Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: The Windows 2000 Device Driver Book: A Guide for Programmers (2nd Edition) by Jerry Lozano, Art Baker ISBN: 0-13-020431-5 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 20 November, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.12 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The best Entry-level Windows 2000/NT Device Driver Book
Comment: I have read all, but one of the Windows 2000/NT device driver books and found this one to be the best for beginners, by far. It is very well organized in a top-down approach. I though the concepts were well presented and easy to understand. After readin two other books on NT device drivers, this one finally explained things clearly for me.
The book is also very hands-on. It describes an example device drive in full source and develops it through each chapter. You can actually build the driver as you go and the driver is developed as you would develop your own driver.
This book is also not wordy and quick-reading. I would suggest is, if you are trying to grasp NT device drivers.
Rating: 4
Summary: The PRIMER for budding Windows NT device driver writers
Comment:
I write NT drivers and kernel extensions for a living so I have already been baptised so to speak. Even so, because Microsoft has been so tight lipped about NT's internals, there is much I have to learn. And, indeed I did by reading Art's book.
I just finished Art's book and I must say that I am impressed with his choice of subjects, his clear style and his light humor throughout. Moreover, his examples teach in fact what his narative imaginatively presents. If you are buying this book to teach you about writing a certain kind of driver, say NDIS 4.0, then don't. It's very short on specifics of that kind. But, if you want to learn the "basics" about writing NT drivers, this will get it done. The gift that Art brings through his book is more than dry facts about NT driver lore and technique. Unlike the DDK Guide, Art has placed the process into perspective by presenting the material in a logically progressive manner. Further, we benefit from Art's long experience at teaching the subject as well as, I suspect, his hobknobbing with the MS development folks and having had many a question answered. I would not be surprised to learn that he has "even" seen NT's sources since he formerly worked for DEC with their intimate association with Uncle Bill's Belleview Works. I know that I have come to understand some things that, frankly, I thought were in the realm of accepting on faith.
To sum up, though experienced, I learned alot, and, I am convinced I will continue to do so every time I pick it up in the future. I do have one caution to offer. Art's book is no substitute for the DDK Guide -- I think after reading Art's book, you should then skim through the Guide. It's in the neighborhood of 1000 screen pages of if you want to print it out, it's much shorter. Since the Guide was written as an online reference, it tends to repeat a lot of information. This can be tedious reading but, hey, that's how I learned -- I only wish that I had had Art's book as a primer
Rating: 2
Summary: No printer driver info.
Comment: There is absolutely no information about printer drivers in this book. The explanation about the printing process is so skimpy that you can't tell that it is wrong.
 |
Title: Programming the Microsoft Windows Driver Model, Second Edition by Walter Oney ISBN: 0735618038 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 31 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
 |
Title: Developing Windows NT Device Drivers: A Programmer's Handbook by Edward N. Dekker, Joseph M. Newcomer ISBN: 0201695901 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Pub. Date: 30 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $59.95 |
 |
Title: Writing Windows Wdm Device Drivers: Covers Nt 4, Win 98, and Win 2000 by Chris Cant ISBN: 0879305657 Publisher: CMP Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
 |
Title: USB Complete: Everything You Need to Develop Custom USB Peripherals by Jan Axelson ISBN: 0965081958 Publisher: Lakeview Research Pub. Date: 15 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
 |
Title: Win32 System Programming: A Windows(R) 2000 Application Developer's Guide (2nd Edition) by Johnson M. Hart ISBN: 0201703106 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 29 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
