Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 414 pages
- Published by: Wiley
- Edition: 1st Edition May 16, 2001
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0471498386
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0471498384
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Book Dimensions:
9.2 x 7.5 x 1 inches
- Weighs: 1.7 pounds
Product Review
"has a nice layout and reads well" (
CVu, June 2006)
Product Description
Large and complex
software systems, such as Internet applications, depend on distributed applications. Although Java has helped reduce the complexity of distributed systems, developers still have to contend with diverse hardware platforms, remote communication over networks, and system failures.
Java in Distributed Systems provides a comprehensive guide for anyone wishing to deepen their knowledge of Java in distributed applications. Beginning with a tutorial guide to distributed programming in the Java environment, it shows you how building blocks from threads to Jini can help you to fulfil Sun's vision, that 'the Network is the Computer'. It then goes on to focus on aspects that are still challenging researchers such as concurrency, distribution, and persistence.
Key Features:
- One of the few books to focus specifically on Java for building distributed applications
- Coverage includes threads & sockets, RMI, CORBA, Voyager, Mobile agents, JDBC, object-oriented databases, Java spaces and Jini
- Includes advanced chapters on the cutting edge of Java language development, including the author's own proposed Dejay (Distributed Java), an open-source project that offers a unified approach to concurrency, distribution and persistence
Reader ReviewsMost books on distributed java cover only one aspect (eg. RMI) in a level of detail that is really booring and time consuming to follow. This book gives a good coverage of available distributed computing methods in java (eg. RMI, CORBA, Voyager, etc.). None of the methods are covered in great detail but they are covered well enough to understand them and to know what you need to search for information about if you do implement one of them. The real value of this book is that it provides a clear overview of what methods can be used in distributed java so that informed decisions can be made as to which one should be implemented in a project. The only downside I see to this book is that there are a number of gramatical mistakes. The mistakes don't make the book unreadable and can be overlooked because the author is European, and English probably was not his first language. This downside is relatively minor, and the author's English is overall very good. An editor should have been used to catch these mistakes. Do not buy this book if you don't understand object oriented programming and are not an experienced programmer. If you don't understand how to program, this book will be a waste of your time.
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