Jabber Developer's Handbook (Developer's Library) (Paperback)

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The Internet is evolving into an infrastructure where applications can converse with one another in a much different way than the traditional page-serving architectures of the first generation Web.

Through examples and clear explanations, Jabber Developer's Handbook demonstrates how Jabber, currently the world's most important open source messaging protocol, can be used to go beyond interactive chat and file sharing to build flexible, reliable, and powerful distributed software systems. Peer-to-peer applications using the Jabber open source toolkit, and leverage its use with other readily available and open source software and middleware. It explains how to use Jabber peer-to-peer technologies to solve troublesome reliability and interoperability issues with distributed systems. While peer-to-peer computing and Jabber are considered fairly new technologies, the authors have extensive hands-on experience in applying a variety of system messaging technologies.

Jabber Developer's Handbook shows how to design, build, and integrate peer-to-peer applications using the Jabber open source toolkit, and leverage its use with other readily available and open source software and middleware. It explains how to use Jabber peer-to-peer technologies to solve troublesome reliability and interoperability issues with distributed systems. While peer-to-peer computing and Jabber are considered fairly new technologies, the authors have extensive hands-on experience in applying a variety of system messaging technologies.

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The Internet is evolving into an infrastructure where applications can converse with one another in a much different way than the traditional page-serving architectures of the first generation Web.

Through examples and clear explanations, Jabber Developer's Handbook demonstrates how Jabber, currently the world's most important open source messaging protocol, can be used to go beyond interactive chat and file sharing to build flexible, reliable, and powerful distributed software systems. Peer-to-peer applications using the Jabber open source toolkit, and leverage its use with other readily available and open source software and middleware. It explains how to use Jabber peer-to-peer technologies to solve troublesome reliability and interoperability issues with distributed systems. While peer-to-peer computing and Jabber are considered fairly new technologies, the authors have extensive hands-on experience in applying a variety of system messaging technologies.

Jabber Developer's Handbook shows how to design, build, and integrate peer-to-peer applications using the Jabber open source toolkit, and leverage its use with other readily available and open source software and middleware. It explains how to use Jabber peer-to-peer technologies to solve troublesome reliability and interoperability issues with distributed systems. While peer-to-peer computing and Jabber are considered fairly new technologies, the authors have extensive hands-on experience in applying a variety of system messaging technologies.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 504 pages
• Publisher: Sams (July 18, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672325365
• ISBN-13: 978-0672325366
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #71,032 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Why nobody rate this nice book ?, April 26, 2005

By	Sakesun Roykiattisak (Bangkok, Thailand) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Last year when I tried to look for jabber book, I picked up DJ Adams's "Programming Jabber" because it got so many good reviews at amazon. But I've found that book rather confusing. I'm still confused with many topic, especially in how jabberd internal components interact. Well, I'm not native English speaker, so the fault could be on my side rather than the book. However, this "Jabber Developer's Handbook" actually clearify many questions I've in mind through the use of many useful charts and diagrams. I've not finished reading it completely, but skimming through the pages, I think the book was organized very well, better than Programming Jabber. Plus, while not useful to me for now, the book does include some interesting material on using jabber with other technologies like xml-rpc, soap, and jxta.