Rating:  Summary: By far the best book on servlets I've seen. Review: This book is a great introduction to servlet programming. The book has a lot more information than any of the other servlet books. It really gave me great insight on how to write servlets. I highly recommend this book!
Rating:  Summary: Great intro book, medium reference Review: This book is great if you want to start developing servlets. It explains all the basic concepts, methods and interfaces. The advanced section is a good introduction in more complicated techniques as database access, thread safety, cookies...You can use it as (a very basic) reference book too, but there are books that better suite this need. Anyway, it doesn't pretend to be a servlet developer's reference.
Rating:  Summary: First-rate! Review: This book is just what a technical book should be. The exposition is clear and comprehensive; the layout-typesetting is very easy on the eyes; and the author has a pleasant though no nonsense style that makes this a pleasure to work with. The book provides good background material for the different topics it covers, without spoon feeding or "dumbing down." It goes on to cover advanced topics -- threads, JDBC, JSP -- decently. It doesn't try to be the "be all to end all" regarding these topics, but instead gives the reader a very solid introduction, and enough code to accomplish something worthwhile. I have this book, and the book from O'Reilly; and though I would recommend both, if I had to choose one, this book would win -- no contest!
Rating:  Summary: The Definititve Starting Point Review: This book is perfect for those new to writing servlets. Callaway introduces the reader to the basics of web development (this was really helpful) and then servlets. His writing style is clear and readable. I read this book in about 2 days. I really don't understand the review by a customer that says most of the book lists the servlet API. He's wrong. Most of this book is good solid info any beginner needs when learning to write servlets. I highly recommend this book.
Rating:  Summary: Great book, although some of the other reviews are suspect. Review: This book offers a very lucid introduction to servlets and I would recommend it highly to those new to server-side Java. I question, however, reviewers that claim to have been working with Java for 10 years (Claudio Del Tufo, DTC) since Java has not even been around that long...?!
Rating:  Summary: Great Introduction to Servlets and Web Development Review: This book provides a great introduction to not only servlets but also to web development in general. Excellent for client-server programmers and others that may be new to developing applications for the web.
The only drawback I noticed was that two chapters contained some errors about the location of files in JSDK 2.1. Apparently the book was published before the final version of JSDK 2.1 was available. Fortunately, the author provides corrections for JSDK 2.1 at: http://www.sourcestream.com/updates.html
Rating:  Summary: Practical Uses of Servlets from southpoint.com Review: This book provides useful steps to adding servlets to your toolkit to enhance your website. It explains clearly the benefits, and the advantages over CGI. A good book for the beginner to advanced webmaster.
Rating:  Summary: Servlet Programming Review: This book will help you understand not only Servlets but also JSP and many other related topics that you need to know when building web pages using Java. As you will learn soon, a typical Java web application consists of 3 major components: Servlet, JSP, and JavaBean. You will need to master all 3 of them, and this book will help you learn the most important component of the 3: The Servlet. 10 stars to the author!
Rating:  Summary: Great introduction Review: This books is a great, step-by-step introduction to servlets. The author's style is clear and easy to read. It also features a nice general introduction to the www technologies associated to server side programming (like http etc.) at the beginning. The problem is that the current title is misleading because it doesn't warn you that it's only a beginner's guide...
Rating:  Summary: Perfect Introduction to Servlets Review: This clear and concise book gave a solid foundation of http basics which helped me get "inside servlets". The example pieces of code showed the power and real-world application of servlets. Initial set-up is discussed by illustrating the use of several different servlet engines and follows through to code debugging. This book is not only a great introduction but also serves as an excellent reference guide. I would recommend it to anyone starting servlet development.
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