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Summary: Overall an excellent Java Servlets/JSP book
Review: As a beginner, from the descriptions of currently available Java Servlets/JSP books (there really are not many titles available with this skillset yet), Marty Hall's seemed to be the best. His book forces one to get hands-on experience with this skillset immediately. However, do not rely on this book if you need to learn JDBC. Read your database documentation carefully to get the Java/database connection working, and then proceed with caution from there. I have been using Oracle 8i while going through this book, and the demos that come with the database server don't even work. They require modifications that are subtle for beginners like myself. Marty Hall's book uses Oracle 7 for the JDBC chapter, and I found that to rely on his instructions completely is simply naive. For example, there are patches that need to be installed to Oracle 8i just to use Java 1.2.*. I had assumed that this book uses Java 1.2.*, but that is not the case. After some frustration, I am now creating a web site using Java Servlets/JSP/Oracle. Get this book, but use with caution.
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Summary: Best for beginners
Review: The book is unique in that it devotes a lot of space talking about install and environment issues, which are the first thing that a new JSP person will encounter when launching into JSP programming. This is especially important because the JSP tools on the market so far require the programmer to do configuration by themselves. In this respect, this book has done an excellent work! Another feature that stands out is that it combines Servlet and JSP topics together in one book so the reader can go from one to another since these two are closely related.
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Summary: Only book needed for servlets and Jsps
Review: I saw Marty's presentation at JavaOne and it was one of the most impressive I had seen there. I bought this book about two weeks ago, and I have already implemented so many of the ideas shared within it. Using Marty's simple techniques, and excellent ideas, my web-based app's speed as increased tremendously, as well as helped me find solutions to problems that I didn't think was possible to solve. This book is worth way more than what he is selling it for. BUY IT!
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Summary: Fantastic
Review: I haven't finished this book yet but felt compelled to share my excitement about this great book - the secret of a great book is that it explains things in ways and terms that work for you - this book works for me! - the example code is appropriate, digestible, and practical - the flow of the material makes sense - the information is current (not out-dated) - this book is great!
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Summary: great book!
Review: This is an excellent book. Easy to read and understood, the explaination is just right, not too long or too short. The examples are also excellent. It is almost a perfect book, except that I found 3 incomplete sets of examples:1. Chapter 9, "Shopping cart", when you click on the "Proceed to Checkout", nothing happened. 2. chapter 12, "ShadowedTextApplet", when I clicked on the button "Open Frame", nothing happened. 3. chapter 15, "On line Travel Agent", is an incomplete set, missing some key files.
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Summary: Excellent server-side Java book
Review: The book covers everything you need to get going with server-side programming. It was easy to follow with practical example code to follow. I am a beginner but after a few days, I was able to get a cool prototype developed for a project at work.
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Summary: Best Servlet and JSP book in the market.
Review: This book can both be a great book for beginners, and a great reference book for programmers. You can find what you are looking for very easy. Lots of good exmaples are also included.
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Summary: Good overall Concepts but not a Bible.
Review: The Core servlet and jsp book is very good for beginers, but if you already know java servlet programming look for some thing else may be Oreilly's book. This is a concept book with working code examples but less of details and intricacies. Quite evident if you see it covers Servlets, JSP, connection to JDBC( only 50 odd pages) in around 500 odd pages. "JACK OF ALL MASTER OF NONE "
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Summary: Real Help
Review: If you are like me, you get going on a project that is just past my level of knowledge in one area or another. I go to the bookstore to find some help and usually find something. Most of the time the help amounts to one or two chapters or less out of the whole book that is truly helpful, the rest either incorrect, out of date or redundant. This book was loaded from front to back with information that helped me!
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Summary: Great Book for Getting Started with Server Side Java
Review: If you are thinking of deploying a server side Java application this is the book for you. It contains everything that you need to know to develop a proof of concept implementation. Both Java Server Pages (JSP) and Servlets are covered. There are many simple examples that contain well written and useful code. There is also a section explaining how to use JSP and Servlets together, which is what most people will probably want to do. Additionally, the first section of the book discusses several Java Web Servers. You will need to set up one of these Servers on your PC inorder to do development work with Servlets and JSP. There is a chapter covering the most important aspects of HTML used in business applications. There is also a chapter with usefull examples on how to use JDBC to access your database. In summary, this one book contains everthing a developer needs in order to get started with creating a sample proof of concept Server Side Java implementation.
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