Java Servlets (Enterprise Computing)

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Summary: This book is completely useless
Review: There's nothing in-depth here, no good code examples, it's crap, and it's expensixe. I don't know what I was thinking when I bought it, I should be shot! I WANT MY MONEY BACK!

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Summary: Doesn't Cover JWS or WebSphere
Review: This book covers a specific servlet engine, JRun. This is a good book but if you were expecting coverage of SUN's Java Web Server or IBM's WebSphere application server, this book doesn't cover either.

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Summary: A Good Start
Review: This book gives a brief introduction to servlet programming. If you are a beginner then this book is for you. If have some experience with web programming then you might want to look for another title. Buy this if you are new to Java and Servlets....

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Summary: Good for starters
Review: This book is easy to understand, written in a very clear way. But it's very very basic. If you don't know much about Java Servlets, this should be a very good way to start with - but if you're looking for a book with more info, this one isn't suitable. By the way, there were many strange inaccurate facts in the book. (i.e., the author says "Many people believes cookies can be a risk to user's privacy, which is obviously not true". I took an entire course about these things - Has the author EVER heard of DoubleClick? . Also, where did the author get the idea that Microsoft Access comes with Windows.. you have to buy it separately)

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Summary: Good but can be improved
Review: This book is excellent for people who are beginners in server-side programming. For example, the author spends some time in explaining HTML form submission, and CGI POST and GET methods. These are all very elementary and really only necessary for beginners who have not even written a single CGI program in perl or C. Fortunately, the author does not waste time on quickly introducing JDBC in one chapter, to the point where he actually shows us how to do database connection pooling. A few publicly available articles on servlets miss out this important issue for thread-safe processing of a servlet (where a single servlet can actually handle multiple services at the same time due to the multiple threading nature of servlets). However, one issue that the author does not spend enough time on is maintaining session information. This is very important for writing, for example, a shopping cart servlet for E-commerce.

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Summary: A great book to learn the ins and outs of servlets
Review: This book not only gives you a great introduction to programming servlets (including hosting and configuration, chaining, etc.) but also delves into related topics such as HTTP tunneling and using introspection to simplify servlet programming. I especially liked the amount of JDBC/RMI information included in the book since many servlets written will want to interface to other Java servers or databases. Having written an article on servlets for BYTE, I was pleased to find this much information packed in the book. My only disappointment is that the author didn't include more on managing state with servlets (e.g. through cookies) and about the future of servlets (covering developments such as Servlet Beans, and the impact, if any, of EJB on the servlet standard). All in all, a great servlet book!

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Summary: Execllent intro to using JDBC from servlets.
Review: This book was excellent as well as well-edited (very few typos compared to other computer books). I found the JDBC sections to be very useful, especially as they relate to the web. That is a highly relevant area to be covering in servlets. The code examples are also very useful. There is a lot of coverage of JDBC in the book. It is definitely the best book on servlets that I have seen out there. My only criticism of the book is that, while it covers lots of JDBC, it barely covers session management, cookies, and some of the other issues that servlet authors need to be aware of in using the web as a communication medium. The only improvement to the book could be that it could cover less JDBC and more web-specific information. All in all this was a really good book though and the information inside of it is presented very well.

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Summary: Great for Java Servlet newbies
Review: This is a good book to get the Java Servlet novice up and running writing simple servlets. A great first book, but I agree with other reviewers that the book doesn't cover Session handling enough, and nothing on security issues. However, the book has a good example of implementing database connection pooling. The book has a bias towards JRun, great if you've chosen to use JRun.

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Summary: Good book but wrong title
Review: This is a good Java book but not a good Servlet book. The Author covers HTTP tunneling , JAR packing , JDBC driver using HTTP etc in depth. All very usefull stuff but not really servlet specific. The book does not deal with real servlet issues (session , security, JSP -->this is new) etc. Had those Servlet specific topics been dealt with, it would have got a 5* rating from me.

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Summary: 100 Times Better Than Jason Hunter's book...
Review: This is a great book on Servlets. I don't understand why there are so many bad reviews on this book. It teaches you the basics and goes beyond the API docs.

If you want a thorough walkthrough of the Java Servlet FAQ, then go grab the book by Jason Hunter :-).