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Summary: too boring
Review: Firstly, this book is obsolete. It doesn't even cover Servlet 2.2. Next thing, I don't understand why it contains JDBC and RMI. There are a lot of other books which cover these API match better. It was boring to read this book And I think this book is unuseful in any sense.
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Summary: Great servlet book, even if somewhat dated.
Review: This is one of the best books for learning Java Servlets. Itprovides the reader with clear examples and throughout explanations ofthe Servlet API v2.0. The topics discussed in this book reflectsituations that might surface in the real world.
The only problemthat arises with this book is that the Servlet API is now in version2.2 with version 2.3 really close to being available to the public.Therefore some of the methods and/or classes presented here aredeprecated and were replaced or eliminated in the latter versions. Anexample of this is class javax.servlet.http.HttpSessionContext
Iread at the author's site...that he's releasing a new edition soonwith updated information.
I throughly recommend this book even ifyou are using a newer version of the API, since the core servlettechnology hasn't changed much. If you want to learn servlets justfor acquiring the knowledge, you might want to wait for the secondedition. Otherwise get this book to get on the fast track into thisexciting technology.
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Summary: Broad based content - good introduction + reference book
Review: I read this after programming pure Java on the business logic layer for half a year, and had the need to learn EJB and Servlets because I'm evaluating app server like Weblogic. I found the materials in this book very appropriate in terms of the details and depth. However it doens't indulge into particular Java language details so it's good for anyone who wanna know more about how this technology behind many production web sites' middle tier workflow logic works.Pros: - The first five chapters have very detailed introduction to the Servlet basics: again, great for beginners. - It then goes into a broad-based perspective to mention how to do various interesting stuff with servlets. I particularly like Chapters 7,8,9,11,13 - Session Tracking, Security and Database Connectivity, Interservlet Communication and other miscelleaneous stuff such as how to do Regular Expression. - I like the examples where probably half of them are actually useful utilities which you can use to faciliate your own applications Cons: - Published back in 1998, the book works with Java Servlet API 2.0 which is now outdated. I tried to use the getServlet() call mentioned in the discussion of Servlet Reuse. It's not working since version 2.1. And the session tracking API also give deprecated warnings. The book is probably due for a second edition but for the time being it's still a good starter if you use it together with Sun's Java website or Weblogic's Servlet examples.
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Summary: Excellent Book
Review: This is an excellent book on java servlet programming for the beginners. Some examples in the connection pooling area need improvement. Thanks to the author for writing such an excellent book. It is time for an updated or new book by the author (both on servlets and jsp).
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Summary: Must have for a beginner
Review: This is the nicest book I could get on Servlets programming. I was able to successfully finish my first project on Servlets because of this book. In fact, it helped me finish my project on schedule in 3-months. Example code is good enough to do most tasks.
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Summary: Like most O'Reilly books .... excellent
Review: O'Reilly is the only publisher I know where I would buy the book based purely on the credibility of the publisher. I've read quite a few of the O'Reilly books, and like their other books, this one is excellent. I'd imagine the book would appeal to a wide variety of java servlet programmers ranging from novice to experienced. For novices, the book starts at square one and proceeds with simple examples and explanations. For the more experienced java servlet programmer, the books makes a wonderful reference why you ask yourself the inevitable question "How do I do that?"
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Summary: A very good book on Servlets
Review: The author has covered what is needed in a very lucid and simple manner. I feel the first chapter is a little bit shorter to make a beginner understand the scope of a servlet. I recommend Sun's tutorial to initially set up the environment to run your first servlet.Also an extra chapter on web servers would have saved a lot of time and money for me. The chapters on Servlet life cycle and HTTP basics are excellent.I recommend this book to any body who is trying to get their hands on Servlets.
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Summary: Good but outdated
Review: This is a good book to learn servlets , however a little outdated , this book is using servlets 2.0 and the latest version is 2.2,so to keep yourself updated either use the Sun tutorials with this book as a companion or any other book which uses the latest version of servlets.
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Summary: Best at the moment
Review: What this book does have is a good reference, and a great deal of cookbook examples. However, what it lacks are good explanations to go with the examples. This means that the reader should have some idea about the steps taken in the code, and the reasoning behind the lines. Hopefully the next edition will take a page from W. Richard Stevens' books and have very good and logical explanations. So, for the novice, I suggest this book for its good reference. You could also get a good idea of servlets from Java Enterprise in a Nutshell. Java Enterprise is more lucid, but has other areas to cover, so it is more a quick ref. For others, well, there is no real alternative that I know of, except the online JavaDocs [...] could be a good alternative. Though I haven't read it, the Sun books tend to be high-quality. [...] I thought this would be a helpful book for people to use.
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Summary: Good Book
Review: I would recommend it to anyone doing Java Servlet Programming.
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