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Client/Server Programming with Java and CORBA (2nd Edition), Robert Orfali & Dan Harkey. Harper Business. 1998. 1022 pages. ISBN 8173660387. Cab Price: Rs 585 This is the definitive guide to help you understand the map as CORBA and JavaBeans merge in cyberspace. The book is for the distributed objects expert, seasoned Java programmer as well as those looking for a bit of both worlds. It covers everything from simple ORB programming to CORBA 3.0's POA, Object Pass-by-Value, IDL-to-Java, and RMI-to-IIOP The book includes a CD-ROM. And shows the reader how to combine Java and distributed objects technologies into Object Web client/server solutions. The book includes working code plus tutorials and design advice. The second edition has been updated and includes 250 pages of new content on integrating CORBA, JavaBeans and Enterprise JavaBeans. Compare CORBA and the competition with the help of tutorials and client/server benchmarks. Also included is a JavaBeans version of Club Med, a Web-based, 3-tier client/server application built with CORBA, Java, and JDBC. The CD-ROM includes Java-based client/server applications. The authors helped create the client/server system and are distributed object consultants for IBM. They also head San Jose State University (USA) CORBA/Java distributed objects master's program and lab. Software Project Management: A Unified Framework. Walker, Royce. Addison Wesley. 2000. 406pp. ISBN 981235980X. Fab Price: Rs 321.26 This highly-rated book presents a new management framework suited to modern software development complexities. It exposes the shortcoming of many accepted management priorities; equipping software professionals with state-of-the-art knowledge. For example, according to the author, most software management practices are linked to archaic, near-obsolete technologies and techniques. This book focuses on what we should keep doing, should be changed and why. The book includes a point-by-point discussion of points raised in Fifteen Principles of Software Engineering, an influential article by Alan Davis. The author argues that some Davis's principles like evaluating design alternatives before starting construction are anchored in the discredited waterfall model. And thinks they are actually be counter-productive when iterative development is done using commodity components. Royce is also skeptical about code inspections as he believes that modern tools allow for automated testing through the project life cycle. And presents more justification that code inspections are so boring that they are inevitably, superficial. His most challenging statement is that you shouldn't ever plan to throw this process away. Instead, you should plan towards evolving your product Teach Yourself C For Linux Programming. Erik De Castro-Lopo. Techmedia. 2000. 744 pp. ISBN 8176353949. Fab Price: Rs 216 C is usually the very first programming language most true geeks learns. And this book is an invaluable resource of wannabe programmers. It takes you, step-by-step, through defining/describing what C is all the way to writing real-world programs. Actually, don't look at doing the "21 days" blurb on the jacket; unless you are a super-human. Instead consider it as 21 lessons that you could do if you just ate, drank and dreamed C. But for the rest of us working or studying, its better to do it well than not do it properly. Follow the book's plan and you can learn something news. You will learn how to develop real-world C programs that are practical. "C is C is C" and this book, although written in for Linux users still manages to carefully explain various concepts. ActiveX: From The Ground Up. John Paul Mueller. Tata McGraw Hill. 561 pp. ISBN 0074632752. Fab Price: Rs 297 This comprehensive introduction to ActiveX defines the technologies that fall under the ActiveX umbrella. These include ActiveX controls (formerly OCX Controls), ActiveScript, ActiveVRML, and ActiveMovie. And the book is ideal for intermediate-level programmers . You need some knowledge of C or C++ too as well writing OCXs and DLLs. Subjects covered include ActiveX versus OCX, OLE interface overview, HTML, web security, Javascript and VBscript. The book includes live examples of database forms and multimedia applications. There is also an excellent glossary. The book shows the reader how to use ActiveX to build Web pages and identify Web security issues. it@tt, in association with Fabmart, help you get an additional 5% discount on books featured in this section. To avail of this discount, send us your name, contact email ID, mailing address along with the title of the book and its ISBN number by email or post. Please allow 2-4 weeks for processing. G
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