Beginner - Intermediate Level Users.
This book is a one-stop guide to the next generation of software development, and distributed component-based software. Since this tutorial utilises the two most popular programming environments now in use, Visual C++ and Visual Basic, any software developer will be able to get up to speed quickly and easily, building real-world distributed applications.
The book shows how COM+, the Windows 2000-based successor to COM, integrates features from MTS and MSMQ with previous COM standard, and introduces you to new Microsoft technology such as Component Services. All the major features of COM+ are covered, including the creation of COM servers and clients, working with COM+ interfaces, and multithreading issues. Exercises focus on creating real-wold distributed COM components that access databases and work over the Internet.
