Scot Hillier's COM+ Programming with Visual Basic [With CDROM]

by Scot Hillier

This book is designed to get the reader started quickly creating business applications with COM+. The five parts of the book encompass Understanding COM+ Applications, Data Services Layer, Business Services Layer, User Services Layer, and the final project. In the last section of the book, readers will put all that they learned in the previous chapters to work by developing the PubsOnLine.com application. This application is intended as a complete...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067231973X
• ISBN13: 9780672319730
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Sams Publishing
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Excellent advanced COM+ book

I started my COM+ learning experience with Peishu Li's "Visual Basic and COM+ Programming by Example" and then used this book to get a more advanced look at COM+. This was NOT money wasted. I highly recommend both books to users wanting the learn about COM+ and n-tier. This book is very well written. Developers with a background in MTS may want to skip the "by Example" book but you definitely want to read this book. Scot Hillier understands COM+ (and MTS for that matter) and his style of writing is pleasant to read.

THE definitive resource for your 3-tier architected system

Chapters 5-7 alone are worth the price. They give details about how and why the 3 tiers of web applications work and communicate. For most applications, you may never refer to the rest of the book. The examples provided work, a rarity for many technical books. They are also efficient and portable. Build a data framework using these techniques and you can port it to any project. The framework clearly show the data layer controlled by the business layer which controls the commits and rollbacks. Best value for the money!

Greatest COM+ Book!

Look no further. This is a must have book if you are moving from MTS/COM to the new COM+. The author clearly explains concepts with very practical examples. At the end of each chapter are step-by-step excercises which will get you up to speed in no time. Only 400 pages! Shame on other books who cannnot cover anything useful in a now standard 1000+ pages format costing around $50.00!

Should be a must for any VB n-tier programmer

Having recieved my MCSD I started working for an small dot-com startup. I would say that the greatest weakness of the MCSD program is that it does not cover enough about COM or COM+. This book is what you need to bridge the gap between knowing VB and knowing how to use VB in a distributed environment. Very Good Book.

One of the most practical COM+ books around

If you are interested in the nuts and bolts of COM+ programming with VB this is where you should begin. This book has a great balance between practice and theory. Almost every chapter has a discussion about a topic followed by a step by step exercise. The concepts are explained in a well written and clear manner. This book really shines in discussing COM+ fundementals, data access techniques, COM+ transactions, message queueing, and COM+ and the internet, and security. It is a must read for an intermediate to advanced Com programmer who wants to really understand the subject and possibly get rid of some bad design decisions. The book concludes with a practical e-commerce application that tie all the concepts together. This book is a must read for any COM+ web developer. Another book worth mentioning is Ted Pattison's COM+ progrmming book which is heavy on theory and a touch light on practical code. This is one of the best programming books in my library.