TCP/IP Sockets in C Bundle: TCP/IP Sockets in C, Second Edition: Practical Guide for Programmers (Morgan Kaufmann Practical Guides) [Paperback]

Michael J. Donahoo (Author), Kenneth L. Calvert (Author)

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Publication Date: March 31, 2009 | ISBN-10: 0123745403 | ISBN-13: 978-0123745408 | Edition: 2

TCP/IP Sockets in C: Practical Guide for Programmers, 2^nd Edition is a quick and affordable way to gain the knowledge and skills needed to develop sophisticated and powerful web-based applications. The book's focused, tutorial-based approach enables the reader to master the tasks and techniques essential to virtually all client-server projects using sockets in C. This edition has been expanded to include new advancements such as support for IPv6 as well as detailed defensive programming strategies.

If you program using Java, be sure to check out this book's companion, TCP/IP Sockets in Java: Practical Guide for Programmers, 2^nd Edition.

• Includes completely new and expanded sections that address the IPv6 network environment, defensive programming, and the select() system call, thereby allowing the reader to program in accordance with the most current standards for internetworking.


• Streamlined and concise tutelage in conjunction with line-by-line code commentary allows readers to quickly program web-based applications without having to wade through unrelated and discursive networking tenets.


• Grants the reader access to online source code, which the can then be used to directly implement sockets programming procedures.
  

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"Despite my having developed systems software with Sockets and C for 20+ years, I find myself still needing a book like this one. It covers all the subtleties and gotchas that one encounters when writing distributed applications in C with Sockets."--- Bobby Krupczak, The Krupczak Organization

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TCP/IP Sockets in C: Practical Guide for Programmers, 2^nd Edition is a quick and affordable way to gain the knowledge and skills needed to develop sophisticated and powerful web-based applications. The book's focused, tutorial-based approach enables the reader to master the tasks and techniques essential to virtually all client-server projects using sockets in C. This edition has been expanded to include new advancements such as support for IPv6 as well as detailed defensive programming strategies.

If you program using Java, be sure to check out this book's companion, TCP/IP Sockets in Java: Practical Guide for Programmers, 2^nd Edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann; 2 edition (March 31, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0123745403
• ISBN-13: 978-0123745408
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #206,523 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book gets you a jump start., January 30, 2010

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This review is from: TCP/IP Sockets in C Bundle: TCP/IP Sockets in C, Second Edition: Practical Guide for Programmers (Morgan Kaufmann Practical Guides) (Paperback)

This book includes enough easy to read explanations of actual working code that you can within a few hours have a client/server socket connection up and working. Both the text and the code are well written and easy to follow. Advanced information about non-blocking I/O allowed me to quickly implement background socket reads without tying up a foreground process. The annoying occurrences of "address already in use" errors is explained clearly, and how to get around them by the use of socket options. I had literally zero problems compiling and executing the examples with the gcc compiler and Ubuntu Linux.

As the title says, it's a book for C programmers about sockets, not for other languages. There is a chapter on C++ use, which I have not needed yet.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Starting Place for Socket Programming, October 7, 2011

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This is a great book to start learning about sockets, whether you're a C or C++ programmer. Although it applies to Unix, the concept is same for Windows. I program with C++ and never learned C. since the syntax is similar, all a C++ programmer has to do is look up minor details about C syntax like printf and main(argc, argv). This book is very clear and structured nicely. A 13 yr old that has learned c/c++ syntax can easily grasp this book. thumbs up

4.0 out of 5 stars Review of the book, April 15, 2011

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It's OK and I find it very useful because it contains many examples and the most important things are explained well. I think that one should know the basic concepts of networks and network programming in order to understand this book. Also a minimum level of programming in C is required, but don't worry. If you don't understand something in the source code you can immediately look it up in a classical C reference book.

This is the only book I found on this topic: Network programming in C.