As networks, devices, and systems continue to evolve, software engineers face the unique challenge of creating reliable distributed applications within frequently changing environments. C++ Network Programming, Volume 1, provides practical solutions for developing and optimizing complex distributed systems using the ADAPTIVE Communication Environment (ACE), a revolutionary open-source framework that runs on dozens of hardware platforms and operating systems. This book guides software professionals through the traps and pitfalls of developing efficient, portable, and flexible networked applications. It explores the inherent design complexities of concurrent networked applications and the tradeoffs that must be considered when working to master them. C++ Network Programming begins with an overview of the issues and tools involved in writing distributed concurrent applications. The book then provides the essential design dimensions, patterns, and principles needed to develop flexible and efficient concurrent networked applications. The book's expert author team shows you how to enhance design skills while applying C++ and patterns effectively to develop object-oriented networked applications. Readers will find coverage of: * C++ network programming, including an overview and strategies for addressing common development challenges The ACE Toolkit * Connection protocols, message exchange, and message-passing versus shared memory * Implementation methods for reusable networked application services * Concurrency in object-oriented network programming * Design principles and patterns for ACE wrapper facades With this book, C++ developers have at their disposal the most complete toolkit available for developing successful, multiplatform, concurrent networked applications with ease and efficiency.

本书由ACE的几位核心开发者撰写，快速而直接地解释了怎样充分利用ACE。从介绍ACE开始，循序渐进，详细讨论了ACE的IPC设施、进程及线程管理以及一些高级话题，比如共享内存、ACE Streams框架、ACE Service Configurator框架、定时器管理类、ACE Naming Service等等。在这个过程中，作者给出了许多源码例子，通过贯穿全书的ACE应用实例来告诉读者如何应用各种关键的模式和设计原则，去成功地开发面向对象的网络化软件。通过本书的学习，你将能更好地设计并实现性能驱动的、无法在市场上买到的网络化软件，从而始终在竞争中走在前列。

《C++网络编程》系列正是帮助我们进入一个更好的网络化应用开发世界的台阶。在卷1中，两位作者，Douglas C. Schmidt与Stephen D.Huston，从对编写并发网络化应用所涉及的问题和工具进行综述开始，向我们介绍了开发灵活而高效的并发网络化应用所需的各种设计维度、模式和原则。通过对卷1的学习，你将能够了解怎样在将C++和模式有效地应用于开发面向对象网络化应用的同时，增强自己的设计技能。而在卷2中，两位作者将向我们描述ACE框架的设计原理，以及它们可以怎样帮助开发者在较低级的本地操作系统API和较高级的分布式对象计算中间件的局限之间“航行”；前者既不灵活也不可移植，而后者对有着苛刻的QoS和可移植性需求的网络化应用来说，常常缺乏效率和灵活性。传统上，生成和使用网络化应用框架所需的技能被锁在专家开发者的头脑中，或是深深地埋藏在散布于企业或是行业各处的众多项目的源代码中。这两种情况当然都不理想，因为要为每个新的应用或项目重新获取这些知识，既费时又易出错。为解决这一问题，卷2阐释了在ACE框架的结构和功能之下的各种关键模式；这同时也将会帮助我们理解ACE自身的设计、实现，以及有效使用。