Distributed Application Development with PowerBuilder 6

Distributed Application Development with PowerBuilder 6 is the first and only book that is dedicated to distributed application development in the PowerBuilder environment. It focuses on getting the reader up to speed on Distributed PowerBuilder (DPB) and is packed with code samples to guide you every step of the way. Also included is a robust server framework I have used on real-world projects. I also cover the Web technologies and Jaguar. In addition to looking at the DPB/Sybase world, a detailed explanation of n-tier architectures, COM, CORBA, and Web technologies is included so that you can evaluate DPB against them.

As an author I welcome (constructive) criticism. I have done all I could to make Distributed App. Dev. with PB 6 an excellent book. It is the ONLY book dedicated completely to DPB. I invite reviewers and readers to continue to provide me with ideas on topics that are good or bad in the book. I can be reached through Manning's Author Online site where readers and I discuss questions related to or arising from the book. I am also accessible via email. I am working hard to make it the best book possible for PowerBuilder developers interested in doing distributed application development. Thanks for your help.

Mike Barlotta ([email protected])

Also recommended: Excellent resources include: Internet and Intranet Dev. with PB 6 by Tom Cervenka and any book by Harkey, Edwards, et al. particularly the Client/server and Distributed Object survival guides.

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Distributed Application Development with PowerBuilder 6 is the first and only book that is dedicated to distributed application development in the PowerBuilder environment. It focuses on getting the reader up to speed on Distributed PowerBuilder (DPB) and is packed with code samples to guide you every step of the way. Also included is a robust server framework I have used on real-world projects. I also cover the Web technologies and Jaguar. In addition to looking at the DPB/Sybase world, a detailed explanation of n-tier architectures, COM, CORBA, and Web technologies is included so that you can evaluate DPB against them.

As an author I welcome (constructive) criticism. I have done all I could to make Distributed App. Dev. with PB 6 an excellent book. It is the ONLY book dedicated completely to DPB. I invite reviewers and readers to continue to provide me with ideas on topics that are good or bad in the book. I can be reached through Manning's Author Online site where readers and I discuss questions related to or arising from the book. I am also accessible via email. I am working hard to make it the best book possible for PowerBuilder developers interested in doing distributed application development. Thanks for your help.

Mike Barlotta ([email protected])

Also recommended: Excellent resources include: Internet and Intranet Dev. with PB 6 by Tom Cervenka and any book by Harkey, Edwards, et al. particularly the Client/server and Distributed Object survival guides.

Booknews

Begins with an overview of a distributed computing architecture and distributed technologies. Part two presents Distributed PowerBuilder (DPB) in detail with techniques required to build a distributed application, and discussion of remote objects, shared objects, server push, asynchronous calls, and Datawindow synchronization. The final sections explore the Internet as a distributed computing environment, and how to make DPB logic available to non-PowerBuilder applications. For developers familiar with PowerBuilder. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.