Who should attend: Developers and architects involved in the design and implementation of component-based applications. An understanding of either Java or C++ is expected in order to grasp the code fragments, but read-only language skills should be adequate. This tutorial is geared at presenting the core semantics of the programming model and providing attendees with a view into the current state of COM(+).

This tutorial focuses on the semantics of COM(+) and covers the core abstractions used to design and implement COM(+) applications.

Topics covered include:

	Interface-based programming, COM-style
	COM(+) class loading and component configuration
	Context and interception
	Remoting architecture
	Transactional programming
	Asynchronous programming

Sifting through the mounds of detail involved in actual COM(+) development can be daunting. This tutorial is intended to be a roadmap to help attendees focus on the core abstractions that will most influence their designs.