Advanced Network Programming – Principles and Techniques: Network Application Programming with Java

✍ Scribed by Bogdan Ciubotaru, Gabriel-Miro Muntean (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag London
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 260
• Series: Computer Communications and Networks
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Answering the need for an accessible overview of the field, this text/reference presents a manageable introduction to both the theoretical and practical aspects of computer networks and network programming. Clearly structured and easy to follow, the book describes cutting-edge developments in network architectures, communication protocols, and programming techniques and models, supported by code examples for hands-on practice with creating network-based applications. Features: presents detailed coverage of network architectures; gently introduces the reader to the basic ideas underpinning computer networking, before gradually building up to more advanced concepts; provides numerous step-by-step descriptions of practical examples; examines a range of network programming techniques; reviews network-based data storage and multimedia transfer; includes an extensive set of practical code examples, together with detailed comments and explanations.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Introduction....Pages 1-2
Network Architectures....Pages 3-28
Network Communications Protocols and Services....Pages 29-52
Basic Network Programming....Pages 53-72
Sockets....Pages 73-87
Socket-Based Client–Server Communication....Pages 89-100
Support for Communication-Based Services....Pages 101-156
Server-Side Network Programming....Pages 157-191
Client-Side Network Programming....Pages 193-221
Advanced Client–Server Network Programming....Pages 223-244
Conclusion....Pages 245-246
Back Matter....Pages 247-250

✦ Subjects

Computer Communication Networks; Programming Techniques; Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems