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Summary: Excellent book
Review: This is an excellent book if you are new to servlets and JSP like myself. It does an excellent job on servlets, but only covers JSP superficially. For JSP I recommend, Core JSP- an excellent book for new people to JSP.
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Summary: Why can't I give it 0 stars
Review: Total watse of the money. Full of useless information (like the mime type of lotus notes files). I would expect a book that had JSP and Servlets in the title would actually talke about them in depth. There are a lot of useless examples that you want to skip, but then you end up skipping the 10% of useful information too.
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Summary: Core Servlets/JSP -- exactly what it says
Review: Excellent reference guide for JSP and servlet information. The author has a knack for explaining things in ways that programmers understand not only the how but also the why. This is not a text for beginners, but instead hits its target dead on -- somewhat experienced java developers moving from enterprise applications to web-apps. If you want to learn about java and HTML, get Core Web Programming. If you understand java and HTML, but not servlets, then get Core Servlets. While there is room for improvement, there isn't much. The only significant improvement would be to include a DVD of the author's live presentations -- those make the book seem weak.
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Summary: Good Intro Book
Review: This book was a good INTRODUCTION book to Servlets/JSP. It doesn't provide a COMPLETE overview of Servlets and JSP but it hits on the most basic concepts of them. Some of the examples, at the time of writing, did not work...i.e - the Custom Tags. They even stated that they worked with a beta version of Tomcat 3.1 but mentioned nothing of it not working on JWS 2.0. Nonetheless, I skipped that chapter because the examples did not appear to work at all. The ONLY way however to learn Servlets/JSP from this book is by doing the examples presented in the text. Otherwise, you could breeze through the book and then going back going, "what do i do now?" Unless you practice or try the examples, getting a grasp on the concepts and ideas presented in the text is difficult. It's still a good introduction book and I would recommend it to anyone. I've even bought Core's complement to JSP, CORE JSP, as well and am looking forward to seeing how interesting that would be.
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Summary: This is It!
Review: I'm still a java/jsp newbie. I invested a significant amount of money in several books on the topic. As I read, learn and grow - this one particular book has become my java bible. It is written in a clear, concise format. The structure of the chapters is logical and progressive for a beginner. Forget the rest - buy the best - and this is the book.
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Summary: Great book for beginning servlets and jsp
Review: This is a great book for those who wish to learn this exciting technology
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Summary: Excelent coverage of Servlets
Review: I have only concentrated on servlet programming and have found this book to answer all of my questions. Finding the exact location of the information can be a task but the info is always there. In particular it's coverage of Request Headers and Status codes is very good. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Thank's for Writing the Book
Review: The book you choose can determine your success as a JavaDeveloper. I found "Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages" to bethe corner stone book to launch my career as a Java Developer. Otherbooks by publishers like Wrox use a dozen or so authors to covercomplex subjects such as server side programming. Sometimes thisbreeds confusion and an inconsistent writing style that's hard tofollow. The difference between a good book and a great book is thenumber of authors, level of skill and ability to teach. Marty Hallteaches Java for a living and has mastered the Java language and theskill of teaching. He obliviously has encountered many question fromthousands of students and orchestrated his book toward learning. Thelast time I checked, Amazon had this book as the number one selleramong Java books. Need I say more? Get the book.
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Summary: Perhaps some more dynamic data
Review: This book is good for beginners but really lacks examples on dealing with dynamic data, servlets and jsp. It would have been even more helpful if some of the examples such as the ShoppingCart and Online Travel did not hard cord the data, but instead used a database connection to retrieve data.
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Summary: Looks very good but confusing
Review: Spent a lot of time on this book and find the first chapter is already dated. Had a hard time configuring Apache Tomcat 3.2.1 which is ahead of the book. The author graciously gave me a link to 3.1 which did the trick. Now however I am stuck in chapter 2 regarding invoking servlets. Again this is not very clear and I think the author assumes you already know JAVA in detail. That you know what CLASSPATH and packages are because the descriptions are very sketchy. I was able to compile his sample code but have no idea how to invoke them. He tries to give you the generic steps for all the possible web servers, but I just want a step by step approach for Tomcat 3.2.1. Looks like a good book if you have the basics down. I certainly don't and therefore don't find this book too helpful in getting started. I either need more detailed follow-up information from the author or need to find a more remedial book.
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