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Operating Systems Design and Implementation (3rd Edition) (Prentice Hall Software Series)

Andrew S Tanenbaum, Albert S Woodhull

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Total reviews: 26 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

A great introduction to operating systems 4 out of 5 stars.
27 of 31 people found this review helpful.

This book is written by Tanenbaum, the main guy behind Minix, which is what Linux was based on. It provides good overviews for basic OS concepts like memory management, file systems, processes, etc. The concepts in this book book are intimately tied to examples of the Minix OS, which is a good thing.

To those who would rather see examples from Linux: Minix is a compact and modular OS, which is why it's a good choice for examples. The book contains the entire source code at the back for easy reference. Yes, the OS is that small. That's a good thing when you're trying to figure out how virtual memory works or what have you. You'd be lost trying to learn this stuff from Linux. Above everything else, the code is ***well-commented*** compared to Linux, a major plus. You won't find any "/* major hack */" comments, either. ;) Minix leaves out all the crap that Microsoft and Linux throw into the kernel that make it unstable in the first place. Learn about the bells and whistles later when you can do the basics.

I encountered two instances where the book wasn't updated to reflect changes in the OS, which were annoying to deal with. Also, I found a spelling or punctuation error about every ten pages, which was annoying for such a pricey book. Overall, however, the book is extremely usable and understandable. It's easy to pick up concepts from this text.

Editorial Review:

For introductory courses on computer operating systems. Revised to address the latest version of MINIX (MINIX 3), this streamlined, simplified new edition remains the only operating systems text to first explain relevant principles, then demonstrate their applications using a Unix-like operating system as a detailed example. It has been especially designed for high reliability, for use in embedded systems, and for ease of teaching.

Concurrent Programming in Java: Design Principles and Pattern: AND Operating Systems

Douglas Lea, Harvey M. Deitel, Paul J. Deitel, David R. Choffnes

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Total reviews: 47 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

5 for knowledge; 0 for the writing -> 2.5 -> 2 2 out of 5 stars.
8 of 10 people found this review helpful.

Sure he knows his stuff but doesn't have a clue on how to write. This is appallingly poorly written. It is one of the most ridiculously disorganized collections of academic 'verbage' (verbiage subsumes garbage) I have ever read. It's almost useless as a reference: its very non-linear (say non-deterministic almost) in concept elucidation (perhaps he's taken the notion of multithreading too much to heart and tried multi-threaded writing???). It's useless as a book to learn from- since learning by example is not just a way to learn, but the only way to learn (Einstein) and this book largely disavows examples.

What it needs is another edition with a ghost writer. Seriously it's not good. Try Paul Hyde for a good intro to threads.

While those at guru-ish level may love this book, those of us for whom threads represent a means to an end, not an end in and of themselves, would probably want to throw this book in frustration of the author's inability to structure a coherent sentence with a clear point. This meanders on like great uncle herb's war stories and is equally will sapping.

Avoid if you can or check it out when you reach guru-ness. It's a good cure for insomnia though.

Java I/O

Elliotte Harold

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Total reviews: 28 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

All of Java's Input/Output (I/O) facilities are based on streams, which provide simple ways to read and write data of different types. Java provides many different kinds of streams, each with its own application. The universe of streams is divided into four large categories: input streams and output streams, for reading and writing binary data; and readers and writers, for reading and writing textual (character) data. You're almost certainly familiar with the basic kinds of streams--but did you know that there's a CipherInputStream for reading encrypted data? And a ZipOutputStream for automatically compressing data? Do you know how to use buffered streams effectively to make your I/O operations more efficient? Java I/O, 2nd Edition has been updated for Java 5.0 APIs and tells you all you ever need to know about streams--and probably more.

A discussion of I/O wouldn't be complete without treatment of character sets and formatting. Java supports the Unicode standard, which provides definitions for the character sets of most written languages. Consequently, Java is the first programming language that lets you do I/O in virtually any language. Java also provides a sophisticated model for formatting textual and numeric data. Java I/O, 2nd Edition shows you how to control number formatting, use characters aside from the standard (but outdated) ASCII character set, and get a head start on writing truly multilingual software.

Java I/O, 2nd Edition includes:

• Coverage of all I/O classes and related classes
• In-depth coverage of Java's number formatting facilities and its support for international character sets

Inside Com (Microsoft Programming Series)

Dale Rogerson

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Total reviews: 96 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

The best way to *really* understand the fundamentals of COM 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

This book begins by assuming the reader knows little more than basic C++. In the second chapter it introduces some simple C++ classes about which the reader will think to herself, "okay, this is simple". From there it builds: adding incremental changes to the original C++ code, gradually making it more useful, explaining each change as it goes. By the end of the book, the original example has grown up into a full fledged COM component, written completely from scratch. No wizards, no templates. At this point the reader will not only be able to recognize the elements of a COM component, but more importantly, she will understand *why* COM works the way it does. The mystery surrounding the ATL and Visual Studio wizards evaporates, and the developer can see them for what they really are: simple shortcuts.

Editorial Review:

Here is a developer's guide to using the industry-leading component object model to build efficient, robust OLE components and ActiveX controls. This book will give the reader knowledge to better use OLE interfaces and create ActiveX components.

Unix Shell Programming (3rd Edition)

Stephen Kochan, Patrick Wood

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Total reviews: 39 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Nice Beginner or Reference Unix / Linux Book 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

I wish this was the book we used last quarter since it is MUCH better. It is this quarter's UNIX / Linux textbook (Shell Scripting although it also covers the basic commands) This book is highly reccomended for the Linux beginner or for someone who wants a very good reference book.

Editorial Review:

Unix Shell Programming is a tutorial aimed at helping Unix and Linux users get optimal performance out of their operating out of their operating system. It shows them how to take control of their systems and work efficiently by harnessing the power of the shell to solve common problems. The reader learns everything he or she needs to know to customize the way a Unix system responds.

The vast majority of Unix users utilize the Korn shell or some variant of the Bourne shell, such as bash. Three are covered in the third edition of Unix Shell Programming. It begins with a generalized tutorial of Unix and tools and then moves into detailed coverage of shell programming.

Topics covered include: regular expressions, the kernel and the utilities, command files, parameters, manipulating text filters, understanding and debugging shell scripts, creating and utilizing variables, tools, processes, and customizing the shell.

Oracle Shell Scripting: Linux and UNIX Programming for Oracle (Oracle In-Focus series)

Jon Emmons

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Total reviews: 11 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Bought a wrong book. 3 out of 5 stars.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

A so-so book. I bought it because I thought the author is Don Burleson. The book covers some very basic unix/dba daily routines which I think many companies already have those scripts/tricks in place. At least majority of the scripts are old school to me. If someone already been working on Oracle database administration in unix environment for a year or so, you don't need this book. Unix for Oracle DBA's from O'Reilly (authored by Don Burleson) does a better job and much lighter weight too. I just glanced through it couple times from cover to cover and it has been sitting straight on my bookshelf since then. The real disappointment was the price. It doesn't worth more than $30.

Editorial Review:

With the expert techniques discussed in this book, Oracle database administrators can automate routine tasks to save time and money and better monitor the flow of work. Using shell scripts—an indispensable tool on UIX and Linux—any number of commands can be combined and executed either simultaneously or sequentially. More than 50 working shell scripts for both beginners and experts give Oracle professionals a fantastic head-start on automating their administration duties and are easily modifiable for any environment. Topics include the history of shells and shell scripting, detailed step-by-step instructions on building shell scripts, how to tell when things are working right, and how to effectively monitor the system for failures.

.NET and COM: The Complete Interoperability Guide

Adam Nathan

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Editorial Review:

The focus of the book is on COM Interoperability (since it's a much larger subject), and the heart of the discussion is broken down into four parts:

• Using COM Components Within the .NET Framework
• Using .NET Framework Components from COM
• Designing Good .NET Framework Components for COM Clients
• Designing Good COM Components for .NET Framework Clients

The scope of the book is just about everything related to using "unmanaged code" in the .NET Framework. Technologies built on top of COM Interoperability are also covered-Interoperability of Windows Forms Controls and ActiveX controls, Interoperability with COM+, and Interoperability with Distributed COM (DCOM). Although Platform Invocation Services is a separate technology from COM Interoperability, there are many areas of overlap, so including in the book is a natural fit. All of these technologies are a core part of the Common Language Runtime and .NET Framework, and will likely be used not only as the path of migration for existing software projects, but for brand new software development for the next several years.

Developer's Workshop to COM and ATL 3.0

Andrew Troelsen

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Editorial Review:

Microsoft’s Component Object Model is one of the most important concepts in software development today. Developer’s Workshop to COM and ATL 3.0 provides an in-depth treatment of COM and shows how to adopt a component framework, namely ATL, to help lessen the burden of repetitive code. Every chapter contains integrated lab assignments that give you numerous opportunities to build COM clients and servers using raw C++ and IDL, as well as the Active Template Library.

The book is divided into five sections, each focusing on a particular aspect of COM and ATL development. The book begins with a review of object-oriented and interface-based programming techniques, then moves into the core aspects of COM, including a full examination of language independence and location transparency. The author illustrates the numerous CASE tools used during ATL development and discusses apartments, COM exceptions, object identity, and component housing, in addition to various advanced concepts such as COM categories and tear-off interfaces. The fourth section examines a number of “COM patterns” such as enumerators, collections, scriptable objects, and callback interfaces. The book closes with an investigation of using ATL as a windowing framework and wraps up with the development of a full-blown animated ActiveX control using ATL.

The companion CD contains full source code for all the labs, along with the official COM and DCOM white papers.

Multithreading Applications in Win32: The Complete Guide to Threads (Addison-Wesley Microsoft Technology Series)

Jim Beveridge, Robert Wiener

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Total reviews: 22 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

This material is still relevent, even when using .NET 5 out of 5 stars.
8 of 8 people found this review helpful.

This material is still relevent, even when using .NET. The discussion of Win32 multithreading transcends any particular development environment used with a Windows 32 bit environment.

The key idea behind this book is getting correct, reproducible results with windows multithreaded applications. Multithreaded applications are very hard to get right and even harder to properly test. The author explains the many sources of problems and how to avoid them.

In order to understand this book's code samples, you will have to understand the Win32 API and code written in Visual C++ for Windows NT. It is important to see examples of these concepts in code.

Not the best 3 out of 5 stars.
5 of 6 people found this review helpful.

I bought this book to get advanced concepts of win32 multithreading which I cant get by browsing through msdn. Although this book has covered all topics, I was expecting more like a "Concurrent Programming In Java, by Doug Lee" kind of book which has a lot of gotchas. I would recommend this book for beginners looking for examples of how to use the APIs. Advanced developers should look somewhere else.

Editorial Review:

Programmers will get hands-on experience in when and how to use multithreading, together with expert advice and working examples in C++ and MFC.

MCDST 70-271 &70-272 Exam Cram 2 Bundle (Supporting Users and Troubleshooting a Windows Xp Operating System)

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Total reviews: 9 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Outdated OLD material, stay away!!! 1 out of 5 stars.
8 of 8 people found this review helpful.

I bought this book based on the other customer reviews, unfortunately I was very disappointed. This book was written/published before SP2 came out, which makes a BIG difference in the material covered on the exam. Dont get me wrong, this does have plenty of good material, but this is NOT a good sole study guide, this is more of a backup. My advice, save the $40 and go with a different set of books.

Editorial Review:

Are you studying for the 70-271 or 70-272 Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST) certification exams and need a little extra help? This Exam Cram 2 bundle features study guides on supporting users, troubleshooting a Windows XP operating system and troubleshooting desktop applications on a Windows XP operating system. Both books focus on exactly what you need to know to pass the exams and are ideal supplements to classes and other training materials. Already know Windows XP and simply need to practice before the exams? This Exam Cram 2 bundle will also work for you. Over 400 practice questions with detailed answer keys are included on a CD-ROM. “Cram Sheet” tear cards are also included for last-minute reviews of key facts. These study guides are perfect for the soon-to-be certified or for the already-certified who need a solid reference book.