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Summary: Awesome book - recommend for every J2EE programmers
Review: This is the best Servlet/JSP book I have read - I read so many other books but no other book duplicates the coverage and depth of this book.I passed the test using this book but I am happier about finding this little treasure. Currently, I am converting WebSphere to WebLogic application and I'm keeping this book right besides me. I'm refactoring this old legacy code and converting to the latest standard. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn servlet and JSP. It may be not for the beginners but definitely you need to have a copy of it if you are serious about servlet/JSP.
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Summary: These authors should write more books!
Review: You might already be sold on buying this book from the rave reviews that other people wrote, and that's a good thing :) I just wanted to let the authors know that they're doing a great job and THEY SHOULD GO WRITE MORE BOOKS LIKE THIS! GO! WRITE ANOTHER ONE! NOW! =D This is, of course, the second exam in the Java certification series. The good things about it include: 1) They get straight to the point. You want to know what you need to know for the exam, they tell you, point by point (ie. for Objective 1.2 you need to know xyz and good to know abc). 2) The section in the back of the book help you study/cram the day before the exam. It contains the jist of everything in the book. I'm known to take great condensed notes for my courses/books, and I did for this book, but I abandoned my own notes and studied with these because they are so much more precise. You can't go wrong with these notes. If you know all of it (about 30 pages of notes) by heart, you can be confident that you'll ace the exam. 3) the Practice Exams (PEs) are exactly like the ones you encounter at Prometric. And at the end, they show your results and how you did in each section. I like that a lot because after each PE I'd find out which section I'm doing bad on, read up on it some more and try again. The format helps you feel more comfortable in the real exam (to be honest, I didn't know what "Mark" meant in my first exam and was afraid to click it in case it means marking my exam :P) 4)Retention value. Do you sometimes go through a book and wonder if the refund/return date on the receipt has passed? The first Java Cert book is sitting on my bookshelf collecting cat hair and dust. This book had it margins written on, stuff highlighted, bookmarked... and I'll continue to go back to it for reference purposes. That and I'll have to read Chapter 18! 5)Less errors than any other book in the market. Okay I've only read a few of these computer books, cover to cover, but this book I'm confident to say has very few errors (and often you can catch them so no big deal) Again, I just wish that there was a book like this for my first exam. It would've helped me feel more confident about Prometric exams and learn how to study more efficiently. Good luck to your exams! =D
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Summary: Excellent Book
Review: This is an Excellent book for the exam and not only that it is very good book for later reference.Just I followed the book and took mock tests in the CD (which came with the book) and I got 94% in the test. The book is very easy to understand. Before going to the exam, Have a look at the Quick Prep at the end of the book. It will be very useful.
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Summary: If you are going to buy one book ...
Review: Great book. I just took my Exam today, and Deshmukh's and Malviya's book was the reason for my success.
Chapters match the exams objectives.
Concepts presently clearly. Sample tests were also very helpful. If you are programming in Java for the web, keep this book at arms reach. (mine is).
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Summary: Fantastic book
Review: This book is the book to get if you intend to take the exam. You should be able to get great score (90+) in the exam with this book. The code examples in the book are great and easy to understand. The test questions do test you on the exam topics very well. As a book for the exam, this book deserves 5 stars.
However, nothing is perfect. The second print of this book (July 2002) still contains minor errors. There are not major, but do check the web site for the errata. Anyway, do make sure you get the latest print of the book.
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Summary: Just the facts & great review tests.
Review: This book was excellent in preparing me for the test. It has no fluff. It is straight to the point on what is needed for passing the exam and also has helped me practically in writing code for my job. The questions during the chapters and after the chapters helped make sure I understood the chapters. The practice tests were a good preparation for the real test. They were about the same difficulty as the actual test. I was able to score a 90% by using this book and CD alone. Also, the writing style is very easy to understand. They took for granted that you don't know anything about servlets or JSPs. They even help you set up Tomcat which comes on the CD. Code examples are also on the CD.
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Summary: The Best!!
Review: This is the best book available in the market for this subject. Period. I'm a software developer and has been writing JSPs since last 3-4 years, but after reading this book, I realized that I had so much to learn! This book covers both the standard concepts and the new features in Java Server Pages latest specs like tag libraries. The treatment of the subject is very methodical and concise. The chapters are organized such that both a new person and an experienced one can gain good value from the book. There are optimum number of examples and exercises at the end of each chapters. The selection of both examples and the exercises is very intelligent and effective. This book touches all objectives for the SCWCD exam. You may even ignore to look at the exam objectives and study from this book and still come out with flying colors.
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Summary: This book rocks!
Review: This really is a great book. Aside from the help it provides to pass the exam, I think it is the best quick reference on servlets/jsp/taglibs out there.
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Summary: GREAT!!!!!!!!!
Review: This is a wonderful book. I never take my busy time writing reviews. I am writing this review partly to pay respect to the authors who have done a sincere, thorough job. Also, I would like to recommend this book to ppl like me, who are searching for just one GREAT book, which would let them get certified with a high percentage ( above 90%). If you have this book, you would NOT end up wasting your time gathering information scattered around a no of good books. I wish more books like this would get published!!
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Summary: This is all you need...
Review: In my opinion this is all you'll ever need to pass the SCWCD exam. I only read this book and used JWebPlus (included in the CD) and I passed the exam with flying colors. The author has a very easy and deliberate approach in explaining the critical concepts covered on the test. The layout of the book is superb and thorough as well. After reading this book, I didn't need to look at a single API or spec; I just used the Quick Study guide (in the back of the book) and then went a passed the test. Excellent job.
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