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Title: Palm OS Network Programming by Greg Winton ISBN: 0-596-00005-7 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 September, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Definitive Palm OS Network Programming Reference
Comment: An excellent, well-written book with great examples that should work for both beginners and advanced users. No other book on Palm OS development [I think I own just about all of them] overlaps in any serious way with the topics treated so thoroughly in this book.
The chapters on non-blocking sockets are an absolute must-read for anybody who wants to develop robust, responsive, real-world applications for the Palm OS.
Two nit-picky items: 1) the book is somewhat more verbose than it needs to be because of irrelevancies about "the Zen of this..." and the "Tao of that...". If you ignore these altogether too-cute sidebars, you'll have a generally more productive and pleasant read. 2) there are some occasional stylistic problems with the C-code. Not errors, but things like assignments to local variables that would never be referenced that show up. The code is also somewhat more pedestrian than that employed by most working C or C++ coders. For the large audience, this might be a plus. I think the style makes it more accessible to VB and NS-Basic types. But it will be a little off-putting to the hard-core.
Rating: 5
Summary: THE Palm OS Networking Book to own
Comment: This is THE Book to have if you intend to do any type of network programming on the palm. The time you'll save in the first hour will pay for the book.
Not only is it very well written it includes many great examples, covering the simple to the complex. Even if I'm only doing something relatively simple I've found it's always worth it to see how the author's handled the situation in his examples. There's also a lot of information here that's only briefly touched on in the Palm OS Reference or not covered at all.
I'm very careful about purchasing books, usually relying on reference manuals and online docs when I can. However, this is one that I have absolutely no regrets about adding to my library.
Kevin
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent explanations and examples!
Comment: I found this book to be exactly what I was in search of - something to clearly explain how to use NetLib along with well documented examples! Greg Winton does an excellent job of taking the reader through the development of an FTP application (explaining NetLib and sockets along the way) - each chapter builds on the previous and introduces new concepts in comprehensible portions.
I admit, like most engineers, that I jumped ahead to the end to see the "whole enchilada", but then went back and reread the earlier chapters. This was still a good approach for absorbing all that is presented in this book.
I highly recommend this book to anyone venturing into networking their Palm. It is well written, concise, and contains insights from someone who is clearly experienced in networking.
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Title: Palm OS Programming: The Developer's Guide, 2nd Edition by Neil Rhodes, Julie McKeehan ISBN: 1565928563 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Palm OS Programming Bible, Second Edition by Lonnon R. Foster, Lonnon R. Foster ISBN: 0764549618 Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 18 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Palm Database Programming: The Complete Developer's Guide by Eric Giguère ISBN: 0471354015 Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 15 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
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Title: Palm OS Developer's Guide by Kris A. Jamsa, Kris Jamsa ISBN: 0072195630 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies Pub. Date: 07 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Palm OS Programming by Glenn Bachmann ISBN: 067232413X Publisher: Sams Pub. Date: 25 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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