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Title: Inside Atl (Programming Languages/C) by George Shepherd, Brad King, George Shepherd, George Shephard ISBN: 1572318589 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.92
Rating: 5
Summary: Solid ATL book if you have other reference books
Comment: Excellent book for readers yearning a stronger understanding of ATL and COM. The auther does a concise job of explaining some of the more difficult or less well understood aspects of COM - APARTMENTS and THREADS.
Apartments and threads, in most other COM books are often inadequete and rushed - not this book. The level of detail to apartments and threads can easily make this book worth buying all together, not to say, that the rest of the book isn't worth reading because it is.
Although, they did a wonderful job of explaining threads and apartments this book isn't without its challenges. For example, to understand many of the code samples you must have some Windows 32 programming experience or be familiar with some of the Win32 API calls and libraries. Make sure you have a Windows 32 programming book as reference (e.g. Advanced Windows by Jeffrey Richter).
Furthermore, I can understand how some readers may be intimidated by this book because they might not be as comfortable working with C++, templates, macros and the Win32 API...typical in most hardcore COM books I have read. However, don't let that stop you from reading this book. Just make sure that you purchase the necessary reference books to bring yourself up to speed.
So, if you want to understand the internals of "ATL" and "COM", do yourself a favor and buy this book. It should have an excellent shelf life, unlike some of the other COM books I've purchased, such as "Beginning ATL COM" from Wrox (save your money on this book).
Over the years I've come to rely upon a few trusted books on COM and Win32 programming and have provided them below:
COM:
- Essential COM by Don Box (COM primer)
- Inside COM by Dale Rogerson (COM primer)
WIN 32 PROGRAMMING:
- Advanced Windows by Jeffrey Richter (good advanced topics...threading, kernal, locking)
- Programming Windows by Charles Petzold (good all-around ref.)
- Learn Windows Programming in 21 days (excellent primer!)
Rating: 4
Summary: A useful and worthwhile book
Comment: I had just about given up hope of finding one single book that could help me understand ATL - then I found this book. As an experienced C++ programmer, but a newcomer to ATL, I looked for a single source of information on the hows and whys of ATL. There are many good books out there, but each seems to fill a niche. But with this book I found, in one place, answers to all the questions I've been wrestling with for months now. Besides covering ATL, it contains a wealth of tips and tidbits that you'll likely run across during coding and testing that arent covered anywhere else. This fact alone justifies buying the book. I'm resigned that one book cant cover everything a programmer may need to know about ATL, but after digesting this one I'm confident that I'll be able to digest the others as well. I paid list price for this one, but I dont regret it. Neither will you.
Rating: 4
Summary: Not perfect, but ATL makes for tough writing
Comment: I feel sorry for any author who has to explain ATL. It must be a miserable job.
C++ Templates, COM, Registry entries, in-process and out-of-process servers-- these subjects each have to be discussed before you can really get into ATL, and learn what it does and how it can help you. Quite a bit of prep work there.
Like other ATL books out there, this one has it's confusing parts. After about the first 100 pages or so, the authors start explaining the internal workings of ATL objects, and man, does it make for a tough read. Various ATL classes are briefly mentioned here and there, this one is used as a template parameter for that one, and pity the poor reader who's new to the ATL game!
Still, I can't blame the authors here, but rather the subject matter. If you keep cool, and don't worry whenever the authors expand those ATL macros and try to explain their inner workings, you can progress along fairly quickly.
Most parts of the book are very well explained, and if you're someone who *must* know about ATL's internal workings in depth, then this book is a good one to start with. If you're new to ATL, you can definitely profit by reading this, but look for a beginner's companion to keep close by.
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Title: ATL Internals (The Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series) by Brent Rector, Chris Sells, Jim Springfield ISBN: 0201695898 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 31 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $54.95 |
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Title: Inside COM (Programming Series) by Dale Rogerson ISBN: 1572313498 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 1997 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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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 Pub Co Pub. Date: 03 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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Title: Network Programming for Microsoft Windows, Second Edition by Anthony Jones, Jim Ohmund, Jim Ohlund, James Ohlund ISBN: 0735615799 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 13 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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Title: Professional Atl Com Programming by Richard Grimes ISBN: 1861001401 Publisher: Wrox Press Inc Pub. Date: 1998 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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