Pure Corba by Fintan Bolton (Sams)

Let me be the first to say that understanding the CORBA specification is not a trivial exercise. The best you can hope for is to find some good references and try as many examples as possible. Unfortunately, this is no guarantee that things will get any easier, since one has to choose an implementation by a vendor and every vendor will add their own unique proprietary enhancement. Pure Corba by Fintan Boltan will help you with the former while leaving the latter decision to your discretion.
The book is pack full of great examples in both JAVA and C++. If you�re working with only one of the two languages (e.g. 100% JAVA), then the format will be a little annoying since you�ll have to flip pass the C++ example to find the JAVA example. However, I quickly got use to the format and found reading both examples useful, because Fintan does a commendable job of pointing out the difference and similarity between the two languages.
This is not a beginner�s book on CORBA. I�ve been working with CORBA for over a year now, and I found the detail explanation excellent. The nice thing about the CORBA specification is I don�t need to know the gritty detail if I wasn�t interested, but when I do this book is the first place I look.
(Peter Tran - Bartender, September 2001)

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