David Linthicum's Guide to Client/Server and Intranet Development [Paperback]

David S. Linthicum (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 047117467X | ISBN-13: 978-0471174677 | Publication Date: May 26, 1997 | Edition: 1

"Take Linthicum's warnings seriously . . . he's been through the fire!"-Rusty Weston, Senior Editor, PC Week.

A renowned client/server expert provides state-of-the-art techniques for building client/server and intranet applications.

In this valuable guide, client/server guru David Linthicum shows developers how to use cutting-edge development tools and techniques to build real-life business applications. The book provides step-by-step procedures for creating these applications, explains how to select the software and hardware that's right for your projects, and even provides guidelines on estimating project costs.

This unique book covers client/server and network architectures, types of middleware, and development tools so you can determine the right approach to building a client/server or intranet system. Linthicum assesses dozens of tools by type, features, and specialization and provides detailed, step-by-step guidelines for creating the perfect solution. You'll learn how to form and test your final system and find expert tips every developer and application architect needs to work more effectively.

In addition to providing recommendations, warnings, and case studies, Dave covers:
* The latest client/server development tools and methods
* Two-tier, three-tier, and multi-tier client/server development models and related technologies
* Repository-driven development, programming languages, database connectivity, and middleware
* The use of CORBA-compliant ORBs and the inner workings of Microsoft Active Platform
* Next-generation application partitioning tools like Forte and Dynasty.

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Client/server guru David Linthicum shows developers how to use cutting-edge development tools and techniques to build real-life business applications. Technically detailed, the book delineates step-by-step procedures for creating these applications, explains how to select the most effective software and hardware tools, and shows how to accurately estimate project costs.

From the Back Cover

"Take Linthicum's warnings seriously . . . he's been through the fire!"-Rusty Weston, Senior Editor, PC Week.

A renowned client/server expert provides state-of-the-art techniques for building client/server and intranet applications.

In this valuable guide, client/server guru David Linthicum shows developers how to use cutting-edge development tools and techniques to build real-life business applications. The book provides step-by-step procedures for creating these applications, explains how to select the software and hardware that's right for your projects, and even provides guidelines on estimating project costs.

This unique book covers client/server and network architectures, types of middleware, and development tools so you can determine the right approach to building a client/server or intranet system. Linthicum assesses dozens of tools by type, features, and specialization and provides detailed, step-by-step guidelines for creating the perfect solution. You'll learn how to form and test your final system and find expert tips every developer and application architect needs to work more effectively.

In addition to providing recommendations, warnings, and case studies, Dave covers:
* The latest client/server development tools and methods
* Two-tier, three-tier, and multi-tier client/server development models and related technologies
* Repository-driven development, programming languages, database connectivity, and middleware
* The use of CORBA-compliant ORBs and the inner workings of Microsoft Active Platform
* Next-generation application partitioning tools like Forte and Dynasty.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 326 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (May 26, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 047117467X
• ISBN-13: 978-0471174677
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,984,059 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

David S. Linthicum (Dave) is an internationally recognized industry expert and thought leader, and the author and coauthor of 13 books on computing, including the best selling Enterprise Application Integration (Addison Wesley). Dave keynotes at many leading technology conferences on cloud computing, SOA, Web 2.0, and enterprise architecture, and has appeared on a number of TV and radio shows as a computing expert. He is a blogger for InfoWorld, Intelligent Enterprise, and eBizq.net, covering SOA and enterprise computing topics. Dave also has columns in Government Computer News, Cloud Computing Journal, SOA Journal, Align Journal, and is the editor of Virtualization Journal.

In his career, Dave has formed or enhanced many of the ideas behind modern distributed computing including Enterprise Application Integration, B2B Application Integration, and SOA, approaches and technologies in wide use today. For the last 10 years, Dave has focused on the technology and strategies around cloud computing, and how to make cloud computing work for the modern enterprise. This includes work with several cloud computing startups.

Dave's industry experience includes tenure as CTO and CEO of several successful software companies, and upper-level management positions in Fortune 100 companies. In addition, he was an associate professor of computer science for eight years, and continues to lecture at major technical colleges and universities including the University of Virginia, Arizona State University, and the University of Wisconsin.

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A True Classic and a MUST HAVE for your Technical Library, July 21, 1997

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This review is from: David Linthicum's Guide to Client/Server and Intranet Development (Paperback)

Imagine having extended access to a kind, patient expert whose expertise is in several key areas of important computer technologies, including hardware, software, networking, application development, object-oriented technologies, and Internet/Intranet technologies. This is the way reading this book makes you feel. Linthicum's book is an excellent reference and how to guide for technical people, project leaders, managers, analysts, students, and CIOs. Why you might need this book: 1. It clearly covers the basics of client/server technology including concepts, databases, networks, object technologies and architectures. 2. It authoritatively covers a vast array of development tools used to construct client/server applications. 3. Linthicim beautifully covers the trap of the "RAD death spiral" in which developers continue to develop working prototypes with RAD development tools and are not permitted to take the time to create a sound, object-oriented design on which the system should REALLY be based.. This portion of the book is so well written that it is worth the price of the book. 4. Like a wise master, Linthicum draws on his wisdom and experience to tell you the best ways to build applications to meet the needs of your organization, and discusses the pitfalls if you make the wrong choices along the way. 5. The case studies and sidebar discussions excellently compliment the main body text. 6. It clearly and thoroughly discusses the basic concepts of building the next generation of client/server applications which are web-based, Intranet applications. In addition, this book is THE BEST client/server book to appear on the market since Paul Renaud's Introduction to Client/Server Systems (Wiley, First Edition, 1993), and actually surpasses Renaud's Second Edition (which was also published this year) in terms of the coverage Linthicum's book offers on Internet/ Intranet technologies, which are vitally essential in a time where a "web-year" is now considered to be 12 weeks! David Linthicum's Guide to Client/Server and Intranet Development is destined to be a classic. Don't miss this book! Bill Slater [e-mail] http://www.xsite.net/~slate

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An absolute essential, November 13, 1997

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This review is from: David Linthicum's Guide to Client/Server and Intranet Development (Paperback)

I suppose the best way I can characterize David Linthicum's guide is to observe that everyone who's seen it on my desk and thumbed through the pages has gone out and ordered a copy of their own, and so far I've yet to hear anyone say they regret the purchase. Regardless of how much you know, or how long you've been in the business, you're likely to gain some new insight or perspective from this book. Linthicum's dry, down-to-earth analysis cuts through the hype and provides a refreshing breath of reality all too rare in this business. This is not a `nuts-and-bolts' manual that provides the depth of knowledge necessary to see a client/server project through to completion. It will, however, convey an essential awareness of the major issues, opportunities, threats, and directions necessary to understand the alternatives and pick an area for more detailed investigation. This is the first technical book I've managed to read from cover to cover in some time.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of time and money, December 14, 2002

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This review is from: David Linthicum's Guide to Client/Server and Intranet Development (Paperback)

An incoherent collection of superficial technical jargon.
If you are looking for guidance in client/server or intranet development there will be nothing of value in this book.