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Summary: Obsolete Technologies
Review: Wanting to learn servlet programming, I bought this book, but had to return it for a refund. This book is based on the older technologies. Why are they still selling this book? To be honest I don't know how many stars I should give this book, so I just put 3.
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Summary: Needs More JSP, less editorial
Review: The difficult part of this book, for me, has been the editorial comments made by the author. For example, here's a comment from chapter 1, "The Advantages of JSP""PHP is a free, open-source HTML-embedded scripting language that is somewhat similar to both ASP and JSP. The advantage of JSP is that the dynamic part is written in Java, which you probably already know, which already has an extensive API for networking, database access, distributed objects, and the like, whereas PHP requires learning an entirely new language." That entire paragraph and many like it could be summarized using the author's own words.."JSP is better than every other programming language out there because it uses Java." I know I'm convinced! (*wink*) Here's another in chapter 2, section 2.6: "Be aware, however, that it is possible for the Web server to crash. After all, no all Web servers are written in reliable programming languages like Java; some are written in languages (such as ones named after letter of the alphabet) where it is easy to read or write off the ends of arrays, make illegal typecasts, or have dangling pointers due to memory reclamation errors." These types of comments, like many many others located throughout the book, make it appear as if the book is trying to "convert" me to become a Java zealot rather than just learn the language of JSP and Servlet technology. It becomes frustrating to have to read through countless comments on why a particular method is "harder with every other programming language on this planet" rather than just explain how do perform a particular task. As far as the actual "meat" of the text, there is some really good, basic information regarding JSP and servlets. I do not recommend this book if you don't know any programming and are trying to learn. You're better off with a basic Java book to start with or you'll get lost pretty quickly. I give this book 3 out of 5 stars. I think that size of this could be cut down by 25% if the editorial drivel was removed. To avoid being totally negative, I really have learned a lot from the material considering I started the book only having experience with ASP, PHP, and Perl for server-side programming.
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Summary: not for the beginner
Review: i try this becuase the core series always not bad such as core java2 vol1,2 which are good for me to starting java.
And later i moved on jsp and then purchased this book. However i don't get anything helpful from this (as a beginner). If you are beginner, i will recommand oreilly-"javasever pages"
which brings more clearly concenpt
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Summary: Great General Purpose Textbook on Servlets & JSP
Review: I teach Occupational Retraining courses. The textbooks we look for are "Hands On" -- focusing on how-to rather than academic why-fors. None-the-less you need a certain amount of understanding of what is going on "under-the-hood" into to really understand how to use any technology. In my opinion, and that of almost ALL my students, Marty Hall's "Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages" is the perfect balance between theory and practice. If you are going to teach Java Servlets & JSP or if you are going to learn these topics, you can't go wrong with Marty Hall's book! Yoel Ben-Avraham...
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Summary: Good book for beginners . . .
Review: If you were stranded on a lonely island and allowed one servlet and JSP book, then this would be it. This book assumes absolutely no prior knowledge of server side java and is a very good book for beginners. However this book does not cover the new features in servlet specification 2.3 and JSP specification 1.2
The newer version of this book, More servlets and JSP by the same author is a much better book, if you want to learn about the features in the new specifications. Also this is a very good book if you are planning to undertake the Sun Certified Web component developer certification. Overall, it is worth every penny if you are starting with servlets and JSP with no prior server side java programming experience.
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Summary: A great Book
Review: I believe it is a great book, full of detailed examples and explanations. When I started with this book, I really have no idea about servlets, nor about Java server pages, now I believe I got a good and solid knowledge. I would highly recommend this book for any java lovers.
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Summary: Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages
Review: It's an excelent book of Servlets and JSP. It describe the most important issues related with JSP and Servlets and show planty of examples that are very good.
Simply, the best book of Servlets and JSP.
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Summary: The best all-around programming book I've ever read.
Review: Choose Core Servlets and Java Server Pages, it's worth the price. As a beginning programmer myself, making frequent trips to the book store to bone up on a new topic, I'm often disappointed by my selections once I start working with them, at [$] a pop. Marty Hall's Core Servlets and JSP was well worth the money. That's why I have taken the time to recommend his book. You know the author is very good when only eight pages are used to comprehensively configure the server you need out of the myriad servers available. The servlet chapters are thorough and brief, easily digestible information. You will have real working examples, and you will cover the technical details so that you can speak the language with professionals familiar with servlets and JSP. In Core Servlets, the topics are given in a sequence that help you easily build your skills by devoting one hour a night. All sample code is generously given on the author's web site, FREE. Most people can't learn programming without code. Downloading the code from the Web is the most convenient way. No CD to change from read-only, no mega-typing / debugging sessions. And the book is actually enjoyable to read. Most technical books are like chewing glass. Core Servlets is not an outline or a reference, and it's not too wordy. Blunt and to the point, in an informative, enjoyable way. Most importantly, you will learn through hands-on examples. The examples are excellent, and the material is presented in an order so that you can take the examples and expand on them as you master the material. I hope Mr. Hall has written on other topics of interest to me. I can buy his work in confidence that I am getting the information I need.
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Summary: Excellent Introduction to the subject
Review: I really recommend both core and more servlets:
- to-the-point, concise, all the necessary information to get started, and look things up later
- ideal for the 'impatient' if you want to dive right in, as well as for those who want to read it cover-to-cover
- good, easy-to-follow examples If you're interested in Servlets and JSPs, these would be two great books to get !
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Summary: This is THE standard book for Servlets and JSPs!
Review: I am a very enthusiastic reader of this book. It is written in a clear precise style and covers all information that you need to know about developing in a server-neutral way. While reading you always feel that the author has excellent knowledge and experience! A very important companion in my daily work!
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