Beej's Guide to Network Programming: Using Internet Sockets

by Brian "Beej Jorgensen" Hall

Back in the mid 90s, Beej got tired of all his friends asking him how to do this stuff with networking programming in C, so he put pen to paper on the early World Wide Web and wrote down everything he knew just to get them off his back. Since then, the Guide has expanded significantly, with plenty of examples, and covers IPv6. Inside you'll find such diverse topics Sockets programming in the C programming language, client/server, IPv4 and IPv6, data encoding, lots of manual pages rewritten in a friendlier format with examples, and goats! Actually no goats, but goats will be with you in spirit! Beej's Guide to Network Programming is also freely available for PDF download online in US Letter and A4 sizes, in its entirety, and always will . The bound version here is provided as a service to those who still prefer the analog printed word. (And to those who want to kick back a few bucks to the author.)

Genres: Computer Science, Programming, Technology, Computers, Technical

178 pages, Paperback

Published December 12, 2019

Reviews

[Quinn Dougherty · Rating 4 out of 5]

Big recommend. Fast, light, and packed with knowledge. I might read again.

[Dmitry Demidov · Rating 5 out of 5]

Отличное введение в сетевое программирование. Можно прочитать за один вечер и начать писать простые программы, также полезно в качестве подготовки к собеседованию или просто справочника.
Но нужно помнить, что это именно введение - здесь освещены только базовые темы и код примеров не всегда production-ready.

[Joseph Jojoe · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great introduction to network programming that does not presume too much prior experience with C. Pairs well with Beej's Guide to Unix Interprocess Communication if you are interested in utilizing sockets for intra-device communication between processes.

[Nikolay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great read and very helpful even for a beginner like me.

[Do Tuan Hoang · Rating 4 out of 5]

funny as hell, and he even promised an IP address for my puppy.

[Jia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Concise and useful. I also like the jokes and sarcasm. In addition, the author made it free for the online version, hence 5 stars.

[robodoge · Rating 5 out of 5]

Was pretty cool, didn't feel like it was super useful in actual implementation though, might be because I just don't get it yet.

[Max · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is seriously a must read for anyone looking to learn about the fundamentals of network programming. By focusing the on the Unix C BSD sockets interface, it gives you a very portable understanding of networking programming.

On top of being very well written and informative, it's probably the funniest software book I've ever read. This book is available for free from Beej himself and I had read it years before purchasing it physically but this is a must read.

[Mark Lacanilao · Rating 3 out of 5]

Useful content, just not organized in the best way. Everyone in my graduate-level OS course jerks off to this book so that's gotta count for something.