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Summary: A thorough guide to COM
Review: This book is pretty old, but it is still one of the best books on COM available. The other book I would recommend you buy with this one is Developer's Workshop to COM and ATL 3.0.
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Summary: Great book on COM
Review: Of all the books on COM they either go right into using the library functions with no explination behind them or they get over techincal. This book is the best bet for someone looking to truly learn COM and the methods behind the libraries. I'd recomend this book highly.
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Summary: Great description of how COM works, and why
Review: This book starts out with a simple C++ class called by some other code, and works to encapsulate it into a component, basically implementing COM from scratch. This really lets you understand how it works and why. It's well written and does a good job describing all the details.As others have mentioned, this is not a book about ActiveX, OLE, ATL, or any of that, and it doesn't pretend to be. This book just describes COM, the basis for those technologies. If you want to really understand what's going on with COM, I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Learn COM Now!!!
Review: If you want to learn COM in C++, this book is DEFINITELY where you should start. If you find COM difficult to grasp, don't worry, it is most likely because you haven't learned from the right resources, or you haven't read this book. This book really covers all the essentials of COM programming. The author does a great job in making COM simple to comprehend. For instance, the author takes you step by step in every step of the way in every detail that required for you to get your hands dirty with code practises. Not only the explainations and code samples in the book are CLEAR, they are also backed up with diagrams on topics that are just can not be dissolved by words alone. Nicely done! If you were to take COM in University, this would be one of the two books required for the course. "Inside COM" would be for COM 100, and "COM and ATL 3.0" would be for COM 200. So if you want to learn COM in C++, these are your BEST BET. They get you started coding immediately, they provide all the required fundumentals, and best of all, they both are well written with NO mumble-jumble space filler! TIPS: Atfer you done with Andrew's book, go back and read Dale's book on chapter twelve - "Multiple Threads". See how much you had missed, and how everything ties together.
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