Books: Building Internet Applications With Visual C++

 

Try the interactive FAQ if you have questions based on this book This book is now out of print, and in general you can't get it in the bookstores. In November 1995, Que books released Building Internet Applications With Visual C++, by Kate Gregory (ISBN 0-7897-0213-4.) Don't let the fact it was written so long ago fool you -- sockets programming hasn't changed. It's true that there's no coverage of the WinInet classes, or ISAPI programming, or ActiveX, but the fundamentals of sockets programming are well covered. All the code has been compiled and tested on every version of Visual C++ from 1.5 to 5.0. You'll find the more modern topics covered on this site, and in Kate's other books.

We have a correction to Chapter 14 to accommodate changes Microsoft made to MFC 4.0 after the book went to press, and instructions to rewrite the socket class to use commands rather than messages. Both of these are on our Tips, Tricks, and Updates page. Check it out! You can download the Source code as it was on the CD. We have a new socket.h and socket.cpp with a few minor bug fixes. Mostly these are related to problems when readers implemented Put in the FTP client, but it's a good idea for everyone to have the newer versions.

This book is aimed at people who want to build Internet applications for Windows and have chosen to put the power of Visual C++ to work. The first few chapters are introductory, and are designed so that they can be skipped by developers who have had specific prior experience with using the Internet, programming for the Internet, or programming for Windows in Visual C++. There is a chapter on the time saving features of Visual C++. The remainder of the book presents eight working Internet applications. Finger - Learn about users on other sites. Whois - Learn about other sites. FTP - Exchange files over the internet. Web Server - Publish your own web page. IRC - Live chat with people all over the net. Gopher - Burrow through the net for information. Mail - Send and receive standard internet mail. News - Usenet news, 13,000 discussion areas. The source code is presented and explained in the text. Each chapter ends with a list of improvements to bring the application towards commercial quality. All of the source code is on the accompanying CD, which also includes: The Internet RFCs, which specify the way Internet applications interact with the net. The Winsock specification and documentation. Hundreds of Internet applications including HTML editors, FTP and WWW servers, and much much more The final two chapters build a unique Internet application, discuss secure Internet communications and add encryption to a simple application. If you want to get on the Internet bandwagon, by writing a full client or by adding Internet abilities to one of your programs, this is the book for you. Now that the book is out of print, you may have to really search to find it. Here's the information you'll need. Title: Building Internet Applications With Visual C++ Author: Kate Gregory ISBN: 0-7897-0213-4 Published by: Que Books Search by keywords: