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Summary: Nice hands-on book for starters
Review: It's a very useful book for Servlet,JSP starters with hands-on instructions to go about it. It's written in a nice, CONCISE manner covering many topics.
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Summary: A good book
Review: It's a very useful book for Servlet,JSP starters with hands-on instructions to go about it. It's written in a nice,concise manner covering many topics. Not a lot of material if you want to know on patterns though.
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Summary: Perfect if you know Java
Review: Marty blows through the basic JSP stuff in the beginning. In truth, for a java programmer, these concepts are easy. His subsequent treatment of topics was great. The JSP Tag section explained it in nice succession (although his denial of the existence of TEI classes seemed odd given he covers plenty of JSP 1.1)Overall, you can't find a better book on this subject.
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Summary: A Quality Effort from Marty Hall
Review: Marty Hall has done an outstanding job (again) of covering servlets and java server pages. I enjoyed "Core Servlets and JSP" and this follow up effort was no disappointment. It covers a lot of new ground with 2.3 and 1.2 specs but it also "re-covers" some topics in a new way that helps the reader understand more thoroughly. He devotes space to topics that are often overlooked but that come up in every day life for java developers (like resolving relative URL issues in section 4.5). Furthermore, Marty is VERY responsive to inquiries. I emailed him with a question at 10:00 pm and had an answer by 8:00am the next day -- and it was right on target. That alone is worth 5 stars. Sorry Marty, I hope I am not setting expectations too high! Great job.
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Summary: Good book to read
Review: Marty Hall is not just a great developer & writer. He is also a great businessman because after reading this book I had to buy his other book as well - Core Servlets and Java Server Pages.
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Summary: Great Reading and Great Reference Book too
Review: Marty has done a great job in extending his great book on Core Servlets and JSP. An example, this is the only book out that covers the web deployment descriptors in a way that is understandable and very extensive. He has three chapters on this subject including a sample web application as a "putting it all together". He has a great writing style that is easy to understand and examples that are down to earth. I have sticky notes thoughout my copy and refer to it often when my brain fails me.
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Summary: Excellent book about latest Servlet and JSP specifications
Review: This book is for those readers that understand Java and are familiar with Servlets and JSP. It is a sequel to the very successful Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages by Marty Hall. Its main focus is to explain the Servlet specification 2.3 and JSP 1.2. This includes coverage of Filters, portable web security and new tag library capabilities. The first chapter describes how to setup the popular Servlet/JSP engines. The next two chapters cover an introduction to Servlets and JSP.
Chapters 4 and 5 explain how to deploy and web.xml. This also includes your first main taste of filters in this book.
Later chapters explain web application security (configuration and programming based), filters (examples include logging), application events framework (such as listening to changes made to session attributes) and loads about the new JSP 1.2 tag library improvements. This book is totally focused on Servlets and JSP, so don't expect anything on EJB, UML or J2EE design patterns. What we really like about this book is that it is packed full of useful source code snippets and handy configuration settings. Even if you don't use one of the servlet/JSP engines mentioned you will find many useful topics. Another good book about Servlets and JSP, which should be on your bookshelf.
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Summary: A must-have Servlet/JSP book
Review: This book is really outstanding and concentrates on the main areas that could keep you bogged down for weeks such as configuration/deployment Many advanced topics are delt with in a very illustrative manner and I specially love the chapters on security and taglibs. Very good stuff. The sample applications represented are very useful and I have tested them across multiple web application servers in addition to the 3 0r 4 servers mentioned. all-in-all, a great book illuminating even the more complicated areas of Servlet and JSP programming.
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Summary: Well Written but Lacks Databases
Review: This book is well organized and well written but lacks some useful important stuff. For example, there is no discussion of JDBC and how to work with databases. Well, the author made a reference to a chapter in his previous book Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages, but it means you have to buy 2 books. The thing is Core Servlets and JSP discussed obsolete technologies (Servlet 2.2, instead of 2.3). I think rather than buying 2 books, you'd be better off looking somewhere else.
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Summary: Great for the IBM 484 Exam!
Review: This book was a big help for me in passing IBM's exams that deal with the J2EE. Good breadth and depth in many of the categories on the exam and Marty puts things in a clear manner so you pick up the concepts quickly. Very well laid out. I'd also mention this book is way more than just servlets/jsp's, it also has a ton of stuff on really understanding the deployment of J2EE webapps and how to really get the most out of your web.xml. It also has good coverage of j2ee security and JSTL. Hope this helps others decide.
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