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Java(TM) Network Programming and Distributed Computing Review by Carlo R. Montoya
One of the best instructional books I�ve read!
If not for its minor typo errors in the text and code, I would have given this book 5 stars.
If you're a bedroom Java programmer like me, then you can repair the code easily. Also the code examples weren't "perfect" implementations of Object Oriented Programming concepts but I believe this was intentional considering the latter would have been an additional layer of complexity and would have detracted from the book's instructional value.The chapter on Servlets could have been longer by providing simulated web-based transaction (i.e. two-player tic-tac-toe or even against the server, or a simple business transaction using a non-database source -> text file).
The bonus JavaMail chapter was superb! If you excel in AWT/SWING, then you could make a GUI-based e-mail client with this chapter!
In my opinion, the RMI and CORBA chapters could have provided a little background on distributed computing theory. While the book overall is clear and well-organized, those without distributed computing theory background (like me) would have trouble understanding these chapters (i.e. where did the words stub and skeleton come from?) I bought this book for the networking and not the distributed computing chapters, anyway, so don't let my inexperience with distributed computing make this book any less worthwhile.
I'm just being my own opinionated self but I found this book to be truly excellent and personally give it 4.5 stars!