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CORBA Design Patterns (Wiley computer publishing) (Paperback)

by Thomas J. Mowbray (Author), Raphael C. Malveau (Author)
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  • Paperback: 333 pages
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; Pap/Cdr edition (14 Feb 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0471158828
  • ISBN-13: 978-0471158820
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 18.8 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,163,007 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Harness the power of design patterns to build CORBA–based applications

CORBA Design Patterns provides detailed guidance in the construction of distributed applications based on OMG′s CORBA. Founded on a philosophy of designing for change, the design patterns provide essential, proven guidance in lowering the risk of developing software in a distributed environment. The authors introduce you to the essential principles of CORBA and design patterns. They provide a framework for design patterns in software design and show examples for designing OMG IDL interfaces and integrating legacy and Internet applications.

On the CD–ROM you′ll find:
∗ IDL for all available CORBA and CORBA services
∗ All the source code examples from the book
∗ Animated demonstrations

You′ll get:
∗ Clear, step–by–step guidance on how to architect real–world designs using the OMG interface definition language (IDL)
∗ A complete design pattern catalog offering expert solutions for designing and building distributed object–oriented systems
∗ Step–by–step examples that demonstrate how to use all the techniques described to build both legacy and Internet applications

Visit our Web site at: http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/


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Harness the power of design patterns to build CORBA–based applications

CORBA Design Patterns provides detailed guidance in the construction of distributed applications based on OMG′s CORBA. Founded on a philosophy of designing for change, the design patterns provide essential, proven guidance in lowering the risk of developing software in a distributed environment. The authors introduce you to the essential principles of CORBA and design patterns. They provide a framework for design patterns in software design and show examples for designing OMG IDL interfaces and integrating legacy and Internet applications.

On the CD–ROM you′ll find:

  • IDL for all available CORBA and CORBA services
  • All the source code examples from the book
  • Animated demonstrations

You′ll get:

  • Clear, step–by–step guidance on how to architect real–world designs using the OMG interface definition language (IDL)
  • A complete design pattern catalog offering expert solutions for designing and building distributed object–oriented systems
  • Step–by–step examples that demonstrate how to use all the techniques described to build both legacy and Internet applications

Visit our Web site at: http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/

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1.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing. Very little CORBA, 29 Jan 2001
I agree with others who have down-checked this book. It starts wil a lengthy general secion on patterns - if you bought the book, you are probably already convinced about patterns. A minority of the patterns are actually CORBA oriented, and many of these are actually obvious ("Use the services provided"). The remaining ones are vacuous good wishes valid for all programming - use libraries, enforce modularity.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Highly pretentions yet almost devoid of any useful content, 13 Jan 2000
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This book was a great disappointment. I had high hopes from the title that it might offer some useful insight for serious CORBA developers. However it contains nothing of the kind and the pompous, self-important style only serves to increase the irritation at having wasted so much money on such a vacuous book. Definately an emperor without any clothes.
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1.0 out of 5 stars self-aggrandizing and a waste, 6 Aug 1999
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Everyone else on this page has done a great job of pointing out the shortcomings of this tome. But another thing that ought to be mentioned is the astonishingly self-aggrandizing writing style. Mowbray seems to denigrate the Gang of Four (whose shoes he is not fit to shine) by saying that their book addresses only a micro-architectural level, while his is the "first" to deal with higher levels. He says this over and over, in a not-so-subtle way of favorably comparing himself to them. Well, big whoop! His "higher level" patterns are obscure and not particularly useful. They are based more on the technical specificities of CORBA itself - which change every time the CORBA standard does. And then he even applies patterns to how organizations should be run!? This is just a bit much. Design patterns are no substitute for management theory. Anyway, my favorite part is the bibliography, in which every single book is described as "essential" or "unmissable" or something like that - especially the other books by Mowbray. I forget the exact word he used, as I threw out this piece of trash months ago.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Finally - the real utility of Patterns...
I have to admit that I was at first set back by the very negative reviews here on Amazon before I started reading this book. Read more
Published on 20 Jun 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars This book is a total disappointment.
I was hoping to find a good book with some solid CORBA design patterns. Instead I found a book with no real world applicability which is painfully dry. Read more
Published on 20 Mar 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars A very useful book - glad I read it.
In contrast to the other reviewers, I found the first 78+ pages -extremely- helpful. There are some essential items which really put the material into context. Read more
Published on 23 Jan 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars riding the gravy train
This book is not quite worthless, but close. The design patterns presented in this book aren't really design patterns in the sense that the reader is expecting, but tips and... Read more
Published on 7 Oct 1998

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointment
I bought this book with a lot of expectations, having read the Gamma book a few months earlier, and having got huge value from it. Read more
Published on 15 Sep 1998

2.0 out of 5 stars Gamma it ain't
This isn't a bad book, especially if you're new to distributed computing, but I was a bit disappointed. Perhaps the title sets lofty expectations for the content. Read more
Published on 3 Sep 1998

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor title
Avoid this book at all costs. It is very basic, and you will be dissapointed. It does not cover anything worth reading. Read more
Published on 21 Jul 1998

2.0 out of 5 stars Good Title, shame about the text
After buying the book and reading it's excellent title you'll be sadly dissapointed to find the the "design patterns" contained are actually fluff for well known simple... Read more
Published on 15 April 1998

3.0 out of 5 stars Curate's Egg
The design patterns when presented are useful and informative. However, the attempt to provide a theoretical justification for the approach is turgid in the extreme. Read more
Published on 29 Jan 1998

3.0 out of 5 stars OK, but not great
The thing I liked best about this book: The diagram at the beginning of each pattern summarizing it. The diagrams are succinct and worth a thousand words. Read more
Published on 3 Nov 1997

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