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Keith Edwards, Professor, Georgia Tech--
"In particular, it's definitely time for an update to this book, since so many changes to the Java platform have happened since the first edition. While I don't see the need to update most books every time there's a minor update, this book is definitely overdue for a revision.
"I think the book is especially appropriate for mature practitioners and students, who need an easily-accessible and to-the-point overview of the Java networking APIs. To me, one of the strongest points of the book is that it's concise enough to serve as a quick guide and reference to key ?gotchas.? Thus, I think the structure of the book serves audiences who are already good network programmers, or who need a good Java reference, quite well."
Robert Brunner, Research Programmer, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)--
"I think the book does a good job of hitting this market. It is not suited to be a main textbook for a class, and its
"In particular, it's definitely time for an update to this book, since so many changes to the Java platform have happened since the first edition. While I don't see the need to update most books every time there's a minor update, this book is definitely overdue for a revision.
"I think the book is especially appropriate for mature practitioners and students, who need an easily-accessible and to-the-point overview of the Java networking APIs. To me, one of the strongest points of the book is that it's concise enough to serve as a quick guide and reference to key ?gotchas.? Thus, I think the structure of the book serves audiences who are already good network programmers, or who need a good Java reference, quite well."
Robert Brunner, Research Programmer, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)--
"I think the book does a good job of hitting this market. It is not suited to be a main textbook for a class, and its
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The networking capabilities of the Java platform have been extended considerably since the first edition of the book. This new edition covers version 1.5-1.7, the most current iterations, as well as making the following improvements: The API (application programming interface) reference sections in each chapter, which describe the relevant parts of each class, have been replaced with: a summary section that lists the classes and methods used in the code; and, a 'gotchas' section that mentions nonobvious or poorly-documented aspects of the objects. In addition, the book covers several new classes and capabilities introduced in the last few revisions of the Java platform.New abstractions to be covered include NetworkInterface, InterfaceAddress, Inet4/6Address, SocketAddress/InetSocketAddress, Executor, and others; extended access to low-level network information; support for IPv6; more complete access to socket options; and, scalable I/O. The example code is also modified to take advantage of new language features such as annotations, enumerations, as well as generics and implicit iterators where appropriate. Most Internet applications use sockets to implement network communication protocols. This book's focused, tutorial-based approach helps the reader master the tasks and techniques essential to virtually all client-server projects using sockets in Java. Chapter 1 provides a general overview of networking concepts to allow readers to synchronize the concepts with terminology.Chapter 2 introduces the mechanics of simple clients and servers. Chapter 3 covers basic message construction and parsing. Chapter 4 then deals with techniques used to build more robust clients and servers. Chapter 5 (new) introduces the scalable interface facilities which were introduced in Java 1.5, including the buffer and channel abstractions. Chapter 6 discusses the relationship between the programming constructs and the underlying protocol implementations in more detail. Programming concepts are introduced through simple program examples accompanied by line-by-line code commentary that describes the purpose of every part of the program.The book's Web site contains many examples of command-based sockets-related code discussed throughout the book. No other resource presents so concisely or so effectively the material necessary to get up and running with Java sockets programming. Focused, tutorial-based instruction in key sockets programming techniques allows reader to quickly come up to speed on Java applications. This title features concise and up-to-date coverage of the most recent platform (1.7) for Java applications in networking technology. It provides code for all example programs via a companion Web site to let the reader see the important objects and methods in context and to understand the purpose of each line of code.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is a good book and easy to follow.
I use Java to create games so I have quite a bit of knowledge with the language which makes this book quite easy to understand; beginners might struggle a little as some parts are a little complex.
This book teaches what TCP/IP networks are, how they work and then how to program them.
You'll learn to create programs that are capable of various networking functions and with the skills learned here you can move on to greater things. 'It will not make you an expert' but you'll be able to search your network for IP addresses, communicate with servers, send information etc from the programs you create.
I use Java to create games so I have quite a bit of knowledge with the language which makes this book quite easy to understand; beginners might struggle a little as some parts are a little complex.
This book teaches what TCP/IP networks are, how they work and then how to program them.
You'll learn to create programs that are capable of various networking functions and with the skills learned here you can move on to greater things. 'It will not make you an expert' but you'll be able to search your network for IP addresses, communicate with servers, send information etc from the programs you create.
Format:Kindle Edition
This book is nice and clear and I intend to recommend it for my students. What I like about the book is that it is fairly short and does not intend to be comprehensive. What I am not so happy about is all the stuff on about how to encode data (Chapter 3). A beauty of Java is that it has Object Serialization
which means we don't have to worry about encoding data as it is done for us. We can transmit these objects between sockets without having to worry about implementation details. Sadly, the book does not explain Object Serialization at all. If this book had a section on Object Serialization instead of the Encoding Information section I would use as the main course text book.
which means we don't have to worry about encoding data as it is done for us. We can transmit these objects between sockets without having to worry about implementation details. Sadly, the book does not explain Object Serialization at all. If this book had a section on Object Serialization instead of the Encoding Information section I would use as the main course text book.
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Great Content - Right to the Point
14 Feb 2010
Format:Paperback
I have a pretty good background in writing Java applications for many different scenarios. I also come from a background where I already know the different between TCP and UDP and large parts of how TCP/IP networks work. However, I found that I was able to pick up some new tricks. Everything past the first chapter I found very helpful. The discussion of the New IO system was extremely valuable. The discussion of how blocking works was also very helpful. I knew there was something suspicious going on with all the examples I found line using simple while loops for sending and receiving on sockets!
I found the book and examples easy to read and follow. I would recommend it for anyone else just starting out with Java network programming.
I found the book and examples easy to read and follow. I would recommend it for anyone else just starting out with Java network programming.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
The book to start with for Java Socket Programming
28 July 2009
Format:Paperback
Don't go by the pages of the book. Its coverage is pretty good(including NIO). It won't make you a guru in the subject, but lay a solid foundation if you aspire to be ! Buy it, you won't regret.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
excellent intro
24 Sep 2008
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
a very nice, intro level book. it starts at the very beginning, but doesn't waste a lot of time; provides the reader with some simple working examples, well explained; and points the way to more sophisticated stuff. perfect.
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