Multithreaded Programming with Win32 (Prentice Hall Series on Microsoft Technologies) - Softcover

Pham, Thaun Q.; Garg, Pankaj K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130109126 ISBN 13: 9780130109125

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1998

Synopsis

Learn practical Win32 multithreading techniques that can make all your Windows NT software faster and more responsive. Start by understanding how multithreading works, and the fundamentals of the Windows NT Thread Interface, including processes, thread management, creation, termination, and prioritization. Review the key techniques Win32 provides for thread synchronization, with practical examples of how to use them most effectively. Understand the role of monitors and data encapsulation. Next, use Microsoft's deadlock detection, prevention and recovery techniques to avoid the classic conditions known to crash multithreaded systems. Learn about the thread-package architecture and implementations, including user-level, kernel-level and multiplexed threads, and the scheduler. You'll also find great coverage of Java threads -- and an exceptionally useful chapter on multithreading in distributed applications, using Microsoft's DCOM technology.

About this title

About the Author

Thuan Q. Pham is a developer at Netgravity in Palo Alto, CA.
Pankaj K. Garg is a Member of the Technical Staff (MTS) at HP Laboratories in Palo Alto, CA.

From the Back Cover

1091B-4

Build faster, more responsive NT applications with multithreading!

Multithreaded Programming with Win32.

• Complete coverage of the Win32 Thread Interface.
• Covers the latest Win32 interfaces, APIs, and DCOM programming model.
• Thread management, creation, termination, synchronization, prioritization, and more!
• Improve robustness with advanced deadlock prevention and recovery techniques.
• Make the most of Java threads.
• Create multithreaded distributed applications with DCOM.

If you want to deliver NT applications with maximum performance, efficiency and robustness, you need to master multithreading. Multithreaded Programming with Win32 brings together every Win32 multithreading technique and concept you must know-all brilliantly explained with practical examples and sample code.

Start by learning how multithreading works, and the fundamentals of the Win32 Thread Interface, including processes, thread management, creation, termination, and prioritization. Next, review key Win32 techniques for thread synchronization. Understand the role of monitors and data encapsulation. Then, use Microsoft's deadlock detection, prevention, and recovery techniques to maximize the robustness of your multithreaded applications.

Master the thread-package architecture and implementations, including user-level, kernel-level, and multiplexed threads, as well as the scheduler. Even learn how to use DCOM to implement multithreading in distributed software.

No matter what NT applications you develop-desktop, client/server, distributed, or Web-based-this book will help you supercharge them!

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130109126
• ISBN 13: 9780130109125
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320