Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005.1 EAN: 9780471295495 ISBN: 0471295493 Label: John Wiley & Sons Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 533 Publication Date: February 25, 1999 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Sales Rank: 1548545 Studio: John Wiley & Sons
Product DescriptionAcquire the COM know-how to build distributed computing solutions with Visual Basic. Building N-Tier Applications with COM and Visual Basic(r) 6.0 If you want to build robust Visual Basic applications for the enterprise, this book helps you quickly acquire the client/server knowledge and skills required to take your development skills to the next level. Focusing on Microsoft's core middletier technologies-COM, DCOM, and MTS-you'll get a layer-by-layer introduction to N-tier development with Visual Basic. Authors Ash Rofail and Tony Martin step you through the entire development process, with extensive coverage of key topics including: How to build and communicate with COM and DCOM components Designing accessible databases with Visual Basic, COM, SQL Server 7.0, and ADO Building Web clients with User Documents, Dynamic HTML, XML, and IIS Creating and deploying highly scalable applications with Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) and Microsoft Message Queue (MSMQ) Securing your component-based applications On the CD-ROM you'll find: Allaire's HomeSite version 4.0 All the Visual Basic code included in the book Ready-to-use applications from the examples in the book Wiley Computer Publishing Timely. Practical. Reliable. Visit our Web site at www wiley.com/compbooks/
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - GOOD BACKGROUND, EXAMPLES TOO SIMPLISTIC
This book provides good background information on COM, DCOM and ADO, but there is little that can't be found elsewhere. Too much time is spent on covering ADO. The examples are too simplistic to be useful. This book is a good place to start, but it doesn't take you very far.
Rating: - Excellent book for starting at component programming
If you are a VB programmer but not a COM programmer I think this is an excellent book to start COM study. You can have a good knowledge of a complex technology only with the first 7 chapters.
Rating: - The Best for Newbies
If you are new to all the new technologies out there from Microsoft. This is the best book to explain it all. I do agree with the previous reviewer, this is not an advanced book and I would recommend Ted's book if you are advanced or have mastered the basics. IF you have not mastered the basic then you will be lost in Ted's book. So, in my opinion this book is the best on the market for entry to intermediate level developers starting with COM.
Rating: - Good book, but authors did not have target audience defined
I think it is important to have some info about reviewer himself/herself in order to evaluate review properly. So, a few words about myself. I have been programming VB for 4 years, building distributed apps with COM/MTS for 1 year.
This book did not add much to what I already knew. It tries to cover conseptual/architectural issues as well as "real-life" programming issues. But there is a clear gap between the level at which these are covered. The language and style of conseptual coverage ... Read More
Rating: - The best for MTS beginners
If you consider hiring someone to explain to you what COM, MTS, N-tier app or something alike, consider buying this book first. It does not only dedicate the first few chapters to show the big picture, the theory of n-tier development and components, it also provides good examples (w/ important tips and clear explanations) to complete your knowledge with experience/practice.
The only drawback I've seen so far is that the author missed highlighting the important code section like: GetObjectContext() ... Read More
- GOOD BACKGROUND, EXAMPLES TOO SIMPLISTIC
- Excellent book for starting at component programming
