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Summary: Interesting
Review: Chapters flows very quickly, and the authors gives you the basics to understand concepts behind the scenes.Obviously it's a prerequisite to know Java as well as a CGI and Web Administration notions. Interesting and clear explanation.
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Summary: A wealth of technical knowledge
Review: For those who enjoy pouring through page after page of text that is more code than not, this is an excellent book for you. The technical knowledge of the book on Java server technology is perhaps one of the most comprehensive that I have seen in a single volume. However, it is often tedious or frustrating to try and extract that knowledge and assimilate it. There is little in the way of plain language explanations, especially in the chapter where the servlet api is exhaustively detailed. If you've read other books on the subject and are looking to expand your knowledge in the area, this is a book to own. If you are just getting into the arena of Java server programming, you may want to consider looking elsehwere.
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Summary: A wealth of technical knowledge
Review: For those who enjoy pouring through page after page of text that is more code than not, this is an excellent book for you. The technical knowledge of the book on Java server technology is perhaps one of the most comprehensive that I have seen in a single volume. However, it is often tedious or frustrating to try and extract that knowledge and assimilate it. There is little in the way of plain language explanations, especially in the chapter where the servlet api is exhaustively detailed. If you've read other books on the subject and are looking to expand your knowledge in the area, this is a book to own. If you are just getting into the arena of Java server programming, you may want to consider looking elsehwere.
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Summary: Excellent technical information in a readable form.
Review: Having heard good reports of the German version of this book I had been waiting for an English version. I was not disappointed. Technically it was excellent giving good and comprehensive coverage of its subject.More importantly it was well written and easy to read. A book which I am going to be recommending to everybody and will be using in the training courses I run.
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Summary: Excellent technical information in a readable form.
Review: Having heard good reports of the German version of this book I had been waiting for an English version. I was not disappointed. Technically it was excellent giving good and comprehensive coverage of its subject. More importantly it was well written and easy to read. A book which I am going to be recommending to everybody and will be using in the training courses I run.
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Summary: Be aware that this is not a book for Beginners ...
Review: In the past 10 years I have been reading many dozen of technical computer-related books. I bought this book to learn about Servlets and despite the very-good customer reviews on the amazon.com, the book showed to me to be of not use. It is not as easy to follow - easy to implement code as it could be. The book is NOT direct to beginners in Servlets and if your interest when buying such a book is to learn the basics of Servlet, you better off buying some other book on this topic.
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Summary: Be aware that this is not a book for Beginners ...
Review: In the past 10 years I have been reading many dozen of technical computer-related books. I bought this book to learn about Servlets and despite the very-good customer reviews on the amazon.com, the book showed to me to be of not use. It is not as easy to follow - easy to implement code as it could be. The book is NOT direct to beginners in Servlets and if your interest when buying such a book is to learn the basics of Servlet, you better off buying some other book on this topic.
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Summary: Very good book in designing Web application framework
Review: It is always harder in designing an application than implementing it. Java Server & servlets concentrated on design issue while providing a basic introduction to Servlet programming. The first part of book explained some basic about HTTP, HTTP server and servlets and then layout a WebApp framework in its second part, the last part of book put the framework to real use. This book is very helpful in learning good design technique like Interface-centric programming. It used UML to aid design process and demonstrating a good OO design principle. This book is valuable in its solving practical problems, it is not a book for learning basic servlet programming, instead, it is a book for anyone wants to do complex servlet programming. That is a good Web application framework, the area for improvement is in its configuration file, IMHO, it is better to use XML instead of its own format/syntax. Overall, it is a useful book for experienced Java programmer.
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Summary: Very good book in designing Web application framework
Review: It is always harder in designing an application than implementing it. Java Server & servlets concentrated on design issue while providing a basic introduction to Servlet programming. The first part of book explained some basic about HTTP, HTTP server and servlets and then layout a WebApp framework in its second part, the last part of book put the framework to real use. This book is very helpful in learning good design technique like Interface-centric programming. It used UML to aid design process and demonstrating a good OO design principle. This book is valuable in its solving practical problems, it is not a book for learning basic servlet programming, instead, it is a book for anyone wants to do complex servlet programming. That is a good Web application framework, the area for improvement is in its configuration file, IMHO, it is better to use XML instead of its own format/syntax. Overall, it is a useful book for experienced Java programmer.
Rating:
Summary: Very good book in designing Web application framework
Review: It is always harder in designing an application than implementing it. Java Server & servlets concentrated on design issue while providing a basic introduction to Servlet programming. The first part of book explained some basic about HTTP, HTTP server and servlets and then layout a WebApp framework in its second part, the last part of book put the framework to real use. This book is very helpful in learning good design technique like Interface-centric programming. It used UML to aid design process and demonstrating a good OO design principle. This book is valuable in its solving practical problems, it is not a book for learning basic servlet programming, instead, it is a book for anyone wants to do complex servlet programming. That is a good Web application framework, the area for improvement is in its configuration file, IMHO, it is better to use XML instead of its own format/syntax. Overall, it is a useful book for experienced Java programmer.
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