Inside Server-Based Applications [With CDROM]

By Douglas J. Reilly

Reilly gives developers a complete sourcebook of coding techniques and a concise reference of implementation examples for server-side development under Windows 2000. Detailed instructions show readers... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572318171
• ISBN13: 9781572318175
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Microsoft Press
• Length: 500 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.4" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 and higher

Customer Reviews

Very Helpful

This book is most usful for gaining a quick and clear understanding for writing NT services. I had almost no problem writing a heavy duty NT service after reading the first few chapters.Perhaps the bigest bonus is that Douglas Reilly answers his email! He chose to focus on named pipes for his completion port section (as did the other NT Services books I could find) and I needed the sockets architecture. He responded to my question almost immediately [Thanks, Mr. Reilly] and gave me references which eventually led to a solution for my programming problem.I would recommend this to anyone who wants a quick introduction to dealing with NT Services, writing Event Log messages (I did not even know there was a message compliler) and NT Registery. The book has much more, but I was only interested in those topics.

Great book with great support.

This book has been a great help for me. If it wasn't from the examples that the author put in there I would probably spent weeks until I find the solution of my problem. Also, I was impressed by the support that the author had with this book. I have sent him an email for some questions that I had about one of his examples and in the same day I had his reply with the solution I was looking for. I would recommend this book to everyone that is interested in this field.

The architecture of the future

With the movement of enterprise developement towards Microsoft DNA, this book is a must for system architects. The book mainly outlines the important decisions necessary to tackle MTS and IIS development in a multi-tier solution. The book is not the best resource for a developer though as it doesn't present the 'how' to the detail level required. (VB) Developers, I suggest you also look at 'Programming Distributed Applications with COM and Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0' and (to a lesser extent the associated training kit) 'Distributed Applications for Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 MCSD Training Kit'. Future: Microsoft if making major changes in how to develop enterprise solutions in the next version of Visual Studio. Reviewer: Andrew Richards MCSD.