Sams Teach Yourself CORBA in 14 Days

By Jeremy L. Rosenberger

Teach Yourself CORBA in 14 Days is a tutorial that will provide an introduction to distributed system development using CORBA. The first week will provide the reader with much needed guidance towards the general concepts of distributed software development and CORBA architecture such as Object Request Broker (ORBs), and Interface Definition Language (IDL). It will build upon the principles of object-oriented analysis and design, with concepts of distributed objects, and other key CORBA-related issues such as memory management and design patterns forced by the CORBA architecture. The second week will take everything the reader has learned to that point, and apply it in a step-by-step manner for building a CORBA-based system. In addition to the basics, the reader will learn a few of the key advanced concepts and higher-level services that are sometimes required for certain CORBA.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0672312085
• ISBN13: 9780672312083
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Sams
• Length: 500 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

I love this book.

I learned almost everything I could think to know about CORBA in a mere 14 days.

Excellent for beginner

A simple fact about something as complex as CORBA - no one book can satisfy every kind of roles or levels. Most books try to cover from bottom to top and become too complicated and too expensive for beginner or, too simple and general for advanced user. This book has achieved its purpose very well ie for an absolute beginner to CORBA but experienced in application development. The price is great too as it is not a reference that we want to keep when we become familiar with CORBA. The presentation is very good, simple and organised, no showing off of big words. I find it useful for both developers and architects. However, as most of its examples require code reading to understanding, it is more suitable for a competent DEVELOPER (ie not just programmer) of either Java/C++. A sound OO background will definite help.The 14 days schedule is suitable for IT professionals that read it in their own time. For full time study, 7 days is more than enough.The Q/A and Quiz at the end of each chapter. provide a good structured revision for someone like me who lack of discipline to revise after reading.

Best book for beginners I've seen.

Most of the others are far too abstract and spacey. This is a solid clear book with good code examples.

Great book for practical introduction!

I was looking for a great hands-on book to get me started with CORBA, and this book did that. The examples were helpful and practical. The author takes great pains to make sure key terms are understood and that is also helpful. If you're looking for a high-level academic treatment of CORBA, don't buy this book. If you need a helpful intro to CORBA with useful examples, then put your money here.

a very clear book on CORBA for C++ and Java programmers

I'm reasonably experienced in C++ and Java and just recently started to learn the CORBA and DCOM technologies. Most books I found so far on either topics lack the capability to communicate the fundamentals quickly and clearly to get the poor reader started running codes early without being overwhelmed by all the architectural wonder. This book is a surprizing exception. It touches on the basics concisely, explains the IDL building blocks, and immediately shows the reader simple but working examples to see what exactly is going on ! It is also quite nice to include both C++ and Java examples, which are fully implemented and very well self-documented. For someone who really needs to learn CORBA in the shortest amount of time, this book is a great help. After finishing it, you probably only need one CORBA reference or some particular ORB vendor's manuals to start your real work in CORBA. I only wish that someone could write a similarly clear, short and useful book on DCOM...