Average Customer Review: 
| Bravo-excellent coverage of a deep subject | |
This is one of the best network programming books I have read. The level of detail was perfect not to deep yet detailed enough to make the information useful. The examples were easy to understand and helped guide me in the right direction. He pointed out areas where you might run into portability problems. This book is a must. If you need greater detail TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 2 is a great follow on book.
| A great reference and tutorial on network programming. | |
This book is the book to have when you do any kind of network programming. I encountered the first edition of this book back in 1991 and it turned me from a novice into an expert. It won't happen overnight (nothing worthwhile ever does), but if you invest the time, work through the examples, and pay attention to the rich information and useful tips that the book provides, it will happen. The second edition expands and enhances information from the first. So much so that it splits into two volumes. Whenever I tackle a network programming project, I approach it with full confidence with this book by my side.Stevens had a gift for turning the numbingly complex into something that can be easily digested with a few concrete and well placed examples. Don't let the wrapper functions distract you from the true value of the book. Stevens explained in Section 1.4 of the book his reasons for using them. They take the same number (and type) of parameters, in the same order, and return the same status as in the original function. Overall, this book is just a classic. The index is well organized (Stevens did it himself), the inside covers contain references to function, macro, and structure definitions found inside the book. This book should be as natural an addition to your technical bookshelf as Webster's Dictionary is to any bookshelf. The author died in 1999, but his contributions live on.
| THE ultimate sockets programming book | |
I have purchased many books on the subject. After I read this book, I can say that I don't need any of the others. This book is well written, covers every single point on the subject, and from different angels. Does not matter if your a beginner on the subject or a pro. If you are looking for a detailed network (sockets not I/O) programming, with good examples, than this is the right one. This book has something that most others don't, server client architectural design views, which adds to the value of this book.
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