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Summary: Good J2EE technical book
Review: From time to time, I read many Java/J2EE books and on-line articles. What I like about this book is its complete but concise introduction of various J2EE topics. The content is easy to read and the code is easy to follow. (I am using Forte 3.0 CE, J2SE_1.3.1, J2EE_1.3 and J2EE Toolkit 2.1) After reading this book, not only will you know how to use each API but also obtain comprehensive coverage about J2EE components. Best of all, you can just focus on the chapter that is most important to you without the need to start from page 1. If you are getting started for J2EE server-side programming, seek no further. This is an excellent hand-on book. However, this book may not contain the real-life codes that you are looking for...
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Summary: Too many typos ? can?t work with the examples
Review: I am really disappointed with the seemingly endless typos in this book - they really ruin any attempt to try and run the examples yourself. I have spent quite a bit of time pulling my hair out trying to find where I went wrong, only to eventually discover the problem is in their examples. In some cases entire methods are missing!After successfully using Wrox's XML, Java Objects and Java 2 manuals as the backbone to prepare for my XML and Java certifications I had come to expect a certain level of quality from this publisher - this book really misses the mark. If you are a "hands-on" type of person I would avoid this book - it will have you grinding your teeth in frustration.
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Summary: Too many topics, too little information.
Review: I grabbed this book with lot of enthusiasm, given by the bright red cover. I read through, chapter after chapter, reading through the keywords, but actually understanding little. Maybe the only topic I found was covered was Servlets and JSPs, but I have been working on them for years. The authors are clearly under pressure to introduce and elucidate their material in a few pages, and the results are like a fire alarm in the middle of a lap dance.
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Summary: Pretty good book
Review: I often find the Wrox books to have some good chapters and some bad chapters since they have different authors for the different chapters. This book is better than many other Wrox books. Many of the chapters are well written with good examples. I also found the structure to be good. One thing that is a problem is that while some of the examples are well commented others have no comments. This is typical of Java books.
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Summary: Very detailed but very dry
Review: This book explain almost every single detail of J2EE, but it was written in a very dry manner. After read through chapteres on JSP and Servlet, I was dryed up and eventually switch to "Mastering EJB" written by Ed Roman.
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Summary: Good Reference
Review: This book has it all. It talks about all the different Java technologies and provides enough detail to learn them thoroughly. Although there are some differences in the presentation due to different authors, every chapter is explained well. This book is a good reference due to its in depth discussions. Very ideal for java architects and senior developers who do design and architecture.
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Summary: A great beginner's guide
Review: This book is its complete but contains a concise compendium of all J2EE fundamentals and technologies. The material is easy to read and code is easy to follow. I have not seen any other book that covers all J2EE-based technologies in detail that this book covers. I have also put this book as a textbook for my J2EE course at UTA. This book gives a comprehensive coverage of all J2EE technologies, concepts, APIs and components. Each chapter in the book can be independently studied and read in any order which is one of the best selling points of this book. This book is an excellent introduction book to J2EE which also makes it a highly seeked textbook for J2EE courses. This is also an excellent hand-on book.
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Summary: An excellent book for J2EE overview
Review: This book is its complete but contains a concise compendium of all J2EE fundamentals and technologies. The material is easy to read and code is easy to follow. I have not seen any other book that covers all J2EE-based technologies in detail that this book covers. I have also put this book as a textbook for my J2EE course at UTA. This book gives a comprehensive coverage of all J2EE technologies, concepts, APIs and components. Each chapter in the book can be independently studied and read in any order which is one of the best selling points of this book. This book is an excellent introduction book to J2EE which also makes it a highly seeked textbook for J2EE courses. This is also an excellent hand-on book.
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Summary: For Reference Only
Review: This book presents a nice overview of the primary components of J2EE architecture. If you're looking for gory details on J2EE technologies this isn't your text.
As with any multi-author book the writing style varies wildly. All the examples are extremely trivial. The important part is you get explanation about how all the fundamental pieces of J2EE work together and what they do. Everything from Java Server Pages, to EJBs, JNDI, JMS, Web Servers (no real coverage on Web Services), different app servers, JAAS, JTA, etc.
Nice reference book for high level or simple questions when you're trying to learn the ropes. Basically useless for any hard core implementation efforts.
Rating:
Summary: For Reference Only
Review: This book presents a nice overview of the primary components of J2EE architecture. If you're looking for gory details on J2EE technologies this isn't your text.
As with any multi-author book the writing style varies wildly. All the examples are extremely trivial. The important part is you get explanation about how all the fundamental pieces of J2EE work together and what they do. Everything from Java Server Pages, to EJBs, JNDI, JMS, Web Servers (no real coverage on Web Services), different app servers, JAAS, JTA, etc.
Nice reference book for high level or simple questions when you're trying to learn the ropes. Basically useless for any hard core implementation efforts.
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