With COM and .NET Component Services, skilled COM developers can
leverage their knowledge for the next generation of components to be
built for Microsoft's new .NET framework.A primary goal of Microsoft's
COM+ is to provide proven design solutions for scalable systems.
Assuming experience with classic COM, COM and .NET Component Services
focuses on the added services of COM+, including support for
transactions, queued components, events, concurrency management, and
security. Along the way, it ably demonstrates that COM+ is a masterpiece
of design and usability from the ground up--truly a mature set of
component services oriented for the middle tier.COM+ provides a
foundation for robust, enterprise-wide, mission-critical distributed
applications. And it's not limited to Internet applications. You can use
COM+ services in the same places as classic COM components: in-house
two-tier information systems, client-tier controls, desktop
applications, machine control components, and every other conceivable
application of COM.COM and .NET Component Services is the first book
to stress the importance of learning to use COM+ services for both .NET
and COM component-based applications. Since most companies have
considerable investment in existing code base and development skills,
COM+ can serve as a migration path for companies and developers.
Companies can start (or continue) their projects in COM, using COM+ as a
supporting platform for component services, and then when the time comes
to move to .NET, they can start plugging .NET components seamlessly into
the same architecture, reusing and interacting with their existing COM
components.
