Core JINI

By W. Keith Edwards

The Jini Vision? Network Anything, Anytime, Anywhere Jini is truly revolutionary: it enables any device-from enterprise servers to kitchen appliances-to network smoothly, simply, and reliably. Core... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 013014469X
• ISBN13: 9780130144690
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Prentice Hall Ptr
• Length: 832 Pages
• Weight: 3.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 2.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Packed with useful tips

I was able to get up and running in a short period of time. An invalable book for working with a bleeding edge technology such as Jini, where the ink is barely dry on the specThe pitfall sections and compilation and execution scripts save a lot of frustration. I wish I had a guide like this prior to learning RMI.

Best technology book I've read

Being a new college guy, and only having 3 years of experience with Java development, I found Keith's book to be highly accurate, and it was easy to learn from. I highly recommmend this book!

Excellent and comprehensive coverage

This book did an excellent job of explaining what I had considered to be a complicated technology. While not suitable for a Java novice, if you've got the skills and the interest to learn this important technology, this book is the best place to start.

Well formulated, thorough and still easily accessible.

This is just the book I have been looking for! It explains Jini in all needed details, starting from the assumption that you know Java. It leads you the way through what exists prior to Jini, including Corba and DCOM, and what key issues they don't handle. It explains what Java makes possible, and what is needed on top of that.One of the many strong points of the book, is that it looks at each topic from several angles. And it explains and stresses all the small, seemingly unimportant aspects that really make a big difference. "What is the big deal" type of questions, with corresponding informative answers.The five key elements of Jini is explained at several levels of detail. In the introductory chapter they are listed with a one liner each, followed by a paragraph or two on each of them. In later chapters they are looked at in all needed detail.Edwards is very conscious about each word and description used. There is never any misunderstanding what he wants to explain, and what each term that is used means. In this kind of a book that is one of the most important aspects.This book is highly recommended!

Best and most comprehensive JINI Book

As a distributed computing evangelist, I found this book the most complete reference with live and clean examples. This book also has tons of sample code and assures that the reader understands JINI concepts - as a developer. The book is ofcourse suitable for developers who are conversant and comfortable with atleast intermediate Java concepts and have a basic network knowledge. I would further say that the book covers both specs and implementation and has helped our research facilities with considerable exposure to the subject and we have included it in out Advanced and Distributed Java Computing curriculum. Reviewed and commented by ByKo Inc's R & D center.