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Summary: Excellent
Review: A Very good book.Covered with C++ code example.
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Summary: Great tutorial
Review: As other reviewer's have said this is an excellent book for reader's unfamiliar with COM/DCOM/COM++. Even though the book is plaqued with typos and missing steps. The FTP site contains code that will compile. Note: You should have some MFC and VC++ exposure.
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Summary: Great tutorial
Review: As other reviewer's have said this is an excellent book for reader's unfamiliar with COM/DCOM/COM++. Even though the book is plaqued with typos and missing steps. The FTP site contains code that will compile. Note: You should have some MFC and VC++ exposure.
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Summary: A Good Primer
Review: For a COM beginner such as myself, this book provided a vital introduction to necessary concepts and techniques. The author wasted few words in conveying his information, and never talked down to us poor dummies.I was particularly taken with the author's didactic technique of including at least 2-3 egregious typos or omissions in the examples at the end of each chapter. To find the source code for these examples -- and unless you're already an expert, you *will* need the source code -- do not bother checking the url in the Introduction. Go to the Prentice Hall home ftp site drill down from there. END
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Summary: Update to my previous review
Review: I contacted Prentice Hall about the FTP site not working, and they fixed the problem promptly -- the code samples are now available. I've looked at other COM books, and this may be the most useful one available. It contains plenty of practical examples, and is written with more care than most recent programming books. Perhaps as a result of the ridiculous pace with which new tools and standards are being introduced in these hectic times, there's a tendency for authors to rush to get their books on the shelves first. I'm happy to report that this book is not a rush job; it's definitely a keeper.
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Summary: Learning to use COM and COM+
Review: I have read many books on COM and COM+ and I would recommend this book as one of the essential books to bring any programmer into the world of COM and COM+.
Perhaps, it's because of the authors background as a teacher, I don't know, but this book takes EXTREME care in the organization and progression and just as importantly in the source code that goes with it. This really stands out compared with so many of the other books I have come across.
I could go on and on, but just to single out one source of praise, the author takes great care in telling the user how to set up the development environment. I have seen so many books that perhaps assume everything will work or that their readers are smart enough to figure this all out for themselves.
It was published in 2000, and Microsoft is moving everyone to .NET, but I still believe this is valuable to resource every Microsoft platform programmer interested in making sense of COM, should have on the bookself.
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Summary: Makes COM & COM+ easy as pie
Review: I rate the book as one of the very best programming primers I've ever read on any programming subject. Surely it must be the best primer on COM. My thanks to Alan Gordon for writing it for my benefit.
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Summary: Excelent COM starter for Windows/C++ programmers..
Review: I think its an excelent intro to COM technology for those of us, who does Windows/C++/MFC/Win32 API programming, but haven't touch COM yet. Book is very clear written, easy to follow. Author illustrates each topic with short and simple example, yet good enough to understand whats going on. All sample projects are presented in "how-to, step-by-step" style.
Certanly, this book is not for beginners - you must understand OOP, classes, threads, synchronization, etc.
After this one, you will only need "Inside COM" or "Inside ATL" type of book! Good luck!
P.S. Attention VB developers: this book is for C/C++ folks..
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Summary: Rare to find a book so in depth but easy to follow
Review: I was asked to give a 2-hour overview of COM+ to the development staff at my company. I had just started learning and developing with COM+ a few weeks previously. I scoured the web for info, and other than the MS documentation, this book was the only one that contributed to my preparation. Extremely well-written and clear, but very very in depth. Aimed at C++ programmers (I am a VB person), but I still found it more helpful than any of the VB COM books I've looked at. Once I understood the internals of COM+, programming to the COM+ API was a snap. I finally really understand why VB components can't be pooled! The C++ guy on my team also used it to get his pooled component working correctly.
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Summary: Good book for anyone who is lost in the COM world !
Review: I've read several books in the past about COM programming/fundamentals - most of the books out there in the market jump into programming before clearly explaining the underlying concepts - THIS BOOK IS DEFINITELY AN EXCEPTION. The author explains all the concepts in-depth, he takes it one step further by not assuming that the reader is familiar with MicroSoft nomenclature and then walks through the examples. This book is a good start for a COM beginner, although there are typos/programming errors - the ftp site has all the compiled examples, so no problem there. This is one of the very few books available on the subject which you would not stop reading after the first 100 pages- if not anything, it gets rid of the COM fear :-) Read this book and start building simple COM examples along with the examples in the chapter - you will be on your way to COM/COM+ all by yourself with some help from MSDN ofcourse !
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