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Inside Distributed COM (Mps)

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great book for those that already know the workings of com/dcom, but want a better understanding of how things work under the hood (and way under the hood). this book is not VC++ 6.0 or ATL3.0 oriented - but you'll need to be pretty proficient in both or this is not your best use of funds. if you want the rest of the story behind marshalling, esp custom, std, and type lib, then is the best book i have found. certainly not a replacement for grimes - but certainly a notch or two above many of the WROX/Grimes products in both completeness and correctness.

This is a book for developers that want to understand the deep internals of COM. Since most of COM are specifications, in order to use COM correctly you needs to understand its internals. This book is rated "The Best Computer Book of the 20th Century".

Finally a book that covers REAL COM. This book doesn't show a high level picture or just basic COM stuff. It explores what is really involved in building programs from components. It doesn't hide the fact that COM is complicated. It explains what we need to know to use it. Complex issues are presented with clarity. I am suprised that I did not hear about this book sooner.

This book provides the reader with the fundamentals of COM andthe understanding of the theory behind COM. This book received the toprating as the best computer book of the 20th century. END

This is the best book on the subject I have read yet. It is not for the beginner and is pitched at explaining the underlying principles--which it does remarkably well. The discussion of the DCOM/RPC network protocol is great as is the chapters on threading and apartment models.

As a whole this book is much better than the WROX books, in my opinion. Plus it doesn't suffer from the problems that press has with breaking code examples into 3-line snippets that obscure the whole picture.

This is a essential reference book for the real windows programmers and the limit between the theroy and practical faces of COM programming.

A well written book (so far). A good coverage of more practical issues than is covered in Inside COM. However, it is a strange addition since DCOM as the authors readily state is just COM, and they intent to only point out the small differences where appropriate. So we now have two COM books from MS (politics maybe :) ) If you want a more practical guide definitely get this book. It does NOT really cover J++ or VBasic so if thats what you want look else where (unless you use C++ to develop components for J++/VBasic).

This is one of my ten most recommended I.T. books. It is very good for people who want to learn the heart of COM programming.

I recommend this book for all developers and architects both beginning and advanced.

This book definitely does not shy away from difficult topics, but the authors manage to make it highly readable by focusing on real examples and by discussing DCOM's pros and cons in an honest fashion. Let's face it: COM is an UGLY architecture (mostly because of its C language and RPC heritage). The authors of this book know this fully well and don't try to hide the fact. Instead, their approach is to learn to live with the shortcomings of COM by providing the conceptual underpinnings necessary to bend COM to your will. Recommended for developers who need to understand DCOM to the greatest depth, but who would like to read something a little more interesting than the documentation.

A well organized book which explains the engineering behind DCOM. Especially part III (Remoting Architecture) is the essence of the book. This part explains the engineering behind InProcs and OutProcs, Marshaling, IDL, Security, Network Protocol, and MTS and COM+. The very first two parts are Intro to the COM world and the facilities provided by COM. These two are handled in a clear way so that a newbie to the COM world could understand the topic easily. Even COM Professional might not feel bore while reading the book. So this is a very useful reference for all levels of COM Professionals. Most of the examples are implemented in all the three languages viz VB, Java and C++.