With COM and .NET Component Services, skilled COM developers can leverage their knowledge for the next generation of components to be built for Microsoft's new .NET framework. A primary goal of Microsoft's COM+ is to provide proven design solutions for scalable systems. Assuming experience with classic COM, COM and .NET Component Services focuses on the added services of COM+, including support for transactions, queued components, events, concurrency management, and security. Along the way, it ably demonstrates that COM+ is a masterpiece of design and usability from the ground up--truly a mature set of component services oriented for the middle tier. COM+ provides a foundation for robust, enterprise-wide, mission-critical distributed applications. And it's not limited to Internet applications. You can use COM+ services in the same places as classic COM components: in-house two-tier information systems, client-tier controls, desktop applications, machine control components, and every other conceivable application of COM. COM and .NET Component Services is the first book to stress the importance of learning to use COM+ services for both .NET and COM component-based applications. Since most companies have considerable investment in existing code base and development skills, COM+ can serve as a migration path for companies and developers. Companies can start (or continue) their projects in COM, using COM+ as a supporting platform for component services, and then when the time comes to move to .NET, they can start plugging .NET components seamlessly into the same architecture, reusing and interacting with their existing COM components.

About the Author
Juval L?wy is a seasoned software architect and the principal of IDesign, a consulting and training company that focuses on component-oriented design using Microsoft COM+ and the .NET platforms. Juval has a passion for component-oriented programming, as well as a unique experience in both COM and .NET as an early adopter. Juval is a regular contributor to the Visual Studio Magazine (formally VBPJ/VCDJ) and to the .NET Magazine. Juval is a frequent speaker at the major software development conferences, and he teaches COM+ and .NET at the Berkeley University Extension. Juval was formally the corporate software architecture manager of KLA-Tencor, a Fortune 500 company, where he designed and developed large-scale frameworks and components used across the corporation. Juval resides in San-Jose California. Contact him at www.componentware.net.

Reviews
"This is a book I can see myself referring to during active development so I'd recommend it to programmers." - Paul Whitehead, Cvu, June 2002



Book Information
ISBN 9780596001032
Author Juval Lowy
Format Paperback
Page Count 384
Imprint O'Reilly Media
Publisher O'Reilly Media