Aimed at experienced C / C + + programmer, Professional Linux Programming provides a wide and hands-on guide to the different parts of the puzzle needed for a successful program in an exciting new platform. The book is framed as a case study to build a custom database program in Linux for a video rental store. After a quick tour of requirements and project management to make this software, various Linux packages required to implement this system are described, along with sample code, mostly written in C. Some packages, such as the CVS version-control package, comes with most Linux distributions, others will require downloading additional software via the Internet. The book concludes with a useful guide to creating a Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) packages for deploying applications, and the description of your choice for internationalization. By covering so many APIs, languages, and effective tool, Professional Linux Programming gives experienced C / C + + programmers all they need to get started with Linux development Dragan. - Richard Topics covered: Introduction to open-source software and Linux requirements Use cases and sample C object to control the video rental store the samples and the CVS version (command-line option, revision, branch, and multiuser version control) compared with the freeware open source package (mSQL, MySQL, and PostgreSQL) Introduction to Installing and using the PostgreSQL database PostgreSQL psql tutorial SQL database using C API libcq and embedded SQL calls with ECPG Installing and using MySQL (command-line utilities and API databases C) Debugging with gdb and tutorials Introduction to UI programming with fluent GTK + and GNOME and the GNOME source tree UI design with Testing strategies Glade (including regression testing, profiles, and memory limit checks) KDE / Qt UI programming and quick tutorial Introduction to Python (keywords and syntax base) Introduction to PHP for Web programming Remote Procedure Calls (RPC) and XML basic CORBA (document structure, parsing, and libxml) Strategies for documentation (including a custom manual page) Distributing Linux applications with Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) package patch code