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Java Network Programming
by
Harold, Elliotte Rusty,
Harold, Elliotte Rusty
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O'Reilly
third edition
October 2004
504 pages
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Reviewed by Valentin Crettaz, March 2005
         (9 of 10)
In a world where people and machines get more and more connected everyday, it is reasonable to consider the network as being an intrinsic part of nature. No matter whether it is wired or wireless, the network is ubiquitous and it wouldn't be exaggerated to state that 99.9% of all human activities heavily depend on it. Take the network down and get ready to experience chaos! On one hand, such a vision might trigger the scariest nightmares. On the other hand, this massive dependence justifies that we take network concerns very seriously and adopt a mindset that forces us to consider networking as a vital aspect of any information system.
This fully revised edition includes all updates introduced by the latest Java 5 release into one of the most complete and comprehensive reference about Java network programming available today. In order to show you what kind of support Java provides for making sense of all those bytes transiting on the network, the author first discusses some basic network and web concepts and then delves into more specific topics, such as streams, threading, URIs, client and server datagrams and sockets, asynchronous I/O, protocol and content handlers, RMI, the JavaMail API, and many other attractive subjects illustrated by relevant pieces of code.
Whether you consider yourself a novice or advanced Java programmer and you are willing to build network aware applications, don't wait any further and rush to your local store. You won't regret it!
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O'Reilly
1 edition
August 2000
760 pages
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Reviewed by Paul Wheaton, January 2000
(8 of 10)
I bought this book a year and a half ago. It's good, but outdated. The author, Elliotte Rusty Harold is a good writer and has been on the Java scene a long time. His web site Cafe au Lait is one of my favorites. He must update the site a few times a day. Back to the book review: I do still look stuff up in this book. Mostly things involving network ports, etc. But now I have other books that do a better job of that. It would be great if a second edition of this book came out that included more on RMI and other modern Java network stuff.
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1 edition
August 2000
760 pages
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Reviewed by Kathy Sierra, October 1999
This book is old (1997) but still relevant and VERY helpful. Harold emailed me a one-word response to this message I sent: "Will there be an updated version"? His response: "yes". I've been too embarrased to write back and ask my second question..."when"?
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1 edition
August 2000
760 pages
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Reviewed by Paul Wheaton, October 2000
UPDATE - Second edition (August 2000) A brand spanking new copy of an old favorite. Mr. Harold always seems to write books that are way ahead of their time. Then things change, his book becomes outdated and he never updates it. This is the first exception (that I know of). He has an excellent writing style, so the concepts in this book are easy to digest. I've read most of it already and forsee getting a lot of mileage out of this book.
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