Applying COM+

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Summary: A MUST READ -- This is my COM+ Bible!
Review: Brill's book should really be called "COM and COM+", because the first section of the book is dedicated entirely to explaining Microsoft's Component Object Model. With his intuitive analogies and witty style, Brill articulates some of the more complex COM concepts (Marshalling, Threading etc), although the understanding of some of these concepts is probably not central to those who will be utilizing COM+. The coverage of COM+ is outstanding - far more definitive and lucid then anything I have from Microsoft. Much empirical experimentation is evident from reading the text. This not another COM+ book which simply retreads existing MSDN documentation, but a work that transcends it.

Rating:
Summary: A MUST READ -- This is my COM+ Bible!
Review: Brill's book should really be called "COM and COM+", because the first section of the book is dedicated entirely to explaining Microsoft's Component Object Model. With his intuitive analogies and witty style, Brill articulates some of the more complex COM concepts (Marshalling, Threading etc), although the understanding of some of these concepts is probably not central to those who will be utilizing COM+. The coverage of COM+ is outstanding - far more definitive and lucid then anything I have from Microsoft. Much empirical experimentation is evident from reading the text. This not another COM+ book which simply retreads existing MSDN documentation, but a work that transcends it.

Rating:
Summary: A MUST READ -- This is my COM+ Bible!
Review: Brill's book should really be called "COM and COM+", because the first section of the book is dedicated entirely to explaining Microsoft's Component Object Model. With his intuitive analogies and witty style, Brill articulates some of the more complex COM concepts (Marshalling, Threading etc), although the understanding of some of these concepts is probably not central to those who will be utilizing COM+. The coverage of COM+ is outstanding - far more definitive and lucid then anything I have from Microsoft. Much empirical experimentation is evident from reading the text. This not another COM+ book which simply retreads existing MSDN documentation, but a work that transcends it.

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Summary: Don't waste your time
Review: Don't waste your time reading this book. The author has little if no understanding of COM.The entire book leaves an impression that Mr.Brill heard something about COM but does not know what to do with it.

Rating:
Summary: Don't waste your time
Review: Don't waste your time reading this book. The author has little if no understanding of COM.The entire book leaves an impression that Mr.Brill heard something about COM but does not know what to do with it.

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Summary: Excellent Book
Review: Finally a book that goes deeper than just showing you how to do something, this book actually exposes the guts of COM/COM+. This book does not give extensive examples, but it does show enough for the reader to digest and understand. The bulk of the code in this book is written in visual c++. If you can stand reading a book of theory, this is a must read.

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Summary: Excellent Book
Review: Finally a book that goes deeper than just showing you how to do something, this book actually exposes the guts of COM/COM+. This book does not give extensive examples, but it does show enough for the reader to digest and understand. The bulk of the code in this book is written in visual c++. If you can stand reading a book of theory, this is a must read.

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Summary: An invaluable resource to help application designers
Review: Gregory Brill's Applying COM+ is an invaluable resource to help application designers, programmers and managers conceptualize the new functionality of COM+ and how it can be utilized within their enterprise systems. Applying COM+ goes deeper to provide much-needed insight into coding techniques for both VB and C++ developers, and when and how to make use of specific COM+ services. Unlike other books which assume little programming expertise from their readers, Applying COM+ also offers intermediate and advanced level users new tips and insights. 504pp.

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Summary: Very strong and worth buying.
Review: Humorous and lightly written, Brill's book provides (to my knowledge) on of the most definitive accounts of COM+ out there. The first five chapters, focus solely on COM, and in themselves they provide a great introduction to those unfamiliar with this topic. Chapters 6 thru 12 then address the major COM+ topics: transactions, security, queued components, while the appendices cover some of the more esoteric ones (object pooling, application proxies etc). Many of the chapters include practical "provisos" one must watch out for when implementing COM+. Mr. Brill has definitely done his homework here. A must buy for anyone wanting to write enterprise COM+ applications.

Rating:
Summary: Very strong and worth buying.
Review: Humorous and lightly written, Brill's book provides (to my knowledge) on of the most definitive accounts of COM+ out there. The first five chapters, focus solely on COM, and in themselves they provide a great introduction to those unfamiliar with this topic. Chapters 6 thru 12 then address the major COM+ topics: transactions, security, queued components, while the appendices cover some of the more esoteric ones (object pooling, application proxies etc). Many of the chapters include practical "provisos" one must watch out for when implementing COM+. Mr. Brill has definitely done his homework here. A must buy for anyone wanting to write enterprise COM+ applications.