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Summary: Good for getting it all together, weak on EJB
Review: This is a big and heavy book, but it needs to be to cover the scope of servlets, JSP and EJB in a practical and detailled way, It includes a lot of real code listings for practical projects. The downside with wide-scope books is that sometimes individual areas get less attention than they might in a more specific book. To some degree that's true for the EJB material in this book. What the book covers well is getting all the various server-side Java APIS to work together. If you want an in-depth treatment of EJB you are much better off getting one of the more focussed EJB books. This book covers Servlets 2.3, JSP 1.2, and some of EJB 2.0.
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Summary: One of the Best Books I've Read
Review: This is an authoritative guide to Java Web programing. It covers all aspects of Web development in very easy to understand chapters. It's uncanny that the author knows when to spend the whole page for a code listing and when to spend just a few lines. I was totally impressed by the author's writing style and am looking forward to other titles by the same authors.Hint: download the free chapters before you buy to see if his approach suits you.
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Summary: Just like sitting in a classroom
Review: This is an excellent book. I'm a Java instructor and this book is structured as if the writer is a teacher and the reader a student. There are no leaps of faith or "assumed" knowledge. The author patiently explains the purpose of all relavent information before easing into new material. Besides being written in a friendly manner, the material is thorough which includes several appendix topics for setting up classpath, etc.
If you're struggling to find a great J2EE book without spending [money] on multiple texts, take a close look at this one.
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Summary: Full of Original Ideas
Review: This is an excellent book.
- the author is very patient when explaining the concepts and technologies. He consistently gives detailed step-by-step instructions from chapter 1 to the last chapter. (in this aspect, I have to agree with the other reviewer, zendog)
- There are so many original ideas that you cannot find in other servlets/JSP books. Most notably is the Docman project (Chapter 20) which has features found in commercial document management applications that normally cost thousands. If you build your own based on the chapter in this book, you pay nothing.
- There are useful techniques that you can only find in this book: file download, file upload, XML-based e-book, etc.
- Bonus software in CD is useful for uploading/downloading files. Really recommend this to anyone doing Java Web programming.
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Summary: Real-life solutions
Review: This is the book that not only teaches you the basics of servlets/JSP/EJB but also is full of real-life codes that are applicabel to solving real programming problems. Examples are in abundance and most really do something, not simply sending text to the browser. Take the client-side scripts for user input validation as an example, you can copy and paste to use them in your own JSP pages. Kurniawan is also an excellent teacher. I was particularly grateful after reading Chapter 5 (Session Management). When I first learned servlet programming, I found it hard to understand what session management is, but Kurnawan used comparison with a telephone call to describe session management. The way he explains things is really amazing. I became more confident after reading this book.
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Summary: Are you a web programmer? Want to move up to Java?
Review: This is the book! I consider myself a seasoned asp/vb programmer. Having done quite a number of projects on them, all involving 3-tier architecture, I always want to know what's the hype surrounding Java thing.
I've tried some books on this subject, even went as far as taking a night class, without any clue what I can do with this language.
Few weeks ago, I decided to give this book a chance. I never look back ever since!
Unlike most Java books that only throw you the pieces of the puzzle, this book has the glue to almost all of them. And some missing pieces too if you consider the real-world examples. Highly recomended!
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Summary: Best J2EE Book
Review: THis is the only book you need regardless your level of expertise, whether you are a novice or a seasoned programmer. I find the author's writing style very appealing. Serious, but far from boring. This book teaches you all you need to know about servlets, JSP programming, and EJB. The code is very easy to follow too.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: This the really great book.I didn't know about servlet,jsp and EJB.But now I am very comfrtable. Thanks Mr.Budi Kurniawan
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Summary: Decent book but too many typos
Review: To be fair, I will first say that this book is very good at capturing a large amount of knowledge related to J2EE, specifically JSP, Servlets, and EJB. However, my general feeling is that this book isn't the best at explaining the concepts behind said technologies. The explanations are not bad, but much better ones do exist (e.g., Core Servlets and JSP...although this book does not cover EJB). My biggest problem with this book is that it contains many typos. In fact, there are bugs in several of the code samples (even the files on the enclosed CD). Obviously, the code was not compiled and tested beforehand. Furthermore, errata listed on the publisher's webpage is suspect.
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