Comments on: Microsoft .NET Distributed Applications: Integrating XML Web Services and .NET Remoting

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:43:30 +0000

I bought this book both to help me study for a certification exam and to broaden my understanding of distributed app dev. Like many, I am very experienced with non-distributed Web and Windows apps using VB.NET and am not as strong in many of the subjects covered in this book. Through the half of the book I have read so far, the author introduces and explains new, complex topics at a quick but understandable pace and with solid code examples. Many technical books tend to be written disjointedly with lots of grammetical mistakes, like they were hurried to print too soon. This is well-written. And it covers almost every topic that I need to understand for architecting real distributed applications.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:49:35 +0000

The front & back cover didn’t mention that the book’s examples are all in Visual Basic.Net. It would have been nice to know that, since I bought the book expecting C#. I wouldn’t recommend the book unless the reader is fluent in Visual Basic.NET… or unless the author posts C# versions of the example code on the book’s companion website.
Rating: 3 / 5

By: i see the world

i see the world — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:04:26 +0000

Matthew MacDonald shows clearly how to write enterprise class applications with VB.NET. Happy to read a lot about threading, COM+ explanations, messaging, remoting and other advanced concepts along with good case studies, in VB.NET. The book is real strong in both concepts and code.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:53:13 +0000

While this tome does have some useful information in it, the reader would be better served by reading a single case study in which the reader actually learns how to produce a real-world solution. This book attempts to provide coverage of a wide range of topics in a disjointed and rambling fashion. Heavy on theory, light on application, the reader is bored silly after the first hundred pages and is referred to Microsoft’s website for case studies worth anything. The title of this book (and the reason people buy it) is very misleading. A more accurate title would be something like “A sampling of distributed application technologies — past and present.” This book has a purely academic tone to it. The bottom line is — theory won’t put bread on the table, unless of course you are a writer or a professor. Good luck.
Rating: 2 / 5

By: R. Pardee

R. Pardee — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:51:17 +0000

The author has a real gift for explaining the details of the diverse technologies ms offers for creating distributed apps. An excellent book.
Rating: 5 / 5