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Summary: Covers all Internet topics clearly/ great source code.
Review: A well thought out book that teaches Internet programming to begginners. The author uses a one two punch to state topics in several ways so beginners have more than one chance to catch on and learn the topic. Some people may find this repetitive, but begginning programmings will be grateful Jamsa took this approach. The bare bones source code is a third punch. The source code shows how to program exactly what the chapter covered. A must for begginners
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Summary: I want my money back.
Review: After wading through the first chapter of this 600-page tome, I formed the distinct impression that the authors were being paid by the word. Their favorite phrases are "as previously discussed," "as just mentioned," "as you have learned," and "as you may recall." When at a loss to say anything else, they pad the sentence with "as such."Were I the author of a book on a topic as advanced as this, I would credit my reader with the basic intelligence required to understand a concept the first time it was explained. I would also be sure to arrange my exposition in a sequence that didn't require numerous forward ("as we will see") and backward ("as we have seen") references to illuminate the topic. If you want to learn IP programming, study the sample code in the MS SDK, and you'll have a good working knowledge in an afternoon. This book will put you to sleep before you absorb anything useful.
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Summary: I want my money back.
Review: After wading through the first chapter of this 600-page tome, I formed the distinct impression that the authors were being paid by the word. Their favorite phrases are "as previously discussed," "as just mentioned," "as you have learned," and "as you may recall." When at a loss to say anything else, they pad the sentence with "as such." Were I the author of a book on a topic as advanced as this, I would credit my reader with the basic intelligence required to understand a concept the first time it was explained. I would also be sure to arrange my exposition in a sequence that didn't require numerous forward ("as we will see") and backward ("as we have seen") references to illuminate the topic. If you want to learn IP programming, study the sample code in the MS SDK, and you'll have a good working knowledge in an afternoon. This book will put you to sleep before you absorb anything useful.
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Summary: Repetition is a novice's best friend!
Review: As a novice programmer, I'm always in search of authors who remember how difficult new material is to digest and incorporate. This book is extremely repetitious and that is a good thing for those who have yet to commit every concept and protocol to memory. I've understood more about the tcp/ip suite of protocols and Winsock API in this book in one read than in two years of study.
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Summary: this is the book to read about winsock programming
Review: For internet programming is this book by Jamsa and Cope the best to read. I've searched a lot for a
quality book, and this is the one and onely. The strength is that Jamsa and Cope succeeded in explaining difficult material in a straight and simple way.
Give me more.
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Summary: Solid introduction to programming tcp/ip based applications
Review: OK, so the author isn't going to win any style awards. The book is still a good starting point for anyone wanting to understand and write programs based on tcp/ip. Useful and instructive applications include a simple ftp program and a browser.
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Summary: repetitive, repetitive, repetitive
Review: The entire content of this book could easily have been presented in 1/10th the verbiage. I've never seen a book like this where the author writes a sentence, then repeats it with a minor reshuffling of words, then repeats again with miniscule change of words, then repeats again.... It is the verbal version of a chinese water torture. Even the artwork shows up over and over again every few pages.
The authors guding principle is "in other words..."
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Summary: good technical summary but complete lack of editing
Review: This book was publised in 1995 and in internet-time that was looong ago. Still many of the chapters are still relevant and useful today. (SLIP, PPP, Jacobson header compression, SMTP, FTP, etc) I feel that the authors have found the right level of technical details in these sections. Not as tedious and precise as reading the actual RFCs but enough to understand the principles and the important details of operation. On the other hand whoever is responsible for the editing of this book should never be allowed near another book again. Just to give and example, almost every other sentence starts with 'As such'. I'm serious, they do! In fact there are paragraphs where every single sentence start with this phrase. How can an editor give something like this out of his hands??? How did I arrive to 3 stars? Well the technical content would have been 5 stars in 1995. Considering that some of the material is now dated I would still give it 4. But the (lack of) editing pulls it down to 3.
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Summary: This is a good book for a novice network programmer.
Review: This is the tie-breaker. This book is good. I bought the book despite the bad review I read on this page and I will concede that the book is repetitive. But, the repetition arises from a desire to clarify terms and meanings. A noble goal. Overall the book is well written, it is easy to understand, written in active voice and there are no typos or careless mistakes. A rare find these days. Moreover, the book was well thought out, the basics of network programming are given in detail and a good foundation is given for internet programming. I wish there had been more on HTTP.
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