Rating: 
Summary: Very disappointing. NOT recommended at all.
Review: This is one of the most poorly written and disappointing books I have ever come across. The information is covered in a strange haphazard way, almost misleading in its treatment of topics. e.g. the 3rd chapter has a section titled 'Tuning Application Modules', where the author manages to cover tuning (1) CGI/Perl apps (2) PL/SQL, PSP apps (3) JSP/JServ apps AND (4) the use of Explain Plan, Tkprof tools etc ... ALL in a about 6 pages or so. Soon after in the book, he then devotes nearly 50 pages to (hold your breath) .. HTML !! But wait, another 40 pages of (.. guess .. nope, wrong again) JAVASCRIPT !!! The romp continues with a near 90 page foray into XML, followed by (and you'd never guess this one .. ) wireless development. Under 40 pages to that last topic of course, after all - understanding what 9iAS has to offer in way off wireless development should be a breeze once you've devoted 50 pages to mastering HTML, right ? And Java ? Yes, it makes its appearance in a chapter all by itself (c'mon, you caught on that trend by now hopefully). On the 4th page, the section 'J2xE' begins with this nugget -
" .. J2EE is simpler than I envisioned: J stands for Java, which you probably guessed. 2 stands for Java platform 2, which includes versions 1.2 and later of the JDK. Version 2 is currently the latest and greatest version of Java. The first E stands for Enterprise or .. "
And so it continues all the way to the end of that paragraph. I greatly regret not checking the other reviews before I bought the book. As such, I have myself to thank for wasting my money. I hope you will not make the same mistake.
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