ISDS - PSPINFO - OS/2 OO Books: A Roadmap

October 4, 1994

The following list of object books for OS/2 is helpful for anyone who wishes to learn about Object Technology but does not know what resources are available.


 * "Client/Server Survival Guide with OS/2" (VNR, 1994) by Bob Orfali and Dan Harkey provides a gentle introduction to CORBA, SOMobjects, Taligent frameworks, OpenDoc, OLE, ODBMSs, ObjectStore, and distributed objects. IBM # SR28-5494, ISBN 0-442-01798-7. $39.95
 * "Essential Client/Server Survival Guide" (VNR, 1994) by Bob Orfali, Dan Harkey, and Jeri Edwards provides an even gentler (and shorter) introduction for managers. IBM # SR28-5572, ISBN 0-442-01941-6. $25
 * "Objects for OS/2" (VNR, 1994), by Bruce Tate, Scott Danforth, and Paul Koenen covers SOM, metaclasses, and Workplace Shell programming. It contains a wealth of code. IBM # SR28-5568, ISBN 0-442-01738-3. $37
 * "Object-Oriented Programming Using SOM and DSOM" (VNR, 1994) by Christina Lau covers SOM and SomObjects--it's also an excellent new book for programmers. IBM # SR28-5570, ISBN 0-442-01948-3. $39.95
 * "Client/Server Programming with OS/2" (VNR, 1993) by Robert Orfali and Dan Harkey covers SOM/WPS programming in client/server environments. IBM # G325-0650-02, ISBN 0-442-01833-9. $39.95
 * "The GUI-OOUI War: Windows Vs OS/2" (VNR, 1993) by Theo Mandel explains the benefits of object-oriented user interfaces such as the Workplace Shell. IBM # SR28-5251, ISBN 0-442-01750-2. $29.95
 * "OS/2 C++ Class Library" by Kevin Leong, Bill Law, Bob Love, Bruce Olson, and Hiroshi Tsuji covers the UI class library in depth. This long-awaited book will appear in November. ISBN 0-442-01795-2