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Summary: A Practical and In-depth Book
Review: This is an excellent book that gets both the depth and practical aspects server side programming. Only thing is that I have problem running the Chat application on Ch10. Tomcat does not seem to be able to find the servlets the applet clients are supposed to....
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Summary: The 2d Edition Answers All the Questions...
Review: that have been plaguing the online servlet interest group for months. In addition to covering all the topics of the first session, Jason (Will Crawford did not contribute to this edition) brings the content nearly up-to-date with all the dizzying array of developments in the servlet API, Tomcat , and the Web Applications Framework that have taken place since publication of the first edition (October 1998).In particular, he illuminates the dark recesses of XML deployment descriptors, Tomcat 3.2, J2EE, the Tea and WebMacro frameworks WAP, XMLC and the changes from JSDK 1.0 to 2.2. Every topic is accompanied by working code snippets and often the code builds on itself so the would-be servlet programmer can participate in the development of complex applications from simple beginnings. I say "nearly up-to-date" because Tomcat 4.0 beta, incorporating JSDK 2.3 has been released, but to Jason's credit, he devotes an entire chapter on 2.3! This is about as current as hardcopy gets these days! My copy of the first edition is falling apart from constant use as a reference and already my copy of the 2d Edition is showing signs of wear. I could not recommend this book highly enough. If more people bought and read it, my email from the servlet interest group would no doubt decrease by an order of magnitiude! April 25, 2001
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Summary: Good book with real examples!
Review: I got this book so I could learn Servlets quickly for a new project. It's a good one. The examples are short, but to the point and very useful. I've actually found myself reusing parts of them. The chapter on JDBC is excellent too.
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Summary: servlets inside out...
Review: Best book ever on servlets, cover almost every thing you need to know about Servlet. A MUST...
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Summary: The only book on servlet you will ever need..
Review: This book has almost everything you will ever need to know about servlets. On top of that its been written in a very systematic and simple way making it fun to read. A must buy for a serious developer and a good book to start learning about server side Java.
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Summary: Good start but not the whole picture
Review: This book taught me servlet programming. It's a very good book, however if you need to design a Web site, this is not enough. Information on sessions, requests and responses is good. The section on HTML generation can be ignored; if you insist on building an HTML tree one node at a time, just use an XML parser with HTML tags and attributes! To design a complete Web site, this book is outdated. Servlets are an important part of the model-view-controller (MVC) architecture. You also want to look at either the JSP/JavaBean or servlet/XML/XSLT architecture. Therefore I recommend this book, plus _Web Development with Java Server Pages_ by Duane and Kolb, _Java and XML_ by McLaughlin and Loukides, and _XSLT Programmer's Reference_ by Michael Kay.
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Summary: Very helpful for first-time servlet programmer
Review: I bought this book because I had just finished reading the Java Black Book and hated it. This was a much more serious and insightful presentation of servlet programming; just what I wanted. The examples are useful, and I was able to build a 100% Java e-commerce Web site using this book alone. The JDBC and session tracking chapters were invaluable.
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Summary: Good to have on the shelf
Review: Marty Hall's book is noticeably more useful and fun. Hunter belabors obscure topics like Virtual Path.
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Summary: Servlet Beginners
Review: Hello Friends, This is a very nice and simple book for servlet beginners. Actually with out knowing any server technologies, I read this book. But I feel this is a good book to begin servlets and anybody can reach upto intermediate level. For advanced user, this is not that worth. A good book from O'Relly People.
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Summary: Pay attention people
Review: This (the 2nd edition) DOES cover 2.2. If your going to complain about a book not covering a specific API version, PLEASE refer to the correct edition of the book.
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