This practical book provides everything you need to know about the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP). This open technology for real-time communication is used in many diverse applications such as instant messaging, Voice over IP, real-time collaboration, social networking, microblogging, lightweight middleware, cloud computing, and more. XMPP: The Definitive Guide walks you through the thought processes and design decisions involved in building a complete XMPP-enabled application, and adding real-time interfaces to existing applications. You'll not only learn simple yet powerful XMPP tools, but you'll also discover, through real-world developer stories, how common XMPP "building blocks" can help solve particular classes of problems. With this book, you will:

• Learn the basics of XMPP technologies, including architectural issues, addressing, and communication primitives

• Understand the terminology of XMPP and learn about the wealth of XMPP servers, clients, and code libraries

• Become familiar with the XMPP concepts and services you need to solve common problems

• Construct a complete business application or real-time service with XMPP

Every day, more software developers and service providers are using XMPP for real-time applications, and with the help of XMPP: The Definitive Guide, you can, too.

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0-60 with XMPP! - 2009-09-05
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An equally great book if you are new to XMPP, or if you are an architect or a developer who has been previously exposed to the technology. Placing myself in the latter camp (worked on an asynchronous XMPP Ruby client), I found this book to be very useful for filling in the technical gaps. While the XMPP spec is a well written one, it is still hardly an enjoyable read. The authors did a great job between balancing the technical details and adopting an informal style which allows them to compress the specification into easily digestible chapters (they give you the basics, you're free to read the full spec).

The book covers all the major components: overall architecture, handshake, presence protocol, multi-user chat, data transfers, security, etc. If you're thinking about adopting XMPP, you should pick up a copy.

Great book about XMPP - 2009-08-10
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This is a great book for someone wanting to get a grip on XMPP. It covers from the basics all the way to recent additions to the protocol. It does help if you already have some introductory knowledge of what XMPP is about, but I think it would be suitable for complete newbies as well. The chapters are short and each one covers a specific aspect of the protocol -- so you don't necessarily have to read the book from beginning to end. The book is written in a very informal style, almost making it a light read, while immersing you in a lot of information.

Would be great off a Kindle - 2009-10-31
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FI would love to say I've learnt something new, that I'm one step closer to xmpp world domination. Instead I'm stuck dealing with xml examples that cause my Kindle2 to parse the examples as if it is code, then suddenly crashing when the xml is recognized as being ill formed, because the rest of the example is on the next page.

Please fix. It was getting good otherwise.

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