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Summary: worth your bucks if you really want to do servlet programmin
Review: This is a good book focused on HOW TO USE servlet. You can expect much more if compared with Sun's tutorials. Suggest buy especially you are new to servlet but already know Java. If you do not know java and want to learn servlet, you might need to learn java first.
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Summary: Excellent coverage of Servlet programming
Review: Jason Hunter has an excellent writing style that really helped me understand what servlets are and how they work. The information is presented in a way that I can work with for developing solutions quickly. I especially like the say Jason Hunter de-mystifies this particular Web technology. Great job! Hope to see another way on EJB or XML soon!!
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Summary: Useful and practical - code and text that exceed expectation
Review: "The Bible for Java Servlet Programmers!" Well, OK, as with all books about evolving technologies, this one will have a limited lifetime in your collection, but I'm sure Mr. Hunter is continuing his research with servlets as the API evolves, and a volume II will be a welcome addition to any collection.You can use this book right now to put together an awesome web site using Java servlets. The book is definitely for the intermediate to expert Java programmer who sees the strength of Java on the server-side. If what you've heard about servlets sparks your interest, "Java Servlet Programming" will fulfill those sparks with excellent coverage of the topic. It reads like a chapterized coverage of servlets, and easily evolves into a reference manual. You don't find many technical books that serve as a good read AND a good reference. And you certainly won't find one that does this covering servlets, other than "Java Servlet Programming" by Jason Hunter. Within 50 pages, you will apply Java Server Pages with JavaBeans and solidify your understanding of the HTTP protocol, a foundation of servlet technology. By page 100, you will never pay for a web page hit counter again, as you find out how a hit counter is easily done with servlets. You will also find out the real advantages of servlets over existing server-side technologies like CGI. Chapter 13 (oddly enough), is a toolbox of servlet odds-and-ends that every servlet programmer can use now. As a servlet developer who is used to being able to act also as a web server administrator at work, I wanted to learn how to use servlets when I don't have complete control over the actual server machine, in an ISP situation, for play. This book got me there! Java servlet programming is subject to Web server implementations just like Java applet programming is subject to browser implementations. The text addresses this very well, unlike other Java books that may assume that things will work the same on all platforms, and don't even take the time to consider these real issues. I have been a Java programmer for a little over a year, and have come up to speed very fast with the aid of books like "Java Servlet Programming." Servlets are for experienced server-side programmers, so learn Java first, then play with applets for awhile before considering the power of server-side Java. Then pick up Java Servlet Programming and launch into the fastest, most stable, most flexible and useful Java implementation yet - Java servlets!
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Summary: I don't care what anyone says 5 stars, no doubt!
Review: I am just as surprised as another reviewer that this book gets such a wide range of stars. I read the book description and after reading the book I felt that it covered every topic that it said it was going to cover, and covered them well. Not only was the book alone great, in fact it is the only java book that I even use at work, the author(Jason Hunter) is a pretty cool guy himself. I don't knkow him personally, be he responds to emails promptly and even answered questions of mine that the book didn't cover. How do you like dem' apples. I do agree with others in saying that this isn't a beginner's book, it is intermediate to say the least. Keep that in mind before purchasing it, but all in all, I think it is a good buy...scratch that...great buy.
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Summary: System.out.println("This book is poorly written!");
Review: The code that follows sums up my grief pretty well. try
{
to compile examples after chapter 3
}
catch(DoesNotCompileException dnce)
{
System.out.println("Crap! Always get stuck here!");
}
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Summary: doesn't amazon read the reviews?
Review: I bought this book after reading the reviews here on amazon. Although it is an okay book on servlets, the reviews here are a bit overdone, and I was let down after finding problems early on in the examples. The price is right (although you can get it cheaper on fatbrain.com) for the quality of the content, as a lot of the stuff can be taken from Sun's servlet mailing list or the FAQ and servlet documentation. I would have given more stars if I hadn't felt so let down.
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Summary: Great for Intermidiate's
Review: It's amazing how this book could get a range of five stars from some people and also get one star from others. What I found is that you do need to get a beginners book on java first and understand the basic concepts before understanding this book. If you are learning java for first time, get a beginners book. period. Once you are comfortable, then read this book. This book is excellent on servlet programming for intermidiates. But it doesn't go far enough for advance programming. For that you'll need to find a more advance book (which I haven't found any yet) or go on your own. It's 100 times better than Karl Moss servlet book.
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Summary: print this on softer paper
Review: read the one-line summar
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Summary: Not as great as everyone says!
Review: When I came online to submit a review for this book I was surprised to see so many good reviews! This book didn't give me any more knowledge than the online API notes has to offer. I could get some of the servlets to run, however, most of them didn't work at all! After Chapter 3 things start to go crazy! I'm turned off. Anyone know of a better book?
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Summary: The Essential Servlet Book
Review: Certainly not for the beginning Java programmer, this book assumes intermediate Java experience. It covers all the important Servlet issues from large to small in thorough detail. A great addition to my library, and a worthy addition to O'Reilly's offerings.
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