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Summary: Don't by this book to get certify on VisualAge for Java
Review: A so-so book, not good if you are planning to pass the IBM VisualAge for Java, Professional Edition V3 exam, it contains hard to follow examples and help next to nothing for the real test.To certify with the IBM exam consider reading the PDF files available with the product or online which contains at least a 90% of all the questions.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: But I am having trouble installing the DAtabase.......any advice?
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Summary: Some good news - some bad news
Review: I gave this book three stars because I was able to use only 3/5 of it. The first 3/5 of the book is composed of a series of tutorials on using VisualAge to develop GUIs. The remainder of the book is devoted to other Java areas such as DB access and server side topics. I was unable to do the DataBase chapter because DB2 Personal Edtion, included with the book, came without a use license. The chapters on team development, Servlets, JSPs and Enterprise Beans work only with the Enterprise edition of VisualAge which is not supplied with the book. If you want to understand the basics of VisualAge for Java this book is a good deal. For about $40 you get VisualAge Professional Edition and an excellent series of tutorials aimed at using VisualAge for GUI development. However, if you are interested in DB topics, Servlets, JSPs, Team Development or Enterprise JavaBeans, and you do not have the Enterprise edition of VisualAge, this book would be virtually useless.
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Summary: Some good news - some bad news
Review: I gave this book three stars because I was able to use only 3/5 of it. The first 3/5 of the book is composed of a series of tutorials on using VisualAge to develop GUIs. The remainder of the book is devoted to other Java areas such as DB access and server side topics. I was unable to do the DataBase chapter because DB2 Personal Edtion, included with the book, came without a use license. The chapters on team development, Servlets, JSPs and Enterprise Beans work only with the Enterprise edition of VisualAge which is not supplied with the book. If you want to understand the basics of VisualAge for Java this book is a good deal. For about $40 you get VisualAge Professional Edition and an excellent series of tutorials aimed at using VisualAge for GUI development. However, if you are interested in DB topics, Servlets, JSPs, Team Development or Enterprise JavaBeans, and you do not have the Enterprise edition of VisualAge, this book would be virtually useless.
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Summary: great examples
Review: I've just started using VAJ (I'm also new to Java) and have found this book very helpful. I had a few problems, but the answers file helped. As usual, once you know the answer, it seems pretty easy. Thanks for writing the book as it has been extremely helpful to me.
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Summary: Good to learn about Visual Programming but little else.
Review: This is a so-so book, very good for learning Visual Programming and GUIs with VAJ but little else. I felt cheated when I found that the database db2 provided in the CD did not work because it had expired even before I ran it the first time! In the later chapters on database access, we need a database so I had to use Access instead with a lot of trial and errors. Bad. I doubt if a beginner could do that. I hope the authors are careful about this. I bought this book solely for my VAJ certification exam, I doubt if its good enough for this though they say it is, in the Introduction.
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Summary: great for learning Visual Age for Java
Review: This is not a very good book, but better than others available in the market.If you don't know anything about VAJ this is the book to start with ,then you can refer online IBM red books or VAJ tutorial for refrence.The probelm with this book is that the basic things have been explained in a lot of detail, however, when it comes to advanced topics, only an overview is given, so for advanced topics like Enterprise Java Beans it is better to refer VAJ tutorial that comes with the product or red books in PDF format.
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