User: Michael Schuerig

Statecharts, UI, tools

On: Practical Statecharts in C/C++

A book about using statecharts for UI design and implementation

Ian Horrocks
Constructing the User Interface with Statecharts
Addison-Wesley 1999

Robert Martin's state map compiler for/in C(++) and Java
http://www.objectmentor.com/resources/downlo ads/in dex

Charles Rapp's state machine compiler
http://smc.sourceforge.net/

Michael

Re:Mutually exclusive?

On: How Configurable Should a Desktop User Interface be?

Your options could be:

- Simple, lightweight
- Middle of the road
- Lots of eye candy, bloated
- Masochist


The KDE Desktop Settings Wizard does just that.

Some more recommendations

On: Security Engineering

I'm no security expert, I've only just recently started reading. And incidentally, a couple of days ago I've begun reading "Security Engineering". So far I share the reviewers very good impression.

I'd like to recommend some complementary books; each of these approach security from a different angle

• Secrets & Lies by Bruce Schneier. Deals with the "soft" issues. What are the threads to networked systems? Who are the attackers? One of the messages: Risks can't be avoided -- manage them.
• Building Secure Software by John Viega and Gary McGraw This one's closer to technological issues related to security. Risks of various base technologies (languages, middleware). Introductory details on buffer overflow attacks, random numbers, cryptography. Some organizational/dev process stuff.
• Secure Programming for Linux and Unix HOWTO
• by David A. Wheeler. Technical security down to the C-level. Programming techniques.

Michael

The book is online...

On: Programming Ruby

...at http://www.rubycentral.com/book/index.html Or on a Debian box near you if you're able to type apt-get install rubybook Michael