Enterprise Java Performance

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Summary: practical tips for advanced Java programmer
Review: The book gives good overview of Java performance bootleneck stemming both from the language design constraints and the inherent design issues in distributed systems. What I like best is a list of practical implementation tips, which this book abounds with. Those tips would be a usefull addition to anybody's Java Coding Standards.

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Summary: Stay Away
Review: The only thing I learned from this book was the use of the -verbose:gc Java command-line option that prints a report to syserr each time the garbage collector runs.

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Summary: Thinking in a business way
Review: This is a good book that covers a wide range of enterprise-wide design and performance. An advanced programmer will sure be able to get something useful from it. However, it doesn't cover many advanced details of the latest Java technologies.

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Summary: Do not bother
Review: This is a very poor book. It is very much a beginners book and it does not do anything but state the bleedin obvious.