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Summary: An Excellent EJB 1.1 Book!
Review: This book is excellent! It's clearly the best EJB book available. It includes total coverage of EJB 1.1, has lots of good design stuff, and an informative chapter on J2EE. I've also read the other EJB book (Ed Romans book), which someone recommended as more "real-world". Personally, I found the Monson-Haefel book to be much better and more practical since it covers EJB 1.1, while the Roman book covers the old 1.0 version.
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Summary: Complete coverage of EJB 1.1
Review: Dear Reader,This book is the only EJB book that has complete coverage of EJB 1.1. The book also covers EJB 1.0, for readers still using legacy servers. Close to two years have gone into refining the content this book to ensure that it was technically accurate and a pleasure to read. Delivering content that meets these standards isn't easy, and while my name is on the cover, credit is shared with many people. Thank you for considering my book, Enterprise JavaBeans, and good luck in your career as a distributed object professional. It's an exciting field with unlimited challenges and rewards. Yours truly, Richard Monson-Haefel
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Summary: Cool book - but be sure to buy the new SECOND EDITION!
Review: Easy to understand in depth no nonsence coverage of EJB 1.0 - BUT you would better of buying the new second edition that covers EJB 1.1!
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Summary: In-depth overview of EJB; less focused on practical aspects
Review: I am new to Enterprise JavaBeans, and I found this book to be a pretty thorough introduction to the subject. It contains an in-depth coverage of the fundamental concepts of EJB, however it seems to lack real-world examples and guidlines for practical development. I found "Mastering Enterprise JavaBeans and the Java 2 Platform" by Ed Roman to be more focused on the subject and to have more practical value than this one.
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Summary: Best book on EJB available in the market
Review: This is the best book on EJB available in the market today . The coverage of Entity and session beans is almost total . The new edition covers interaction of EJB with servlets , XML and JDBC .The code samples and examples are near real scenarios. Its worth the money spend.
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Summary: Want to learn about EJB? Get this book
Review: A very thorough grounding in EJB. This book can be carried (it's only 320 pages) and still manages to get all of the key concepts across. It builds up the reader's knowledge by starting at a high level and then getting deeper as the book goes on, with detailed explanations of the sample code. You can try out the samples yourself but just reading the book provides a good EJB education. Strongly recommended.
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Summary: Good intro but lacks depth
Review: This book isn't a bad introduction to the topic. However if your looking for depth I would suggest you look elsewhere. For senior developers looking to tackle real world problems their's not enough here to really get you going.
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Summary: Great introduction to EJB
Review: I am very new to EJB, and I have found this book to be an excellent introduction to the subject. The examples were clear, and the text was very readable. I highly reccomend this book to others that seek to understand EJB architecture.
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Summary: Excellent introduction to EJB
Review: It is obvious that much editing went into this book. It is clear, concise, and contains few errors. Although it is 'short' compared to other technical tomes, it does not short-change the topic covered. I wish all technical books were of this quality. This book provides an excellent overview to what Enterprise JavaBeans are and then goes into details on how to use them. If all you need is an high-level understanding of EJBs, chapters 1-3 are for you. If you will be developing EJBs read chapters 1-9. You do need prior experience with Java and JDBC to get the most out of the examples. The provided diagrams are effective, I just would have liked seeing a few more at the point when new concepts are being presented. This will be a book I will continue to reference as I develop EJBs.
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Summary: A good primer
Review: The book is a thorough primer on the complexity of Enterprise Java Beans. The examples are easy to follow and cover a good variety of implementations. Maddog recommends this book to all who are looking for a good introduction to EJBs. Arrrrrrrrr!
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