100 chapters from Apress books

This month, we've teamed up with Apress (Internet link) to give you 100 chapters from the company's diverse range of books, in PDF format. Whether you want to learn about using Linux, programming, website development or even LEGO robots, you'll find plenty of material here! These are individual chapters from the books, but make for useful reading on their own - for instance, using multimedia in Ubuntu or writing a basic Ruby program.

NOTE: These PDFs are (C) Copyright Apress and may not be redistributed without permission.

Linux and coding

• Beginning Ubuntu Linux - Movies and multimedia
• Practical OCaml - Understanding functions
• Beginning REALbasic - Working with REALbasic menus
• The Definitive Guide to GCC - Troubleshooting GCC
• Squeak: Learn Programming with Robots - Using strings

• Pro PHP-GTK - Laying out applications
• The Definitive Guide to db4o - Working with db4o
• Programming Sudoku - Creating the Sudoku application
• The Definitive Guide to Berkeley DB XML - Environments, containers and documents
• The Berkeley DB book - Introduction

• The Definitive Guide to SQLite - Getting started
• Beginning SUSE Linux - Optimizing your system
• The Definitive Guide to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - Enabling remote access
• Pro Ogre 3D Programming - Ogre Design Overview
• Practical Subversion, Second Edition - Introducing Subversion

• Beginning Ruby - Developing a basic Ruby application
• Pro NetBeans IDE 5.5 Enterprise Edition - Refactoring
• Foundations of GTK+ Development - Menus and toolbars
• Practical Ruby Gems - Easy text markup with the BlueCloth Gem
• Pro Java 6 3D Game Development - Loading models

• Practical Ruby for System Administration - Building files the smart way
• Beginning Hibernate - Creating mappings with Hibernate XML files
• Beginning Ubuntu Linux - Personalizing Ubuntu
• Beginning Java SE 6 Platform - Introducing Java SE 6
• Foundations of Qt Development - Files, streams and XML

• Beginning Joomla! - Introduction to Joomla!
• Beginning Fedora - How to secure your computer
• Beginning Game Development with Python and PyGame - Making things move
• Creating Mobile Games Using Java ME - Getting started
• Beginning C: From Novice to Professional - Creating C programs

Web development

• Ajax Patterns and Best Practices - State navigation pattern
• Pro PHP XML and Web Services - XML structure
• Pro Apache XML - XML databases
• Pro Apache Geronimo - Getting started
• Beginning PHP and PostgreSQL E-Commerce - Searching the catalog

• Beginning Google Maps Applications with PHP and Ajax - Getting started
• Rails Solutions: Ruby on Rails Made Easy - Getting started
• The Definitive Guide to Grails - The search for the Holy Grail(s)
• Beginning PHP and Oracle - Introducing PHP
• The Definitive Guide to Apache mod_rewrite - Installing and configuring

• Expert Spring MVC and Web Flow - The processing pipeline
• Beginning POJOs - Building with Ant
• Pro Open Source Mail - Configuring sendmail and DNS
• Beginning Ajax with PHP - Security
• Beginning Apache Struts - Configuring Struts

• Pro Nagios 2.0 - Distributed monitoring, redundancy and failover
• Apache Essentials - Sample Apache configurations
• PHP Solutions - Creating a dynamic online gallery
• The Essential Guide to Flex 2 with ActionScript 3.0 - States
• Expert MySQL - Getting started with MySQL development

• Beginning Ruby on Rails E-Commerce - Book catalog browsing
• Foundations of PEAR: Rapid PHP Development - Dates and numbers
• The definitive guide to Symfony - Development tools
• Google Maps Applications with Rails and Ajax - Your first Google Maps
• Textpattern soludions: PHP-Based Content Management Made Easy - Administration

• Building Flickr Applications with PHP - Background notes
• Beginning XML with DOM and Ajax - Advanced client-side XSLT techniques
• Foundation ActionScript 3.0 Animation - Animation basics
• Beginning JBoss Seam: From Novice to Professional - Introduction to Seam
• Pro Ajax and Java Frameworks - Development tools

• Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax - Images and Windows
• Beginning Rails - Introducting the Rails framework
• Beginning PHP and PostgreSQL 8 - Strings and regular expressions
• Practical JRuby on Rails Web 2.0 Projects - Introduction
• Building Spring 2 Enterprise Applications - A gentle introduction to Spring

• The Definitive Guide to JasperReports - Getting started
• The Definitive Guide to iReport - Getting started
• Practical Rails: Social Networking Sites - Adding tags to the photo gallery
• Object Oriented ActionScript 3.0 - OOP and ActionScript
• Pro Active Record: Databases with Ruby and Rails - Introduction

• AdvancED DOM Scripting - Dynamically modifying style and CSS
• Practical JBoss Seam Projects - Introducing Seam
• Beginning PHP and MySQL 5 - Securing MySQL
• Pro JSF and Ajax - Designing rich internet components
• DOM scripting - JavaScript syntax

Website design

• Beginning HTML with CSS and XHTML - XHTML and CSS basics
• HTML Mastery: Semantics, Standards and Styling - The right tags
• Blog Design Solutions - Movable Type
• Podcast Solutions - Making money with podcasting
• Web Designer's Reference - Creating navigation
• CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions - Layout

• Processing: Creative Coding and Computational Art - Shapes
• Web Accessibility: Standards and Regulatory Compliance - Screen readers
• LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT: The Mayan Adventure - Bravery, wisdom and honor
• Web Standards Creativity - Creative use of PNG transparency
• Pro CSS and HTML Design Patterns - Tables

• Web Development Solutions - Adding special effects
• Microformats: Empowering Your Markup for Web 2.0 - Yahoo! case study
• Web Design and Marketing Solutions for Business Websites - The 'About' section
• Clear Blogging - Successful blogging
• Clear Blogging - Building readership

Miscellaneous

• Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional - Working with selections
• Practical MythTV - Running remote frontends
• Competitive MINDSTORMS - The Brain-Bot Chassis
• The Robosapien Companion - An introduction
• Extreme NXT: Extending LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT to the Next Level - Beyond NXT motors

• Advanced NXT: The Da Vinci Inventions Book - Introduction
• Managing Humans - Biting and humorous tales of a software engineering manager
• LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT-G Programming Guide - Robots and programs
• In Search of Stupidity - Over 20 years of high-tech marketing disasters