[.ca] Advanced CORBA(R) Programming with C++ (ISBN 0201379279)

From Amazon.com:
Written for the experienced C++ developer facing real-world CORBA for the first time, Advanced CORBA Programming with C++ is a useful guide to today's most popular standard for distributed computing. After a quick tour of CORBA basics, the authors jump right in with a minimum skeleton application written in C++. From there, they provide truly extensive coverage of CORBA IDL, along with many tips for using IDL data types in C++. (They cover advanced features such as any, TypeCode, and DynAny later in the book.). Next the book unveils its sample application--a distributed climate control system. Material on the Portable Object Adapter and the Object Life Cycle, including garbage collection strategies, rounds out this section. Additional chapters examine the details of Object Request Brokers (ORBs), including Internet Inter-ORB Protocol (IIOP), repositories, and binding. The authors also present CORBA's built-in APIs for Naming, Trading, and Event Services (including asynchronous event handling), which is most useful as reference material. Final sections examine strategies for better scalability, including multithreading and optimizing network traffic for CORBA objects. The authors provide numerous short excerpts of C++ code, though it must be said that much of this book is reference material rather than a hands-on programming tutorial. --Richard Dragan

One book to buy? This'd be it..:
Don't wish to wade through book after book? This book would be the one to buy! The concepts are clearly defined and the code examples are fairly easy to follow. (The thermostat example grows too complicated at the end of the book to even comprehend all pieces - authors could use other smaller constructs to show the concepts.) The authors are well-versed in the topic and it shows in every chapter. There is no hand-waving on topics, as I have seen in other treatments of this subject. I've been a Corba programmer for the last 3 years and this has been my bible... Can't wait to see a second edition of this book from the authors!

Not easy to read but challenging...:
The book is composed from two books. It's a mix of CORBA reference and tutorial. You have two books in one what is really great! However, from certain reasons the book is not easy to read. Reference and tutorial are not separated in any helpful way. They are mixed together. After the first part, during the remaining parts of the book, authors focus our attention on developing distributed Climate Control System. While reading you must actively skip some materials or go back depanding on your needs and skills. And this may be not easy, the book is not devided into levels of difficulty ( or everything is equally difficult? :), but is presented subject by subject in a reference manner. Shortly, if you need some challenge, this is good place to look for because the book is definitely worth reading!

Excellent introduction to CORBA:
For my money, this book is worth every cent and more. The authors are knowledgable and articulate. If you know of a better book on CORBA, please let me know.....

Advance CORBA with C++:
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.

A good book for advanced users:
As the title states this is a book for advanced programmers. Not the kind of book I would recommend to someone looking to pick up a book and the learn from it. Might serve as an excellent reference source.