For programmers who are already familiar with Java, this book offers new techniques on how to develop distributed applications.
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". . . a nice short book on developing distributed Java applications for the Java developer who is unfamiliar with distributed application development.
If you are new to distributed application development, the book offers a nice start into the area, with a good introduction to Mobile Agents and Voyager not frequently described anywhere." -- About.com, November 99
"Distributed Programming with Java is unique in the market--the only book I know of that covers Sockets, RMI, CORBA and Agents in one book.
This is an excellent book. It gets to the point of each technology, gives you the good parts with excellent examples, and then moves onto the next topic. I highly recommend this book for any who is trying to learn these technologies in regards to Java." -- Java Metroplex User Group Web Site, November 99.
About the Author
Qusay H. Mahmoud is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computing and Information Science at the University of Guelph, Canada. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Middlesex University (UK), and an M.Sc. in Computer Science and a B.Sc. in Data Analysis, both from the University of New Brunswick (Canada). Qusay is the author of two books: Distributed Programming with Java (Manning Publications, 1999) and Learning Wireless Java (O'Reilly, 2002), which have been translated to Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Czech.
He has been a guest editor at major international journals, and has presented tutorials at international conferences worldwide. His research interests include distributed systems, mobile computing, middleware, agent technology, and service-oriented computing. Qusay is a Senior Member of the IEEE, and Associate Editor of the ACM Transactions on Internet Technology.
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good guide to RMI/CORBA, but poor socket and agent coverage,
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This review is from: Distributed Programming with Java (Paperback)
Distributed Programming with Java aims to teach the reader how to build distributed services using a variety of technologies, including sockets, remote-method invocation (RMI), and the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA). While many programmers will be familiar with sockets, the other two technologies are incredibly powerful tools for creating distributed applications. RMI is for execution of Java methods remotely, similar to the old remote-procedure call technology, but with an object-orientated twist. CORBA is a more universal system, which allows object methods written in any language (such as C++, Java or Ada) to be called remotely. Incredible stuff, but incredibly complex. That's where Distributed Programming with Java comes in. It teaches the theory of remote-method invocation and CORBA, and gives you practical examples in Java. There are also chapters on socket programming and mobile agency. The socket chapters are good as a refresher course for those who have already done network programming, but are a poor substitute for the coverage offered by other books, such as the excellent Java Network Programming (also published by Manning). As for the Mobile Agents chapters, while they are interesting reading, they may not be generally applicable to all developers. If you're buying the book, you're really buying it for the RMI and CORBA coverage. The author clearly knows his remote-method invocation - showing you how to digitally sign your RMI code, to create distributed services with callbacks, and how to use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to protect your RMI applications from prying eyes. The later requires the new Java 2 platform, which includes SSL support. When it comes to the CORBA chapters, however, I'm a little disappointed. The author chooses to use the VisiBroker CORBA implementation, and completely ignores the CORBA IDL support in the new Java 2 platform. I suspect that these chapters may have been written prior to the release of the Java 2 platform, and there is explanation for the choice of VisiBroker. Nor, for that matter, is there much help in downloading or installing the VisiBroker software (a copy on CD along with source would certainly have been nice). However, the technical coverage of CORBA theory is very well done, and the chapters on basic CORBA theory, IDL-to-Java mapping, and IDL inheritance could be used no matter what choice of CORBA implementation you make. For its mobile agent coverage, the author chose ObjectSpace's Voyager system. There are a couple of paragraphs on alternate mobile agent systems, such as Telescript/Odyssey and Aglets, but the coverage of these is superficial to say the least. However, it does give very good coverage of mobile agents using Voyager, and how to integrate Voyager with CORBA. If you're interested in distributed systems using remote-method invocation or CORBA, then Distributed Programming with Java makes a great guide to the subject. It's filled with practical examples, and good coverage of the theory. However, the sections on socket and mobile agent programming aren't designed for beginners, and won't suit all tastes. Nonetheless, the RMI and CORBA coverage alone makes it worthwhile as a reference, and if you have an interest in mobile agents that comes as a bonus. -- David Reilly, for the Java Coffee Break
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent book to learn network programming,
By A Customer
This review is from: Distributed Programming with Java (Paperback)
I have tried learning network programming from Orfali's client/server programming with Java and CORBA, but that book was hard to understand. This book is concise and gets to the point. I love it. I have learned a lot from it. It is surely worth the money.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good book about RMI, sockets programming,
By Steven (Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Distributed Programming with Java (Paperback)
I bought two books at the same time when I start to learn rmi. One is this book, another one is "java.rmi Guide". Before I start, the second one seems more attractive as its name implies,so I decided to use "java.rmi Guide" as the main book, use the Distributed programming with Java only as a reference, but when I start learning, I read the "java.rmi Guide", I was totally lost, the book full of concepts with few examples. So finally, I spent most of my time on "Distributed programming in Java" because this book not only explains the concepts very clearly, but also gives out many good examples. At least, when I read it and run the codes in this book, I know what I am doing and why. As some readers suggested: maybe the java.rmi Guide is good for experienced, but not for beginners. For beginners who want to learn RMI and CORBA, "Distributed Programming with Java" is the most appropiate book for them.
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