Advanced CORBA® Programming with C++ 1st Edition

The book is in excellent condition, but it is outdated due to the numerous corrections and updates made since the time that it was printed.

Excellent service and product; will buy again!

This is the only book to consult for how to use CORBA with C++. It handles all the tough topics and describes them in a clear, understandable way.

I have worked extensively on ORB development, and I can honestly say that this is the only book I have seen that I refer to regularly other than the CORBA spec. It is the only text that is (mostly) current with the spec, and it provides real insights into many frequently asked CORBA questions, such as object reference identity and persistence, memory management, and the POA.Most ORBs don't have the POA yet; they will by mid-2000. It was an important and correct decision by the authors to include it instead of the BOA, most of the details of which are vendor-specific anyway (that's why the POA exists). Note to BOA lovers: sorry, the BOA is no longer part of the spec. ORB vendors are free to keep it around, and many do, but it's only because they're nice. The POA is so vastly superior that the only reason you would use the BOA is if you have an existing code base to maintain.This is not a book for beginners, grazers, or wanna-bes; it is a book for serious, working practitioners, and it works best as a reference (although you can read it cover to cover). It is also C++-specific; it is the best CORBA book available for any language, but programmers who don't know the CORBA interface language mappings in both C++ and another language will not know which parts are C++-specific and may be confused or frustrated. The CORBA C++ mapping is by far the most complex, so it makes sense to do this one, but be forewarned that the early chapters on the C++ language mapping will be of marginal use if you are not a C++ programmer. The POA section makes the POA sound harder than it is for most applications, and does not provide complete detail on POA policies and architecture, but it is close. Your alternative is to read the CORBA spec (a horrifying prospect for most people), or your ORB vendor's documentation (sometimes adequate, sometimes not).Flaws? Yes. Alternatives? No. If you are a CORBA programmer and you don't like reading the CORBA spec, BUY THIS BOOK.

The book is composed from two books: CORBA reference and tutorial. You have two books in one what can be great, however, the book is definitely not easy to read. Reference and tutorial parts are not separated clearly in very helpful way but they are mixed together.After the first introductory part of the book, the authors focus our attention on developing quite comprehesive, CORBA based, distributed Climate Control System. To follow you must read "actively", ie. skip some materials or go back to recall something, depanding on your needs and skills. This may be not an easy task and can be a little bit frustrating. The book, after the first part, is not devided into levels of difficulty ( or everything is equally difficult? :).Shortly, if you need some CORBA challenge, this is good place to look for. The book is definitely worth reading, especially if you want to really feel and touch the CORBA technology.And one more thing. Good understanding of C++ is recommended...

Good book. Worth the money. There is a a lot of material here and it is pretty well organized. Some of the examples assume to much - they would be better if they showed complete code segements. If you needed to get one book on C++ and CORBA, this would be the one.

The "Advanced CORBA Programming with C++" is a good book. It covers in-depth the memory management, CORBA, as well the potential reasons for possible crashes. In the software development process, software architects, software designer and software developers should read this book. The only leak I found is the chapter about multithreading. It would be nice if in the next edition, the authors will cover in-depth also this subject. Thanks for this book. Romain Cloos; MSc Computer Science; Société Européenne des Satellites

This has to be one of the best CORBA books that I have read. It has helped me debug code and fix some really knotty problems. I found the exposition clear and easy to follow, and the index a useful tool. I don't think the authors intended it to be read cover-to-cover.If I am working on a CORBA project I alway like to have this book to hand.

Corba und C++ klingt wie SOAP und Java aus dem vorherigen Jahrtausend. Wo immer zahlreiche schlaue Köpfe abstrakte RPC Protokolle und Frameworks ohne zwingenden Nutzen "designen", muss man sich erst einige Lektüre zu Gemüte führen, um die theoretischen Ideen dahinter und anschließend die Eigenarten der jeweiligen Implementationen (sprich Bibliotheken) zu verstehen. Das Buch hilft einem, den roten Faden zu finden und lauffähige Programme zu entwickeln. Die Code-Beispiele sind vollständig und korrekt. Um weitere Recherche im Internet wird man allerdings nicht herumkommen.

Ein gutes Buch. Tatsächlich eines der besten die man zu c++ und CORBA findet.Leider ist es aber nicht besonders praxisnah. Weder wird auf die üblichen CORBA-Implementierungen (Visibroker) eingegangen, noch kommen die Probleme im Zusammenhang mit VisualStudio (oder anderen IDEs) zur Sprache. Auch bei manchen Design-Hilfen (Lieber Exeptions, oder doch out-Parameter mit errorcode?) hält sich Herr Henning sehr zurück.Alles in allem ein gutes Buch, aber sicher kein 5-Sterne Buch.