UNIX Network Programming: Networking APIs: Sockets and XTI; Volume 1

UNIX Network Programming: Networking APIs: Sockets and XTI; Volume 1
| 1998-01-15 00:00:00 | | 0 | Network Programming


The classic programming text Unix Network Programming has been updated by author W. Richard Stevens to encompass three new volumes. There have been a few changes in the computing world since 1990 (the year the original was published), and Stevens has taken the opportunity to create a complete set of reference manuals for programmers of all skill levels.

The first volume, Networking APIs: Sockets and XTI, covers everything you need to know to make your programs communicate over networks. Stevens covers everything from writing your programs to be compatible with both Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) and IPv6, to raw sockets, routing sockets, User Datagram Protocol (UDP), broadcasting/multicasting, routing sockets, server internals, and more, plus a section covering Posix threads.

Stevens also notes compatibility issues with different operating systems so that readers can create code that is more portable, and he offers plenty of advice on how to make code more robust. --Doug Beaver

User review
Richard Steven Rocks.
The Best series of books to learn Network programming from. The BEST in the world. Nothing comes close. Richard Steven rocks always !

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It's simply good!
If I want a dog, I won't buy a cat.
The good thing of a cat is, it won't bark.

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Boring Dictionary of N/W Programming
Though book is preety straight forward.
It rarely talks about tricks,code is highly redundant in the sense that everywhere error checking is being done.
Which makes it highly boring is that if you are dealing with some kind of N/W installation or S/W trobuleshooting.
Talks much more on code,

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A good reference
The coding examples weren't so hot in my opinion but this book
provided exactly what I needed to jump on the UNIX network programming bandwagon and remains a reference tool.

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One of Two Must-Have UNIX Books
This is one of two must-have UNIX books (`UNIX Network Programming` and `Advanced Programming for the UNIX Environment`). After I had been using UNIX for a long time and was getting into more advanced UNIX programming about a decade ago, these two books were recommended. I checked around and made comparisons. Sure enough, I had to agree. I bought both of them and use them a lot, even when doing Windows programming.

As an example, I had to reference them again this weekend. I am using Visual Basic and C++ under Windows to connect some UDP/IP communications between applications. Once again, these books were indispensable (even after looking at online help, Google, Microsoft Knowledge Base and Experts-Exchange). Any Internet professional should have both of these books on their shelf.