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Summary: Widely publicised book
Review: I found this book to be widely publicised using discussion groups and emails. They also went to the extend that every recruiter purchased this book and asked questions in recuitment interviews based on this book! I think that was a novel, albeit cheap way of marketing a technical book.I bought this book about two weeks back and was trying to make sense out of it till now. This book does not live upto the standards that's expected of such famed authors. Maybe it's a bit too early to come out with an architecture book on java web services when even Sun Microsystems are in double mind about the success of Web Services as such. there are many silly mistakes in this book. Also some incomplete info. i dont recomment this book in its present edition.
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Summary: Controversy
Review: This book has a lot of reviews of differing opinion, so I figured I would throw mines into the game. I agree with the reviewers who said the price of the book is too high, formatting of code is horrendous and the CD is junk. In reality, none of this really matters. If you are interested in learning, then price shouldn't matter. What is important is whether the words written are of any value. In this book, they are good. I commend the authors for challenging the minds of architects and ... alike on emerging topics. This book has flaws. I attempted to find a flawless book on Web Services and could never find one. I guess I have to settle for the best book on the market instead and this is the one.
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Summary: Here's a dollar, go buy a clue!
Review: This is a book that you will either love or hate primarily depending on your background. The reviews of this book indicate that there are a lot of really stupid people out there with absolutely no intelligence. Any bozo would see the title contains the word architecture. This book is not for developers. You will be disappointed in this book if you havent already read classics such as Pattern Oriented Software Architecture, Design Patterns, Business Component Factory then you would be better of purchasing the "Web Services for Dummies" book. This book fulfills what it promises, no more no less.
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Summary: Both fundamentals and advanced concepts
Review: I heard from a friend at Tata that several people bought this book and liked it. I also saw it mentioned in several groups. It is a practical book which starts with grounding fundamentals. Readers should walk away with a core understanding of web services and not just a particular tool set for working with them. The authors illustrate how they are used, and given practical and even handed reasons why their approach should be preferred.
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Summary: Should be titled: How to Encourage Poor Programming
Review: The author points out that programmers will often leave the specifications behind after the first month and go off in a different direction ... and he says this is *a good thing!* He encourages programmers and their managers to ignore documentation, as it just slows down the inherently creative programming process. If an author want to guarantee a positive response, there are few better ways than telling people their own laziest, worst instincts are actually the preferred model. Some of his points are so wildly off-base that it isn't worth the time to decide if the rest of what he says is worthwhile.
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Summary: Skeptical at first?
Review: I first learned of this book from a Yahoo Groups posting where it was mentioned that large corporations have purchased it. I used this book for my CS527 class to help me with class project developing web services application for mock portfolio and it is pretty good.
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Summary: Same boring Web Services Book
Review: I purchased few books this year on Web services and the frustrating thing about the latest ones is that
they all seem to be talking about the same topics, this one
is no different. I was mislead by all these raving reviews!
There are certain parts of this book
that you could find in a standard J2EE book (lots available online for free), other sections such as JWS Pack apis are a waste of paper in my opinion (look at the tutorial, they did a good job!). This technology has changed so much over the last year and there are still books that cover JAX-RPC & JAXM enough already! Out of the whole book, there is only a handful of good chapters that I may benefit from, or ... maybe not.
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Summary: Good book for those new to Web Services
Review: As a title, Java Web Services Architecture hits the nail on the head. Within the book's pages, the authors succeed in clarifying the tedious technical arcana surrounding the architecture of service-oriented distributed computing. They manage to frame this in a context that's meaningful, even inspirational, to IT developers and tech-savvy business strategists. One of the more positive aspects of this book is the authors understand that web services can be written in languages other than English. The outsourcing company that is in the process of stealing my job uses this book extensively. Oh well, I will have something to read while on the unemployment line.
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Summary: Good Certification Book
Review: I used this book as one of the many for studying for the Sun architect's exam and passed with flying colours. Although, this was not the book's intent, it did help me immensely in my goal. It may help you too.
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Summary: Recommended reading at CSC
Review: I had the privelege of working with one of the authors several years ago. When I learned he was an author, I immediately purchased his book and was not disappointed. He and his fellow authors did a wonderful job of making web services simple to understand. This book is by far the most complete book on web services to date. It has the most detailed security chapter and a great overview on service oriented architectures. This book will be a amazon bestseller for a long time to come. I have asked several candidates that interview with my employer if they have read this book. I recommend to all candidates that they go out and buy it immediately.
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