Java 2 Networking (Java Masters Series) (Paperback)

by Justin Couch (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal
Cadenhead's Teach Yourself Java 2 in 24 Hours is a definite beginner's book, a self-tutorial in 24 one-hour chapters. The guides on networking, Threads (the ability of Java to multitask by allowing for multiple processes and actions at the same time), and Swing (a powerful Java interface package for visual design) are for advanced Java programmers but will fit well within most libraries.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Description
Real-world applications designed to get readers moving quickly. All example designs are created so that they can be broken down into the objects the readers want and need - customization is availablel. Over 500 code samples on the CD-ROM!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 376 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies (January 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071348131
• ISBN-13: 978-0071348133
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,019,315 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good ideas, flawed execution, April 22, 1999

By A Customer

After a 4 day Java class along with having 8 years programming experience, I was looking for a book to help me develop a client/server (maybe using an applet) Java application. I have the basic framework down but wanted to fill it out and make sure I didn't hit a submerged snag, so to speak. The book starts out with a good basic explanation of networking concepts but I began to part ways with the author when he starts showing his examples. Having done a bank account server/atm application in class, I was curious to see how he would do the same thing. The chapter about serialization should have been covered first because this makes the communication between server and client much simpler. You just make a transaction class which is serializable and inside that you have room for transaction type, amounts and return codes. The bank account example is also used to show some other networking concepts (UDP and multicasting) which I think were a poor match. He should have used something more like a time/temperature server, which might make more sense. His use of a thread to do constant interest calculation just made me keep thinking 'why?' instead of going through the code. His use of threads for connections are more realistic. The examples are ok but they are split out with some code fragments being on a greyed background and others just plain black letters on a white page. The ones on grey are overly commented for a book. One fragment had 3-4 lines of code on the whole page with the reminder being comments. I like comments as much as the next guy but I can do without them in a book. The book comes with a CD-ROM with all the code which is the appropriate place for full comments. He didn't spend to much time explaining the use of some certain techniques, like RMI, but just dug right in. Take that as you will. I did like the section which showed how to write a chat/whiteboard client for multiple users using the shared library(Java Shared Data Toolkit). I also liked the chapter that implements a minor telnet client, I wish he had gone on to implement the server side. In that chapter is a fairly extensive list of the Telnet RFCs. He does a fairly good job of bringing up production type issues all throughout the text, for example, "How well would this technique scale to a web site with thousands of simultaneous users?" and then discusses possible approaches. I might use it as a reference but I wouldn't recommend it to learn how to do networking in Java for a beginner.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worst read yet, November 19, 2003

By	Sydney Bristow (Los Angeles, USA) - See all my reviews

I am always amused by pathetic technical books but this one has got to take the cake. Well done.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars lacks decent info, March 18, 2003

By	"stimpy-you-eediot" (Bent Armpit, Wyoming) - See all my reviews

for those of us who are slightly beyond (and tired of) the comparisons between C++ and Java, this book presents scarcely any useful information at all. i also agree with the reviewer who believed that the author wrote with no personality - a tip to the author: try to limit the star trek jokes for the conventions - they would be appreciated more over there.

to the potential readers: try another book.