Thin Clients: Web-Based Client/Server Architecture and Applications [Paperback]

Dawna Travis Dewire (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 26, 1998

This work examines thin clients and Web client/server architecture and applications. It is a reference systems should find useful to: understand the entire architecture from Netscape IIOP to ADSL; link legacy applications; integrate Extranets and new applications such as Lotus Domino. Information systems professsionals are beginning to use the Web as the platform for delivering client/server systems. "Thin clients" is the client/server/Internet technology that enables client/server distributed networking to run on the Web. The book includes a Web site with updates to the technology.

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Catch the next wave in Web computing with the "Experts' Expert". covering the entire architecture and the latest technology, this comprehensive reference from a recognized authority brings you leading-edge guidance on putting client/server on the Web, the Internet, or an Intranet\=and creating :thin clients". Written for systems designers, architects, and planners; IT managers; and systems development managers, this authoritative handbook provides thorough, clear, and up-to-date information on architecture from Netscape IIOP to ADSL, middleware, Internet technology, the World Wide Web, and Intranets - everything you need to know about this exciting, and increasingly essential, technology. Bestselling client/server author Dawna Travis Dewire gives you the data and perspectives you need to make decisions about Java and ActiveX...the Internet as platform...Internet development tools...migration from client/server to the Internet...legacy applications...infrastructure...and hot applications like Extranets and Domino-with a focus on the information you need to make them work for your business! Plus-thin Clients' Website gives you updates on the latest Internet client/server architecture and technology!

About the Author

D. Travis DeWire is the author of the bestselling Client/Server Computing and Second Generation Client/Server Computing. A private consultant who lives in Wellesley, Massachusetts, she teaches at Babson College.

Product Details

• Paperback: 358 pages
• Publisher: Computing Mcgraw-Hill (May 26, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070167389
• ISBN-13: 978-0070167384
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,098,816 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 Excellent coverage of thin client computing, April 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Thin Clients: Web-Based Client/Server Architecture and Applications (Paperback)

My context is as a student researching Thin Client computers. When I started my dissertation last year, the books on Thin Clients were extremely limited. This book provides a great overview of a variety of software technologies and their use in inter-, intra- and extra-nets. The flow of this book is a bit awkward, but the content is good for someone who understands a bit about the subject and wants to know more.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poorly organized, explained, written, April 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Thin Clients: Web-Based Client/Server Architecture and Applications (Paperback)

I thought that this book was very difficult to understand. While titled "Thin Clients", the book is really an overview of web enabled systems (intra and inter and extra nets). However, the author does not really explain how and why the new architecture differs from previous architectures. The book is very poorly integrated. I never really understood what the main point was. Also, it's very poorly written and very difficult to understand. While I am not a programmer, I have read other technical articles on this subject that are much clearer and to the point.I don't know who the audience for this book is. It's not technical enough to be of use to a developer and it's not succinct enough to be of use to a business person. It's a really bad book.