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by Don Box (Author), Keith Brown (Author), Tim Ewald (Author), Chris Sells (Author)
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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Addison Wesley (4 Jan 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0201379686
  • ISBN-13: 978-0201379686
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 18.5 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 475,002 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Effective COM opens with a chapter devoted to the migration from C++ to COM programming, presenting five "attitude shifts" that C++ coders need to undergo to program successfully with COM. It starts with a discussion of defining interfaces in the Interface Definition Language (IDL), and then moves on to a discussion of the unique distribution challenges of COM-based systems. The authors also discuss other differences, such as exception calls.

The next chapter presents tips pertaining to the all-important interfaces in COM. Both the big picture and some precise details are covered to help you implement your interfaces safely, as well as the implementations and the particular challenges that COM presents. The authors emphasise "defensive coding"--pointing out dangerous assumptions and offering suggestions for producing reliable components.

Apartments, security, and transaction management are addressed in succeeding chapters. As with the previous topics, they are handled via a series of specific tips and suggestions. If you're new to COM programming, you should read some more introductory texts first, but if you've already experienced your baptism by fire into the subject, this title can help ease future pain. --Stephen Plain, Amazon.com

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In Effective COM, the authors, Don Box, Keith Brown, Tim Ewald, and Chris Sells, offer 50 concrete guidelines for creating COM based applications that are more efficient, robust, and maintainable. Drawn from the authors' extensive practical experience working with and teaching COM, these rules of thumb, pitfalls to avoid, and experience-based pointers will enable you to become a more productive and successful COM programmer.

These guidelines appear under six major headings: the transition from C++ to COM; interfaces, the fundamental element of COM development; implementation issues; the unique concept of apartments; security; and transactions. Throughout this book, the issues unique to the MTS programming model are addressed in detail.

Readers will gain a deeper understanding of COM concepts, capabilities, and drawbacks, and the know-how to employ COM effectively for high quality distributed application development. A supporting Web site, including source code, can be found at http://www.develop.com/effectivecom.



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4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and useful..., 5 April 2001
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... but not as good as Essential COM. You can find most of the arguments detailed in Effective COM in other sources, and you don't need this book to write good COM component... just to build better components. Probably, you can spend your money in better books.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very useful info, easy read., 1 Feb 1999
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This book doesn't lay out the technology, but it explains what works, what doesn't, and why. This is the type of info that's really missing in today's technology manuals. Also, each point basically explaines the technology before going into how it should be properly used. So this is a good read even for those who don't completely understand COM backwards and forwards.

Also, if you're writing code to make a cat or a bird bark like a dog, this is the book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Gold for COM Developers, 16 Jan 1999
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If you are a COM developer, you must have this book. These guys not only present information that you need to know to work with COM rather than against it, they also tell you how your world will fall apart if you don't follow their recommendations.

The section on security really impressed me (I had a hard time making it through the security chapter in Don Box's excellent first book but this book presented the subject in a way that made it accessible to me.)

In the preface to this book, the authors indicate that this book pays homage to Scott Meyer's "Effective C++." I hope they will continue following that model and give us "More Effective COM."

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