Middleware is the bridge that connects distributed applications across different physical locations, with different hardware platforms, network technologies, operating systems, and programming languages. This book describes middleware from two different perspectives: from the viewpoint of the systems programmer and from the viewpoint of the applications programmer. It focuses on the use of open source solutions for creating middleware and the tools for developing distributed applications. The design principles presented are universal and apply to all middleware platforms, including CORBA and Web Services. The authors have created an open-source implementation of CORBA, called MICO, which is freely available on the web. MICO is one of the most successful of all open source projects and is widely used by demanding companies and institutions, and has also been adopted by many in the Linux community.
- ISBN10 1280643102
- ISBN13 9781280643101
- Publish Date 10 January 2010 (first published 25 November 2005)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 17 June 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
- Format eBook
- Pages 344
- Language English