Client/Server Programming with Java and CORBA [With Includes Over 15 Java-Based Client-Server...]

An exceptionally well-written book by best-selling authors. The bookis a great way to learn about Client/Server programming in general, andCORBA in particular. This book is massive, totaling over 1000 pages (a huge increase over the first edition). It includes a CDROM with all of the code examples as well Borland's Vivibroker and others.Note the book is not just about teaching CORBA programming usingthe Java language. It also provides large amounts of material on Java Beans andEnterprise Java Beans. This is a teaching book not a reference book.While it does provide Java coding examples, developers will not use itto write their code (at least I don't).Book Sections:1- CORBA Meets Java (3 chapters)2- Core CORBA/Java (3 chapters)3- The Dynamic CORBA (3 chapters)4- CORBA and Its Competitors (7 chapters)5- The Existential CORBA (6 chapters)6- JDBC 2-Tier Versus 3-Tier (4 chapters)7- From JavaBeans to EnterpriseJavaBeans (8 chapters)8- Grand Finale: Club Med with CORBA/JavaBeans (4 chapters)The CORBA coverage is extensive: BOA, POA, Interface Repository, Java-to-IDL and IDL-to-Java mappings, and DII among others. However, no coverage of the CORBA Services, besides the Naming Service.Be prepared for their style of writing. As with their other best-selling books,they have Zog the Martian (see the cover) and Soapboxes, which give their insightful opinions on issues and problems with the subject. Personally, I enjoyed it as it makes thebook more interesting.Some Negatives. This book has become somewhat outdated, written in 1998, with an intro by Marc Andreesen and a CDROM containing JDK 1.1! There are betterbooks on Enterprise Java Beans. A new edition of this book could be thinnerby reducing the EJB material. Its missing coverage of the new CORBA Component Model(of course, CCM was not out in 1998).In summary, I highly recommend this book for readers wanting to learn Client/Serverprogramming and CORBA (using Java). I bought many copies of this book over the yearsfor training people at my company.

This is definitely the best stuff around for all CORBA lovers.The book is detailed and goes step by step.A reader who is already well aquainted with OO techniques,RMI,Java and C++ will find a few chapters a bit boring.This is one piece of work which gives self-starters a chance to start programming using the CORBA architecture.The comparisions between different clients & servers breaks quite a few notions about C++ clients and Java Servers.The undermined Java Application receives a boost with such a comparision. Further on, The different approaches to using CORBA and explaining them in depth is one of the achievements of this book.A good round up of various ORBs, Transcation Monitors is also well appreciated.

I bought this book because believing it is in the same way and style as the client/server book. And I found what I expected: organized information, many examples, comparison of every technology with the other, and good humour.

I used this book to complete a project with JDK2/CORBA/Oracle 8.0/Borland JBuilder after an attempted JDK2/Servlet/Oracle 8.0 implementation. The book gives you everything you need for a JAVA/CORBA implementation. Excellent!

I found this book to be a very helpful tutorial-style book on CORBA for beginners. Although some may argue about the wide scope of this staggeringly huge and complete volume, I thought that the chapters are justified and very helpful. For example, the book includes in-depth chapters on how CORBA compares to servlets, CGI, sockets, RMI, and DCOM. The chapters are very thorough and the same program is rewritten for each technology to allow you a clear perspective upon which to compare. In addition, the chapters on JavaBeans and JDBC are also top notch, written in a very personable tone that makes it enjoyable to read. I have gotten a great deal of valuable CORBA knowlege from this book and I would highly recommend it to any intermediate Java programmer who is looking to learn CORBA and willing to put some serious time into doing it.