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Summary: This book will make you an O'Reilly fanatic!
Review: This book is tremendously well written. I have spent the past year reading lots of java books and I can honestly say that this is one of the best. Every chapter teaches you new, useful concepts and it doesn't 'clutter' the pages with too many useless examples. A definite 5 stars from me.
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Summary: Great Breakthrough Performance
Review: The technical reviews and ratings since this book has been out are immense. William Crawford does an excelent job for his first book and will undoubtably make a dazzling second performance in his upcoming "Java Enterprise in a Nutshell a Desktop Quick Reference" along with Jim Farley and Kris Magnusson.
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Summary: This book has been bedy bedy good to me!
Review: You can't go wrong... I have used this book both as a reference and as a verification of the processes I used to create servlets, before any servlet books where published..
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Summary: Excellent material presentation, usable as a reference
Review: I found the book very readable. The technology was presented clearly and the examples were quite straightforward. As a novice to the art of servlet writing, I expect that this book will be sufficient for me and my team to do some industrial strength applications using servlet technology.
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Summary: A very pragmatic book on Servlets
Review: This book is a super book to read after O'Reilly's "Exploring Java". As a new Java programmer, I'm very pleased that I could get up and running with Java Servlet's so fast. Add in George Reese's "Database Programming with JDBC and Java", and you can write some pretty cool database servlets.
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Summary: Perfect for those who need to know
Review: This is a fantastic book. I would recommend it to anyone who needs to understand the tools and techniques availalbe for building large scalable Web applications.
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Summary: A title worthy of being a post graduate course textbook
Review: This book reads like the FAQ of Java Servlet Programming. The many questions that dot the server-side Java programming newsgroups and interest aliases can all be answered by the pages of this book. The book targets developers that are comfortable with Java but want to learn about the issues related to Web development. It targets the developer that does not have an extensive experience with Web programming, HTTP, or HTML. It delivers right on target. Its 13 chapters and 5 appendices are the perfect combination of information; making this book valuable as both a tutorial and a reference. Touching on all the important aspects of Java Web development, the many unabridged sample code examples demonstrate the essentials of implementation and are appropriate for the seasoned Java developer. The author's writing style maintains focus on the book's target audience. The book does not handhold readers through fragments of source code interspersed with comments that add little value and replicate the source listing multiple times to produce a bloated manual. Do not let this book's relatively compact size mislead you; this manual is densely packed with essential information! The book goes beyond enumerating the APIs and their attributes. It covers issues that Web developers will encounter in their development efforts. The Internet resources listed in the book provide readers with access to the latest updates in the rapidly changing environment of Web development. The book does not favor a particular servlet engine making its content broadly applicable to the many Web environments that developers may be exposed to. The author succeeds in highlighting the (sometimes subtle) benefits of servlet programming over the use of conventional CGI scripting. The author's sense of humour permeates his writing, as it does his newsgroup and mailing list posts, and keeps (what could potentially be) a dry subject interesting. Jason Hunter's contribution to Web development extends well beyond his book. The author's well structured and succinct writing style can be read in his many on-line contributions, from his JavaWorld articles to his inception of his web site. He is an invaluable contributor to the on-line resources of the Internet. In print, Jason's work stands up to the demanding standards of O'Reilly publications. Every Web developer should have this book. I recommend this book 'summa cum laude'. <legal>
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Summary: Looking for a good book on servlet development? This is it.
Review: Well thought out,enjoyable and informative, this book has prompted me to write my first amazon review. This book delves into many aspects of servlet development including session management,Java Server Pages,Database connectivity ,servlet chaining etc etc. Definitely aimed at those developers who want more than a rehashed Sun tutorial and 200 pages of API docs, this book has lots of goodies shared by the author. Truly one of the best Java books and worth both the wait and the price.
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Summary: Excellent information
Review: Even if you think you know servlets, get this book! Jason does an excellent job of presenting real-world examples and explaining the rationale behind every method call. This is *not* some hack job where they spread out the javadoc version of the API over 200 pages -- this is a must-have book for any servlet developer (which should be you!). I have no reservations recommending this book.
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Summary: No cute O'Reilly animal on the cover!
Review: ...but thats about the only criticism I can make of this book. The coverage is excellent. The examples are realistic. This is definitely a must have for any Servlet developer or a CGI programmer who is curious about what Servlets can do for them.
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