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Summary: Caveat Emptor
Review: 1) The included weblogic software has expired . The downloadable replacement is for NT only. 2) The promised on-line supplement to the book contains a 3-line apology from the author. 3)Several patches are needed. Most of the examples in the book will not compile.
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Summary: This is the best EJB book I've read so far...
Review: And I've read three. Unlike the critics who gave this book one or two stars, I had no problems understanding Mr. Valesky's code and applying them to my applications. While I admit I had problems compiling and running EJB code at first, they had more to do with learning the EJB environment for the first time. I also really liked the book's fast paced nature and its conciseness. For example, the Monson-Haefel book goes through six pages and five diagrams to explain the four transaction isolation levels. A little too much, really. Meanwhile, Valesky sums it up in half a page with a clearer explanation. The readers who gave this book a one or two remind me of the same ones who excoriated Horstman & Cornell's Core Java book. That is, this book is probably too tough for them or they're too inexperienced with J2EE or Java to appreciate the quality of this book. While I generally prefer O'Reilly books and am eagerly looking forward to their Enterprise Java in a Nutshell, I decided to NOT buy Monson-Haefel's book because while it was heavy on theory, it was extremely light on the code examples. In fact, while the code was simple (too simple to use), I would hardly call it scalable or best-practices. And real lightweights should check out Jubin's book, which is light on content and code. I don't recommend Valesky's book for everyone. But if you want concise information delivered with 'industrial strength' code, buy this book. Hell, the free WebLogic on the CD-ROM is reason enough.
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Summary: Easy to Read Intro for Developers Looking to Use EJBs
Review: Drawing from his years of experience in writing and deploying enterprise applications, Tom Valesky provides developers with a roadmap to the issues they face in getting started in developing EJB components. Written from the perspective of a working software developer Tom Valesky provides software developers with an understanding of Enterprise JavaBeans through real examples, enabling readers to start developing enterprise JavaBeans immediately. He covers related technologies as they pertain to EJB notably RMI, JDBC, CORBA, and JNDI. This book presents a sequence of easy to follow discussions, with complete code examples, troubleshooting techniques, and application design guidelines. Tom provides a step by step introduction that is well organized, informative, and easy to read.
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Summary: A tutorial on EJB, written for developers
Review: From the very beginning of this project, I followed two key goals. First, I wanted to write a book that a developer can read in a week's time and gain enough background to begin developing Enterprise JavaBeans applications. Second, I wanted to build a set of non-trivial examples that exercised many of the features of EJB -- and I wanted to thoroughly explain the examples, without skipping any steps. When I'm not writing, I'm a developer of MIS applications. I tried to include all the info that I'd need to get going with EJB. This is the book that I wished I'd had when I started working with EJB. I hope you enjoy it and find it useful
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Summary: Intermediate level EJB book.
Review: I bought Mr. Valesky book after O'reilly EJB book and I can't compare both because Mr. Valesky book should be considered a beginner's to intermediate level book while O'reilly is definitely a good introduction to EJB. Mr.Valesky book goes way beyond with more serious examples and the book comes with Weblogic ... it's a must !
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Summary: There are much better books in the Market
Review: I bought this book bcos it was the official text for a course i was supposed to attend. But i am a bit dissapointed. Lack details when compared to O'Reilly's book. Its expensive than O'Reilly's but contains very less content . Doesnt talk about the new DD's ( XML based ) and the samples are trivial . If you are a seroius EJB developer look for O'Reilly's book or even Ed Romans Mastering EJB will be a good bet.
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Summary: Not recommended
Review: I bought this book when it was first available, because I urgently needed a book to learn EJB. It turned out that this book taught me much less than I learned from the EJB Spec itself, which is more clear, logical and rigorous. As a first book in this new technology, it is acceptable, but today I think there're definitely better choices.
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Summary: excellent
Review: I finished this book in two days. Most of my "?" about EJB and JTA during last month were answered.
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Summary: Good basic book
Review: I thought it was a good book, but it was a nightmare trying to run the sample code.
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Summary: A very good introduction to EJB
Review: I'd recommend this book to everybody interested in EJB development. It's a very good introduction to the subject and allows to jump into EJB world quickly.
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