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Summary: J2EE, The Complete Reference Really Tells All
Review: I was scanning the Web the other night and looking for a book that shows how to build web services application using J2EE when I stumbled upon Keogh's book. This is exactly what I was after. This book is a well-written, old-style tome in the tradition of the programming classics, and it belongs in your library.
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Summary: An easy way to learn J2EE and Web Services programming
Review: I'm very impressed by the quality of this book. The book emphasizes the delicate balance, between engineering quality and brute performance, which a programmer must strive for. It gives lots of excellent advices along heavily commented code parts and detailed explanations.
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Summary: Great Guide
Review: If you are looking for building a good foundation in J2EE/Web Services, this book is the best choice to start with. It provides simple, clear and precise explanation for all concepts you need to know to develop industrial quality web services applications using J2EE. This is one of the Best books I've read for learning to build a web services application using J2EE.
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Summary: A bible for J2EE Web Services
Review: J2EE developers should read it cover-to-cover, then keep it within reach at all times. The author cuts to the chase and gets down to business quickly. This is BY FAR the best book out there on J2EE Web Services.
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Summary: Destined to become a classic
Review: J2EE, The Complete Reference guides you through the fundamentals and the advanced aspects of J2EE and Web Services. He doesn't just teach how to write J2EE and Web Services code, he teaches how to think and program in J2EE and Web Services. This is a highly recommended text and is designed for those familiar with J2SE. He covers coverage J2EE technology such as JDBC, EJB, and JSP and similar in depth coverage of web services. He includes details on XML and XML databases. He also covers passing/returning objects and running multiple concurrent subtasks. This is an integrated teaching and learning methodology that emphasizes, first and foremost, the reduction of complex code through the use of easy to understand code components that can be assembled into a working J2EE Web services application.
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Summary: This is a disappointing book. Avoid it !
Review: Just can't understand why the rating of this book is so high. It is really a "0 stars" book. A lot of pages of this book just yellow pages of JAVA API listings. All the topics about EJB, JMS, JNDI are abstract and didn't touch the depth.
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Summary: Verbose and comprehensive
Review: Keogh has such a smooth, natural style of writing that it makes reading what he writes a pleasure. I have all the best computer books, but few compare with this one. The book is concise, yet exhaustive - something you just don't see anymore. I've looked for a book like this for a long time and now finally I've found it.
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Summary: an Overview of J2EE API reference
Review: Mostly of the pages of the book are API Reference. The first half of the book didn't teach you any J2EE core thing, it just provide basic material such as SQL and HTML etc. I think most of the people already know that when buying book for enterpise system. The other half of the book is just an overview of J2EE. You must not be able to write J2EE applicaton or even understand J2EE after reading the book.
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Summary: Not so sure
Review: No doubt this book provides a valuable reference, on most (not all) of J2EE APIs.However, there isn't ONE example on the whole book about assembling and effectively running a J2EE app. "Deploytool" isn't even mentioned. The other thing I find is that the book wastes valuable pages on prerequisite technolgies as JDBC (already in J2SE), SQL, HTML, XML and so on. Maybe that's OK because of the "REFERENCE" tag, but potential buyers, know this is no tutorial nor definitive text on the platform.
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Summary: Right technical depth, right text length
Review: Programmers buy books to learn how to do things. And that's the thing about this book, it delivers here, too -- big time. Highly recommended -- my first 5 star review ever. This book seems thorough enough that it's almost like taking a class.
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