Synopses & Reviews
With the release of .NET, Microsoft has once again altered the distributed programming landscape. Almost everything has changed, from data access to remote object calls to the deployment of software components. And, of course, .NET introduces a new technology in XML Web services that may revolutionize Web development. Distributed .NET Programming in C# describes how to use these new .NET technologies to build fast, scalable, and robust distributed applications. Along the way, it answers common questions, such as, How do I use the .NET Remoting Framework? What role does COM+ play in the .NET universe? How can I interoperate with COM components? WhatAs the difference between .NET Remoting and Web services? How will these changes affect the architecture and design of a distributed application? Tom Barnaby assumes the reader is already familiar with the fundamentals of .NET. However, a .NET overview is provided to concisely explain several of the core .NET technologies that are essential for distributed programming, including building, versioning, and deploying assemblies; garbage collection; serialization; and attribute-based programming. Author Bio: Tom Barnaby is an instructor and software architect at Intertech-Inc., a company dedicated to teaching top programmers how to develop enterprise-level software. As an instructor, he is in constant contact with developers from around the world and knows the problems they must solve and the questions they have. As a software architect, he advises companies on the design and implementation of their IT systems. Before becoming a teacher, Tom developed a variety of applications ranging from a proprietary 4GL/Database system on UNIX to a fully distributed ERP application on Windows. In his spare time, Tom enjoys playing with his son Max, watching movies, and playing power chords on his electric guitar with the amp volume turned to 11.
Synopsis
COM ON A WIRE, also known as DCOM, was a great boon to the distributed pro grammer. Under the model ofDCOM, a client was able to interact with COM objects located literally anywhere, without requiring a change of code base. Using the indi rection provided by AppiDs, stubs, proxies, and channels, our distributed endeavors involved little more than the use of declarative tools such as dcomcnfg.exe and the Component Services snap-in. However, all was not well in the world ofDCOM (or COM for that matter). Although the clicking of check boxes made COM-based remoting appear quite simple on the surface, we suffered through numerous registry conflicts, a lifetime of passing interface pointers by reference, and the dreaded prospect of crossing firewalls. Just as ADO.NET has nothing to do with classic ADO, the .NET Remoting story has nothing to do with classic DCOM. The most obvious case in point is the fact that .NET assemblies are not registered with the system registry. Given this, we have no AppiD. Without an AppiD, we have no RemoteServerName value, which means no reference to oleaut32.dll and thus no more COM-based stub and proxies. In short, everything we knew about interacting with types across the wire has changed dramatically."
Synopsis
* First book that covers how distributed computing has changed with the advent of .NET * Targeted to professional developers (no toy code) * Written in clear, unpretentious language by an experienced trainer at Intertech-Inc. * Presents information using a style that has been tested in teaching professional developers
Table of Contents
The evolution of distributed programming -- This is . NET -- Introduction to . NET remoting -- Distributed programming with . NET remoting -- Additional remoting techniques -- Understanding XML Web services -- Understanding COM interop -- Leveraging component services -- NET message queuing -- Data access with ADO. NET.