #1: Understanding Linux

This is the first of the Novell Developer Education Tracks. The purpose of the Understanding Linux track is to introduce software engineers to some basic concepts having to do with developing Linux applications.

Recommended Content

Linux System

• A Developers Introduction to Linux (Presentation)
• Linux Filesystem Overview (Whitepaper) - This overview introduces the reader to the basic layout of the Linux filesystem and to the Linux Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS).
• Logging Facilities in Linux (Whitepaper)
• Overview of Daemons, Init, and Xinetd in Linux (Presentation)
• Writing Daemons (Tutorial)
• Man and Info Pages
  • Overview of Man and Info Pages on Linux (Whitepaper)
  • Writing Man Pages (Tutorial)
  • Writing Info Pages (Tutorial)

Application Management

• Build Tools
  • Overview of Linux Build Tools (Whitepaper)
  • Comparison of GNU Make and Ant (Whitepaper)
  • Overview of GNU Autotools (Whitepaper)
• RPM
  • Overview of RPM (Whitepaper)
  • Writing RPM Specfiles (Tutorial)
  • Creating RPMs for your Application (Tutorial)
  • RPM and Patches (Whitepaper)
  • Creating Patch RPMs (Tutorial)

Data Storage Services

• Overview and Comparison of Data Storage Services on Linux (Presentation)
• Using Relational Databases (Tutorial)
• Using LDAP and Directory Services (Tutorial)

Security and Identity Management

• Security Considerations for Application Developers - (Presentation)
• Implementing Security Features in your Application - (Tutorial)
• Overview of PAM and NSS - (Whitepaper)
• Understanding Identity Management (Presentation)
• LDAP and Identity Management (Whitepaper)

Software Engineering

• Understanding the Open Source Methodology - (Presentation)
• Practical and Legal Implications of Getting Involved with Open Source (Presentation)

Optional Content

Linux System

• Multiprocess and Multithreaded Applications on Linux (Whitepaper)
• Interprocess Communication Facilities on Linux (Whitepaper)

Application Management

• Advanced RPMs (Tutorial)

Data Storage Services

• Using B-Tree Databases (Tutorial)

Security and Identity Management

• Overview of SSL and TLS in OpenSSL (Whitepaper)
• Extended Filesystem Attributes and ACLs on Linux (Whitepaper)

Collaboration

• Overview of Collaboration Protocols on Linux (Whitepaper)

Software Engineering

• Starting an Open Source Project (Tutorial)
• Submitting Patches to an Open Source Project (Tutorial)

Articles in category "Understanding Linux"

There are 8 articles in this category.

A A Developers Introduction to Linux L Linux Filesystem Overview

O Overview of Daemons, Init, and Xinetd in Linux Overview of GNU Autotools Overview of Man and Info Pages on Linux

W Writing Info Pages Writing Man Pages Writing RPM Specfiles

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