Pro .NET 1.1 Network Programming, Second Edition (Paperback)

~ Christian Nagel (Author), Ajit Mungale (Author), Vinod Kumar (Author), Nauman Laghari (Author), Andrew Krowczyk (Author), Tim Parker (Author), Srinivasa Sivakumar (Author), Alexandru Serban (Author)
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This is an outstanding title, being well-written and covering all the major considerations of .NET network programming. This is easily a 5/5 work.</a></p> </blockquote> <p id="quoteAuthor">&#8212; Jason Salas, Microsoft MVP, ASP.NET</p></div>

<p>Networking is one of the core tasks of enterprise-level programming, and this book covers key concepts, like network programming in .NET with C#, and building network-based applications in .NET. You will gain confidence to use the classes shipped with .NET, and eventually implement your own application-level protocols. <p>

The text first overviews important background material, like physical network architecture, network protocols, the OSI model, streams in .NET, and stream access. Also covered in detail: socket programming&emdash;complete with introduction, and descriptions for use in .NET. <p>

Finally, the book explores Internet programming, with a look at HTTP&emdash;the underlying protocol of e-mail and Internet. By the end of the book, you will also have learned to secure network communications in .NET.

About the Author

Andrew Krowczyk is a senior software developer for Geneer, a Microsoft Gold Partner company specializing in accelerated custom software development. He is a MCSD with a bachelor’s degree in computer science degree, and he is currently wrapping up his master’s degree.

Vinod Kumar is a software developer and author from Chennai, India. Having a strong background of VB, COM, and ASP, he now works on .NET technologies.He also writes for other popular websites.

Nauman Laghari is a software team leader at Creative Chaos (pvt) Limited in Karachi, Pakistan. He is a veteran C/C++ programmer who has worked on some cutting-edge technology projects such as implementing a real-time trading system connected to Electronic Crossing Networks (ECN) using the Financial Information eXchange (FIX) protocol for a Wall Street Brokerage. When he’s not designing system architecture or juggling project deadlines, Nauman likes to write white papers and articles on emerging trends especially using the Microsoft platform. Nauman is an avid reader and likes to keep himself fit by playing cricket.

Ajit Mungale is a senior software developer with experience in almost all Microsoft languages and technologies. He has also worked with IBM products, including IBM WebSphere and MQ.

Christian Nagel has more than fifteen years experience as a Developer and Software Architect. Christian is working as an independent trainer and consultant. He offers training and coaching using Microsoft .NET technologies.He started his computing career with PDP 11 and VAX/VMS platforms, covering a variety of languages and platforms. Since the year 2000, he has been working with .NET and C#, developing and architecting distributed solutions. Christian has also written several .NET books, including <i> Professional C#, Beginning Visual C#, </i> and <i> Pro .NET Network Programming. </i> As a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP for Visual C#, he speaks at international conferences, and is INETA Europe Regional Manager (International .NET User Group Association).Tim Parker has been a programmer, writer, and trainer for 25 years. He’s written over 60 books and 3,500 magazine articles. He has worked on the Web since its inception, and he’s designed hundreds of websites. In his spare time, he drives, flies a plane, and manages a temperamental network of 30 machines in his home in Ottawa, Canada.

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Srinivasa Sivakumar is a writer and developer focused in web- and wireless-releated technologies. He is also a coauthor of <i>Beginning ASP.NET</i> and numerous articles for many technical journals. He likes to watch Tamil movies and listen to Tamil soundtracks whenever he finds the time.

Product Details

• Paperback: 552 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 2nd edition (September 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590593456
• ISBN-13: 978-1590593455
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,108,099 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must-have read for working with protocols in .NET, November 7, 2004

By	Jason A. Salas (Dededo, Guam Guam) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was really surprised at the ease of reading with this book offered. As it seems to be one of the last remaining books left over from the old Wrox days, the "Pro" in the title would denote a very high level of material, often assuming a great deal of talent on the part of the reader and skipping the necessary introductory concepts and giving piecemeal code samples. This totally isn't that way at all. The book's back cover lists it as "Beginner/Intermediate" and it delivers on its promise. <br/><br/>

Put it this way - I'm a lifelong web dev who's been doing more and more client/server work, and I got a ton of useful information for my projects in this work. Even as the book starts to get into material for which there is no easy way of describing, the authors don't deviate from using simple English and practical, plainclothes, repetitive examples to ensure the readers gets it before progressing to more in-depth topics. <br/><br/>

Principal author Christian Nagel (whose writing I've long appreciated) starts out with a very thorough rundown of basic networking concept, the OSI model and the TCP/IP protocol stack, that any IT professional should peruse as a primer. He then presents the particulars of network programming in .NET, such as working with streams and sockets, and then drills down into individual protocols, devoting a chapter each to the major forms of network communication. The major protocols for communicating over networks and the Internet are all examined and expanded upon - SNMP, TCP, UDP, SMTP, HTTP, with helpful code samples. The book also briefs the reader on the importance of .NET Remoting on more than one occasion. <br/><br/>

The book isn't one that's filled to the brim with code snippets you can instantly plug into your applications, but there are several very nice demonstrations and couple good sample apps (an FTP client, a multicast chat app, a simple e-mail utility, a picture viewer, etc.) that demonstrate the high-level concepts in the book's latter chapters. <br/><br/>

In criticism, I found Chapter 5 - "Raw Socket Programming" was obviously written by a different author and uses a slightly different coding convention. While it's not an incriminating factor that should detract one from buying this book, it is something I would hope the editors would look to change for the next version, as the difference between the book's majority voicing and this one chapter - namely in its use of grammar and syntactical layout is a little too painfully obvious. <br/><br/>

I also enjoyed the chapter introducing the reader to working with IPv6, although I thought it might have been better suited for placement further into the book or as an appendix, and not in Chapter 6. Additionally, I would have wished for more samples featuring using peer-to-peer networking architecture (there was one, I think), and a bit more meat to the discussion of .NET Remoting, perhaps in its own chapter. <br/><br/>

But semantics notwithstanding, this is an outstanding title, being well-written and covering all the major considerations of .NET network programming with. This is easily a 5/5 work.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Thorough Overview and Application Guide of NP, August 9, 2005

By	S. M. England "Software Developer" (Mount Wastington, Kentucky) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Not a bad book, considering it gives you the fundamentals of a variety of topics well covered in network programming. It is the only source of its kind I have found to address network programming without being almost exclusively tied to web development. I looked at it in light of it's C# orientation (because I'm a VB.NET developer), and found a lot of good basic coverage. Bewarned: If you are not an intermediate programmer, whether C# or VB.NET, it will take a little to get up to speed. The style is not bad - surprising, given the number of authors, and you CAN learn from it. I give it actually a 4.2-4.5, but I can't give it quite the 5-star rating. :-P

8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't be mislead by others reviews...., December 31, 2004

By	Micheal Lanham (Calgary, Alberta) - See all my reviews

Unfortunately, my expectations of this book fell flat when I went to compile some of the books source code, only to find it wouldn't. Now one of my biggest pet peeves of any programming book is getting source code from a book that won't even compile. I mean how easy is it to test compile a piece of code for the purpose of good editing?

So to be fair to the author's I waited a couple of months hoping for some errata fixes or new source code posted on the website. Nothing, nada, zilch, perhaps I was still expecting too much. Not wanting to wait any longer, I fixed the 58 of 59 errors in the one piece of source code I was interested in only to find there was actually a whole section of code missing. Again should'nt somebody have test compiled this crap before publishing the book? I know I thouroughly test all my code before I send it to any big bad end user, shouldn't we as programmers expect the same?

I am giving this book one star for the amount I did read, which did seem quite good. Perhaps if you can get past the pathetic source code you could make some use of this book.