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Summary: Not a very useful book if you plan to use IBM 4 Java v2
Review: I'm a Web Application Developer for Source-W in Pittsburgh and we had to do a project using XML and Java so I thought this book would be great. I did not finish the book yet but I tried some of the examples with some of my own input. My mistake was that I used IBM for Java Version 2 instead of the IBM for Java version 1 that the came with the book. The result was that some of the code didn't work even with the input supplied by the book. Basically if you don't plan to use the new API then the book is very useful. But if you will be using new version of IBM for Java, don't plan on using all the code in this book as reference because it won't work.
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Summary: This book is excellent.
Review: I've purchased at least a dozen other books on XML, and this has been one of the most helpful. The explanations couldn't be clearer, and the examples are illustrative and complete. It is not a large book, so anyone looking for a cookbook on all possible uses of XML is not going to be satisfied. But the book does a great job of covering the topics it intended to include. I would have liked some examples of XSLT instead of all transformations being done by their own LMX, but this is the only complaint. If you have read as many books on XML as I have, you would not give this book a low rating. The other books I found to be well-written were those by Simon St. Laurent.
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Summary: How do you like me now?
Review: It's interesting to note that all of the reviews on this site are prior to the second edition publishing date. I have read a completely different book. I find no mention of IBM proprietary classes or xml4j. Open source API's are used throughout for examples and while there is no mention of my personal favorite XML API, JDOM, it does cover newer topics like JDK 1.4, XSLT, XML Messaging, Web Services and XML databases well. The book is literally filled with code, every page. A CD is included for all that source and it includes lots of evaluation and open source tools and API's to save you download time. All of that code leads you to want to use this book as a "cookbook" but don't overlook the text. There is serious experience and expertise revealed here. This book contains the smallest and simplest example of SOAP messaging I've come across. Still several pages, but what are you going to do? For a book with this many authors, nine on the cover, it "cuts to the chase" very well and zeroes in on what a developer needs to use these new technologies to create Web Services and simpler XML applications.
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Summary: How do you like me now?
Review: It's interesting to note that all of the reviews on this site are prior to the second edition publishing date. I have read a completely different book. I find no mention of IBM proprietary classes or xml4j. Open source API's are used throughout for examples and while there is no mention of my personal favorite XML API, JDOM, it does cover newer topics like JDK 1.4, XSLT, XML Messaging, Web Services and XML databases well. The book is literally filled with code, every page. A CD is included for all that source and it includes lots of evaluation and open source tools and API's to save you download time. All of that code leads you to want to use this book as a "cookbook" but don't overlook the text. There is serious experience and expertise revealed here. This book contains the smallest and simplest example of SOAP messaging I've come across. Still several pages, but what are you going to do? For a book with this many authors, nine on the cover, it "cuts to the chase" very well and zeroes in on what a developer needs to use these new technologies to create Web Services and simpler XML applications.
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Summary: it's very interesting book!
Review: it's very interesting book
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Summary: You will love it... if you are an IBM fanatic
Review: no, no.
What they never said is that almost all the examples are with ibm applets and applications: with comp.ibm.xml.parser, using ibm websphere, ibm visual age for java, etc.
It is ok to have a idea of the use of both worlds, but i don't expected to read "with your ibm solution..."
i.e. buy this book, buy ibm.
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Lo que nunca dicen es que casi todos los ejemplos son usando ibm aplicaciones y applets: comp.ibm.xml.parser, usando ibm websphere y editando con ibm visual age for java, etc.
Esta bueno para darse una idea de como interactuan ambos mundos.. solo que no esperaba oir un "con su soluci-n ibm..."
e.d. compre este libro, compre ibm
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Summary: Security issues, data binding, Schema languages, & much more
Review: Now in its revised and expanded second edition, XML and Java: Developing Web Applications is a solid reference and superbly organized guidebook written specifically for computer and website programmers. Individual chapters cogently address the basics of XML, parsing and serializing XML documents, using SAX, security issues, data binding, Schema languages, and much more. Instances of sample code help flesh out the principles taught step-by-step in this most instructive text. An accompanying CD-ROM contains sample programs ready to run, along with trial versions of WebSphere and DB2. XML and Java: Developing Web Applications is a very highly recommended resource and reference for web programmers at all skill and experience levels.
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Summary: Don't buy this book!
Review: Ok, I read the review and bought this book. Its woefully out of date and the examples need huge tweaking before they work. If you are trying to learn XML find another book. If you are planning to learn Java find another book. If you are interested in servlets borrow this book and read chapter 7. Then give it back to the poor guy who bought it. The coverage of XML itself is really poor. I was reading the XML specs and thought I'd get some help. Sorry no such luck. XML is show somewhat but no defns. Want to use the DOM (Document Object Model). Sorry no such luck. Coverage it terrible. Want to use XSL? Sorry no coverage at all! Want to use SAX? Get ready to try try try again! ok. I'll give them some credit as english is clearly not there native language!
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Summary: A Must for JAVA programmers!!!
Review: The authors assume that you have any experience(well, a few) in XML and JAVA and focussed on web applications. This book is a good complement to the book 'Applied XML - Toolkit for Programmers'.
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Summary: Watch out for the pre-requisites; Also: emerging technology
Review: The book achieves its purposes, but take care with the following items: Pre-requisites, to read the book I relied on my knowledge of: Tree data structures, parsing, HTML, HTTP protocol, HTML Forms, Java, Servlets, cryptography, beans, JDBC, cryptography, digital certificates, relational databases, SQL, JDBC, systems architecture for the web. The book does not teach XML, it teaches how to USE XML. So, before reading the book I read a quick introduction to XML downloaded from the web. Emerging technology: XML is quite new. A lot of reviewers said that this is the best book on XML applied, so I am quite happy I bought it. But I am looking at buying the "Java and XML" book from O'reilly that is at the moment (Jul-2000) on back-order.
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