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Summary: a nice book not vendor-specific
Review: a good book if you want to get the concept of EJB. not a good one if you want to get some vendor-specific information. and, though the book publish late, it doesn't cover much on EJB 2.
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Summary: Excellent Entry Point
Review: An excellent entry point for those new to EJB. Gives nice high-level coverage of the EJB landscape. Good too for IT-Management-Types who may want a (deeper) introduction to the concepts and how they relate. It is good background / preparation for the J2EE Tutorial.Even though it is EJB 1.x, it is still good value as a means of easing new folk into the domain in a non-threatening way. Very accessible and, as such, highly recommended !
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Summary: Excellent Entry Point
Review: An excellent entry point for those new to EJB. Gives nice high-level coverage of the EJB landscape. Good too for IT-Management-Types who may want a (deeper) introduction to the concepts and how they relate. It is good background / preparation for the J2EE Tutorial. Even though it is EJB 1.x, it is still good value as a means of easing new folk into the domain in a non-threatening way. Very accessible and, as such, highly recommended !
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Summary: Good book, but outdated.
Review: As an entry level book to Enterprise Java Beans it was a good book, but nothing special. Currently this book (1st edition) is very much outdated because of the new EJB specs. You would do better buying another EJB book.
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Summary: Real World applications using EJB
Review: Beginning on page 17 this book takes the reader on a fantasy trip through the world of EJB and J2EE. I have reviewed this book with fellow consultant from BEA and we have found an alarming number of mis-statements about EJBs. This explains why a high number of application development efforts are are in jepordy. As far as reading, the book is very enjoyable and would rank high as fiction.
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Summary: EJb 1.1 or 2.0?
Review: I am now considering whether i should order this book immediately as i dun know the version of EJB the book covers. Does any one know which version is it? I want to get a ejb 2.0 book as I want to know more about the additional feature added in version 2 If the book still covers v1.1,I think i have a dozen of books at home.
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Summary: Another intro book that reads like the spec
Review: I found this book really disappointing because I was looking for the"advanced" part and found only the same stuff you can find in any EJB book. What's more, it reads an awful lot like the spec, including the same ambiguity in the use of the term "EJB object." I expect a book by the lead architect to not do that. So the book is okay as another basic EJB book, but since it promises more, it's very disappointing.
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Summary: Just another learning EJB book
Review: I was disappointed with this book. Based upon the word 'applying' in the title I thought I would receive a more advanced book that would delve into advanced issues of design, implementation, and the lessons learned from the first round of EJB applications. However I received just another 'learning EJB' book and it is marginal at even that task. The author does provide extensive code examples, however too much ink was wasted displaying and discussing code that had little or nothing to do with the concept that was presented. Only the most basic topics are covered.
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Summary: A Solid, But Not Exceptional EJB Book
Review: I'm a bit surprised by many of the reviews of this book. Overall, I think it is a fairly solid coverage of EJBs. However, I think it tocuhes on many topics without providing enough depth to make that topic clear and useful. One of the worst examples of this is Chapter 6, entitled Using JMS and Connectors For Communication. The chapter has a rather brief high level coverage of JMS which is too short and sporadic to be terribly useful. Then is jumps to J2EE Connectors which it discusses for one and a half pages. In those 1.5 pages it gives no examples and almost no concrete information about how to use connectors. The most useful thing it says is it tells you another book you can buy to actually learn how to use connectors. Since the chapter is called "Using JMS and Connectors..." I would expect more than 1.5 pages of fluffy coverage of connectors. But at least it told me what book I should have bought instead.
If you want a high-level view of a lot of topics, without a whole lot of depth, then I think this book is a good choice. If you want a more thorough coverage of EJBs, I'd recommend Head First EJB, Enterprise JavaBeans (O'Reilly Press), or Professional EJB (Wrox Press.)
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Summary: A Solid, But Not Exceptional EJB Book
Review: I'm a bit surprised by many of the reviews of this book. Overall, I think it is a fairly solid coverage of EJBs. However, I think it tocuhes on many topics without providing enough depth to make that topic clear and useful. One of the worst examples of this is Chapter 6, entitled Using JMS and Connectors For Communication. The chapter has a rather brief high level coverage of JMS which is too short and sporadic to be terribly useful. Then is jumps to J2EE Connectors which it discusses for one and a half pages. In those 1.5 pages it gives no examples and almost no concrete information about how to use connectors. The most useful thing it says is it tells you another book you can buy to actually learn how to use connectors. Since the chapter is called "Using JMS and Connectors..." I would expect more than 1.5 pages of fluffy coverage of connectors. But at least it told me what book I should have bought instead.
If you want a high-level view of a lot of topics, without a whole lot of depth, then I think this book is a good choice. If you want a more thorough coverage of EJBs, I'd recommend Head First EJB, Enterprise JavaBeans (O'Reilly Press), or Professional EJB (Wrox Press.)
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