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Summary: Weekend "Crash and Burn" Course
Review: By far, the worst book I've EVER purchased. The editors must have been blind to miss the mistakes that were made in both the screen shots, the code, and the text. The mistakes make it extremely difficult for the novince JSP programmer to learn, correct, and debug while simultaneously absorbing the information. Well, I guarantee that you'll spend more than 15 hours trying to figure out what in the world they're trying to demonstrate! I'm going to stick to WROX, O'reilly, and Sun from now on...
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Summary: To Jamaca Plain MA
Review: Don't buy it. Get a book from wrox or sun.
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Summary: great book badly put together
Review: I know that this book is badly put together. Misplaced screenshots, wrong code, etc. The cd has the good working code. I won't blame the authors but the publisher for the sloppy job. The examples themselves are very good. Explanation is clear. As far as the 15 hours. 21 days, 24 hours, and all other such claims that we see printed on books are just nonsense. Everyone learns at their own pace and you can't speed up the pace.Would I recommend someone to buy this book. No. I would recommend you to borrow it from a library for 3 weeks.
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Summary: great book badly put together
Review: I'm halfway through this book, and I doubt I'm going to make it to the end. If I hadn't used JSP in the past (I was hoping for a refresher course), I would have been irretrievably lost by the second chapter. Not only are there errors in almost every code sample so far, but the paragraphs surrounding and pertaining to the code often don't match up with it, and even worse, much of the code on the CD-ROM doesn't match up with either. I've spent most of my time attempting to correct the authors' mistakes, just to get the examples to work. Obviously rushed into print without having been proofread, in the hopes of snaring readers who didn't feel like paying double for a REAL reference volume.
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Summary: ... Not Worth the Paper It's Printed On
Review: I'm halfway through this book, and I doubt I'm going to make it to the end. If I hadn't used JSP in the past (I was hoping for a refresher course), I would have been irretrievably lost by the second chapter. Not only are there errors in almost every code sample so far, but the paragraphs surrounding and pertaining to the code often don't match up with it, and even worse, much of the code on the CD-ROM doesn't match up with either. I've spent most of my time attempting to correct the authors' mistakes, just to get the examples to work. Obviously rushed into print without having been proofread, in the hopes of snaring readers who didn't feel like paying double for a REAL reference volume.
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Summary: Not bad, for the money
Review: In general, I liked the book, and it's definitely worth it if you don't know much about JSP (which I didn't!). Some of the chapters on HTML and Homesite were overkill, but the rest was helpful. The chapter on the shopping cart was the best, by far. All in all, buy the book if your a beginner, but if you want a JSP reference book, try another one.
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Summary: Not bad, for the money
Review: In general, I liked the book, and it's definitely worth it if you don't know much about JSP (which I didn't!). Some of the chapters on HTML and Homesite were overkill, but the rest was helpful. The chapter on the shopping cart was the best, by far. All in all, buy the book if your a beginner, but if you want a JSP reference book, try another one.
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Summary: Surprisingly good!
Review: The book is well worth it, if you can overlook the many incorrect screen captures. I didn't find mistakes in the code, though, so I'm happy. It certainly will get you up to speed quickly on jsp, so it succeeds. The first chapter is a rough read, but it gets better. It's evident the authors know what they're doing because they present good stuff in a concise manner. There's not a lot of lard in this book. It's the best of the series so far.
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Summary: OK but many typos and wrong screen captures.
Review: The book was helpful in giving an overall flow of how to use JSP to get the big picture. The typos were distracting and the wrong screen captures and references to wrong file names made it hard to follow examples. Didn't anyone proof this book? It is a bit out of date and I would not have bought it if I knew this. However, it did have redeeming points.
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Summary: Excellent Value - Lives Up To Its Title Too
Review: This book fitted my needs perfectly. I know a little Java - but not a lot, and am comfortable with HTML. But I've been struggling to understand Java Server Pages. I bought a copy of Marty Hall's Core Servlets and Java Server Pages some months ago, but whenever I picked it up ... JSP suddenly seemed one of those things I'd have to put in the too-hard basket. I came across JSP Weekend Crash Course in my local bookstore, by accident. They don't have many computer books, but at about half the usual price for computer books, this one seemed worth a punt. And so it's proved. It's not intended to be a JSP reference book: what it does do is give very practical advice on how to get up and running with JSP's. I may not have got through it in a weekend (hey, I have a life other than computers!). But I'm sure that if I'd been prepared to lock myself away for that period, I could have got through it in such a time. As it is, I like the way they've broken the book into manageable segments. For me, it's been ideal.
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