Internet Programming/Book and Disk [Paperback]

Kris A. Jamsa (Author), Ken Cope (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1995

This book assists users in writing programs that access the Internet from Windows; creating their own ftp, finger, ping, mail programs and more; understanding the Winsock API; mastering TCP/IP programming and Internet protocols; and programming the Internet using C, C++, Visual C++, and Visual Basic.

Product Details

• Paperback: 700 pages
• Publisher: Jamsa Pr; Pap/Dis edition (April 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1884133126
• ISBN-13: 978-1884133121
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,501,078 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good technical summary but complete lack of editing, March 26, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Internet Programming/Book and Disk (Paperback)

This book was publised in 1995 and in internet-time that was looong ago. Still many of the chapters are still relevant and useful today. (SLIP, PPP, Jacobson header compression, SMTP, FTP, etc) I feel that the authors have found the right level of technical details in these sections. Not as tedious and precise as reading the actual RFCs but enough to understand the principles and the important details of operation.

On the other hand whoever is responsible for the editing of this book should never be allowed near another book again. Just to give and example, almost every other sentence starts with 'As such'. I'm serious, they do! In fact there are paragraphs where every single sentence start with this phrase. How can an editor give something like this out of his hands???

How did I arrive to 3 stars? Well the technical content would have been 5 stars in 1995. Considering that some of the material is now dated I would still give it 4. But the (lack of) editing pulls it down to 3.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Repetition is a novice's best friend!, August 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Internet Programming/Book and Disk (Paperback)

As a novice programmer, I'm always in search of authors who remember how difficult new material is to digest and incorporate. This book is extremely repetitious and that is a good thing for those who have yet to commit every concept and protocol to memory. I've understood more about the tcp/ip suite of protocols and Winsock API in this book in one read than in two years of study.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid introduction to programming tcp/ip based applications, June 26, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Internet Programming/Book and Disk (Paperback)

OK, so the author isn't going to win any style awards. The book is still a good starting point for anyone wanting to understand and write programs based on tcp/ip. Useful and instructive applications include a simple ftp program and a browser.