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Title: Essential COM by Don Box ISBN: 0-201-63446-5 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Pub. Date: 22 December, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.24 (82 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: The author is a COM master, but at times that is a problem.
Comment: Obviously, Don Box is a COM and C++ master, which is where the problem lies. Admittedly, he does cover many aspects of COM quite extensively. The first chapter is the best background material on COM that I have read. But thereafter, Box changes his approach. He then seems to lapse into gratuitous, uncontollable programming razzle-dazzle when covering COM topics. His multi-page macros are just plain confusing and distracting. [Who is his intended audience: COM neophytes or his COM cronies?] His explanations concerning his use of the subtleties of C++ are entirely too feeble. While COM is at heart a subtle C++ application, surely programming virtuosity can be de-emphasized when explaining COM basics. His examples have questionable utility. However, again, his book does fill in some of the gaps of COM that other books gloss over. But I'm still waiting for that five-star book on COM.
Rating: 2
Summary: To cenceptual, not practical for a newby to COM
Comment: The biggest problem I've had with this book is that the examples are incomplete. I am used to learning by starting with a basic program and implementing more and more features of the api step by step. In this I can ensure I have mastered the basic concepts before moving on. Unfortunetly this book does not use this technic. Although it starts with the basics and progresses, it does not have working examples of just the basic implementation. Therefore if you are confused by a particular section that does not have much practical code, then you are at a loss and will not be able to move on through the book since subsequent sections will be building upon the one that you may have stumbled on. Code snippets are just not enough for me to grasps the subject. There is a complete example downloadable from the book's website, but the example implements all of the advanced features, which is far to overwhelming for a COM novice such as myself.
Rating: 3
Summary: Highly technical but the writing could be better.
Comment: Don Box is probably the most widely known authority on COM and this shows.
From the motivating example of the first chapter, to thorough
discussions of object location, instantation, naming, remote invocation, this book was certainly worth reading.
But sometimes I feel like the author is showboating with his opaque/jargon-filled writing; it just isn't as clear as say
a Kernighan, a Tanenbaum or even some others writing about MS Specific Technology.
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Title: ATL Internals (The Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series) by Brent E. Rector, Chris Sells ISBN: 0201695898 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 31 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $54.95 |
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Title: Effective COM: 50 Ways to Improve Your COM and MTS-based Applications by Don Box, Keith Brown, Tim Ewald, Chris Sells ISBN: 0201379686 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Pub. Date: 03 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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Title: Developer's Workshop to COM and ATL 3.0 by Andrew Troelsen ISBN: 1556227043 Publisher: Wordware Publishing Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Inside COM (Programming Series) by Dale Rogerson ISBN: 1572313498 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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Title: Understanding Activex and Ole by David Chappell ISBN: 1572312165 Publisher: Microsoft Pr Pub. Date: 15 January, 1996 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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