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Summary: this books gives me irritation
Review: Please do not buy this book. I am a Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 platform and I could not read this book. There is no depth in the subject matters covered. It gives me irritation. The explanation is not at all interesting and it is explained as though it is for 1st graders. 99.9% of the sample programs are useless in real world projects. I have ordered the Instant Javaserver pages book from Mcgraw Hill. I don't know how it will be. I am expecting the JavaServer Pages book from Oreilly would be interesting.
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Summary: Best book for servlets and jsp
Review: Marty Hall's book ( Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages ) got me up and running with servlets and jsp in a very short time. It gives many excellent real world examples and is written in an intelligent and straight forward manner. It is not too much to say that its the best book I've ever read with regards to a technology I am interested in.Definitely the one to get if you're into servlets and jsp.
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Summary: This book is a must.
Review: I read several books about JSP and Servlets. This book is a must in your library. There are many very useful ideas presented in short and clear examples. I recommend this book to everybody working on JSP/Servlets and not only to beginners.
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Summary: Excellent coverage of tag libraries
Review: ...contains the deepest and most accessible introduction to JSP tag libraries that I've seen. If you are interested in designing custom tag libraries, the author's complete, step-by-step walkthrough can't be beat.
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Summary: Full of details but lack of architecting
Review: It's a good reference book on Java Servlet and JSP. Full of details on web programming and small, userful utilities. Compares to "Web development with JavaServer Pages", it lacks of real examples on architecting servlet and JSP. Also it will be better to replace the example servlet and JSP containers with commercial products such as Netscape web server, ServletExec, etc. Most of the readers should be commercial product developers instead of researchers and students. Actually, after reading the first book and have experience with ASP, I didn't get much from this book.
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Summary: Excellent Book!
Review: I agree with the other 5 star reviews. This is an excellent book! The material is well organized, the sequence of topics is appropriate and easy to follow. Examples are clear and useful. The author has a knack for explaining the essence of the technology and then presenting details in examples that further develop his ideas. Be sure to visit the author's companion web site -- not only to download all of the coding examples -- but also to obtain the latest instructions for installing Tomcat and other software packages.
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Summary: Good but not excellent.
Review: I rushed out to buy this book because this was the only book with all the five star ratings. In my opinion it may be slightly over-rated, but it may just be the best book on Servlet and JSP. It gives a good overview of what you need to write an application with plenty of samples, but the author can be more articulated about how the pieces fit together and why they work the way they do. Finally, the only topic I felt did not get enough attention was JDBC, as many sites today are database driven.
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Summary: An awesome book on servlets and JSPs
Review: This is one awesome book on servlets and JSPs. Honestly, I didn't have any prior experience or knowledge in Java, but entering the world of Java through servlets and JSPs is actually refreshing. This book really helped me alot, and it's definitely a great buy. It's really worthy to be in my computer books collection.
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Summary: impressive, should be your first Servlet/JSP book
Review: I read this book from cover to cover (well, almost) and found it very useful. I know Java but had no prior Servlet/JSP knowledge and the book was able to bring me up to speed. The explanation is concise and precise, good enough to get you started. Another similar book is "Web Development with JavaServer Pages," which covers more detail in JSP. I would recommend beginners to read this one second and Marty's book first to get the most out of it.
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Summary: Highly Recommended
Review: I am using this book right now for professional use. This book covers what you need to know in order to do professional web programming and unlike other books this book provides the essentials and not technology yet to be implemented. It has very detailed sections on Servlets and JSP, along with a very complete section on JDBC. Do yourself a favor and get the book it is a best buy.
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