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Summary: They made two books out of one ("Advanced Win32 Programming"
Review: Everyone knows Richter's "Advanced Windows Programming". OK, so they took that book, and made two books out of it. "Server-Side Apps..." is the second half (the first hald if the new Richter's "Advanced Windows 2000 Programming...". Both books are unconscionably bloated (he he, why would they do that?) and don't seem to add much value above and beyond the old book. In fact, I think, both books are too big and that is because of the presence of material that doesn't really need to be there--security, services, stuff like that. I say, if you got the latest old one, don't bother with these two, especially considering the cost.
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Summary: A great book!
Review: For a detailed technical reference, this book is a surprisingly easy read. Not only is it a great introduction to new Windows 2000 technologies, I think that it will get quite a bit of use as a reference text over the next few years. The authors must have put a lot of effort into this one.
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Summary: Great book
Review: I bought this book for one of our developers. We are just getting started on server side programming. He said it was the perfect book, and he couldn't put it down. I'm buying a second copy now.
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Summary: Great book
Review: I bought this book for one of our developers. We are just getting started on server side programming. He said it was the perfect book, and he couldn't put it down. I'm buying a second copy now.
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Summary: A must for a system programmer
Review: I found this book to be a well-presented and enjoyable read for some very advanced Windows programming concepts. This book thoroughly detailed the following topics: Server/Service development, scalable development techniques (including thread-pooling and scalable I/O), server management tool development, and the most complete security programming coverage I have seen to date. This book is a must buy for anyone who wants to understand the nuts and bolts behind security or server software development in Windows.Note that this book does not require COM or DCOM knowledge. Even though basic C++ knowledge may be helpful, it's not a prerequisite either. All the samples are easy to follow and written in C.
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Summary: Dissapointed-
Review: I have been developing server applications for some time and I was really dissappointed in this book. This book is for freshers, for people who want to start programming server applications and who have not done it before. If you are an experienced server guy, stay away from this book, except for the last part of the book which deals with security most of the other sections I knew in detail. But Still I give it three starts because, I wish this book had been released when I started to learn server programming and this book would have saved me lot of time and relieved me a lot of searching. I still love Jeffery Richter's books, I use Advanced Windows every day and basically is a bible to me.
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Summary: I was satisfied.
Review: I'm doing server-side programming for years and I can state - a few books can match this one. It covers almost all core Win32 API that involved in server side development in great details. It is easy enough to read, but required basic CS knowledge. It was specially written for Win 32 API unlike many other books that been adopted from Win16. It covers fundamentals - processes, threads, different types IO, event logging, resource management, synchronization security and etc. This is the stuff that gives C++ advantage over VB on serve-side. Without it apps should be written in VB to run under COM+. It even touches Win64 API, but since I never use it I cannot judge it. It does not cover GUI development. I wish more information about COM and socket programming. If you involved in server-side development for high performance apps this book is the best source so far.
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Summary: The best book for server side development
Review: I'm doing server-side programming for years and I can state - a few books can match this one. It covers almost all core Win32 API that involved in server side development in great details. It is easy enough to read, but required basic CS knowledge. It was specially written for Win 32 API unlike many other books that been adopted from Win16. It covers fundamentals - processes, threads, different types IO, event logging, resource management, synchronization security and etc. This is the stuff that gives C++ advantage over VB on serve-side. Without it apps should be written in VB to run under COM+. It even touches Win64 API, but since I never use it I cannot judge it. It does not cover GUI development. I wish more information about COM and socket programming. If you involved in server-side development for high performance apps this book is the best source so far.
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Summary: NT security coverage is extensive.
Review: I've found the coverage of Windows NT security to be excellent. The book covers SSL, NTLM, kerberos, the crypto APIs and SSPI. Topics which I have not been able to find in any other book.
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Summary: Mistitled and Unworthy in General
Review: Not a bad book if you could get it for $10. It talks a bit about services (and I'm sure at this point in time you know about services from other sources), and the remainder--about 2/3rds of the book--is about security. Programming Server application is a very wrong title for that, imho, as there's more to server applications than services and security (neither of which, btw, is somehow exclusively specific to server side.) While the new Richter is kind of OK, this one is unequivocally not a good buy.
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