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Summary: Good book
Review: A year and a half ago I bought my first PC and began teaching myself programming(just to give you an idea of user experience), C/C++ and VB mainly. I would have to say I have found this book very enjoyable and yes you can find alot of the stuff in this book in the SDK and other online resources but it is nice to have it all wrapped up nicely into a book. In addition, there is alot of information that the previous two resources I mentioned doesnt cover very well or at all. So in my opinion I would have to say it was well worth the 40 bucks! Hope this helps.
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Summary: A Winner
Review: Although I bought this book mainly for the Winsock 2 information, the authors did a fine job with NetBIOS and RAS. Containing both Visual Basic and Visual C++ code and samples, this book is well worth the money unlike other books I have recently purchased. The authors have a firm grasp on the topics, and present it to the reader very well.
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Summary: Best Winsock/network programming book out there
Review: As a professional networking software tester I have read atleast parts of most of the network programming books out there, andthis is the best of them so far. As previously mentioned the authors concentrate primarily on Winsock and mostly on C/C++ (as any serious network programmer should in both cases). Since this book does cover so many subjects though, some of the more peripheral subjects are mentioned relatively briefly, but hey, that's what SDK's are for. Concentrating on the main subject the authors do a great job of explaining Winsock and its application. I was particularly impressed by the comprehensive way in which they covered the differences between protocols, and between operating systems. It was also impressive (especially for an MSPress book) that they point out all the idiosyncracies and occasional bugs in the different implementations of Winsock. Obviously this book is intended for at least an intermediately skilled programmer, but should work well as a reference and an introduction to new topics (such as QOS, multicasting, and LSP's) to even more experienced coders.To allay the conspiracy fears of those Linux people out there, I am not affiliated in any way with Microsoft Corporation or MSPress.
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Summary: The Windows Networking Standard
Review: Authors tend to obfuscate topics they don't entirely grasp; and very few master the intricacies of difficult subjects, especially those such as network programming. Jones is to Windows programming what Stevens was to Unix. Here you will find, concise language, solid experience and real-world industrial-strength examples. Especially notable is the extensive coverage of the various I/O models and their applications. If you have only one book on network programming in your library... Make it this one!
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Summary: The VB examples really saved me time
Review: Having no prior Winsock programming experience, I took thebook's TCP Client/Server example in the VB Winsock Control chapter,and in one day had a working application that is the basis for the project I'm currently developing. This literally saved me a full week of time, which is worth far more than the money I spent to buy the book. Here's my thanks to the authors!
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Summary: An Excellent Winsock Programming Book for Windows
Review: Hi. I bought this book about four months ago. I wanted to learn winsock and develop simple network programs for Windows. This book offers everything I need to develop small scale programs such as an FTP client and large scale programs such as an FTP server. Anthony Jones and Jim Ohmund do a great job explaining useful winsock tools in detail via concrete examples. Furthermore, they demonstrate powerful non-blocking I/O models including WSAAsyncSelect, WSAEventSelect, Overlapped Model, and Completion Port Model. To top it off, there is a section where they give a recommendation as to which model is best depending on the project. Network Programming for Microsoft Windows Second Edition is an excellent reference for winsock IPv4 and IPv6 programming in Microsoft Windows. This book definitely provides network programmers lots of tools. In fact, there are chapters that go way beyond the basics for the typical and simple network programs. For example, the authors go over registration, name resolution, multicasting, generic quality of service, winsock service provider interface, and remote access service. Lastly, there are two chapters reserved for C# and VB programmers. I highly recommend this book for advanced C++ programmers and winsock programmers. Kuphryn
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Summary: Up and running within days!
Review: I didn't had any idea about network programming when I bought this book and with in days this book brought me to a level sufficient to implement a multilayered communication protocol for my workplace. If you have general knowledge about networking you can start right away with chapter 7. Chapter 8 is also particularly useful.
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Summary: Every Network programmer should have this book
Review: I have five books on Network programming in Windows. There isn't anything in the other four that isn't covered in this book. The text is relatively easy to follow, and as a "non-C/C++" programmer, I've found the C code pretty easy to follow. My only criticism is that many advanced programming books from MS Press tend to ignore Visual Basic programmers. Of course, doubleing up all the examples in both C and BASIC would be a waste in the book, but certainly VB examples could be made available on the enclosed CDROM.
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Summary: So far a great book.
Review: I have recently ordered this book and have briefly read through it at my local bookstore (the book on the shelf was in poor condition though - didn't want it). Personally I ordered this book for coverage of the Winsock 2.0 API. One of the reviewers said that he was a VB programmer and could not find any information on NETAPI. I cannot verify whether this book discusses that API or not. Interestingly enough, ANY programmer should know that DETAILED information on NETAPI can be found on the MSDN CDs that are part of the VS6.0 package. Heck you can even find information on Microsoft's MSDN site. Maybe he didn't look that hard...?
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Summary: Superb reference for MS Network and Winsock API's.
Review: I purchased this book for coverage of the Winsock 2.0 API and found it to be an excellent Winsock API Reference and much more. The text was very well laid out. I'm a C/C++ programmer as well as a beginner VB programmer, and I too thought the examples were clear, practical, and to the point. I disagree with dave's comment below and woudl recommend this book to anyone interested in learning network programming on the Window's environment.
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