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Summary: Good details of case study
Review: A good case study teaches how to use XML, XSLT, Java, and JSP technologies together successfully. It has saved me hours of work and research on setting up the Java development environment.
It explores and solves problems of case study in details. Thanks to New Riders for sharing the ideas of this intelligent author.
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Summary: Good details of case study
Review: A good case study teaches how to use XML, XSLT, Java, and JSP technologies together successfully. It has saved me hours of work and research on setting up the Java development environment.
It explores and solves problems of case study in details. Thanks to New Riders for sharing the ideas of this intelligent author.
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Summary: Not recommended
Review: Although the author patently knows his onions, it seems he hasn't a great deal of experience in conveying that information.In my opinion, if you just want to see an example of web app creation and get a few (great) ideas, then yes, buy the book. But if you want to figure out how to configure Tomcat, etc, in preparation for a new development, then look elsewhere. The book spends a lot of its time telling the reader that what they need to know is either out of the scope (detailed descriptions of web.xml and server.xml are out of scope?!) or that they should look on some other (somtimes unreachable) webpage. For example, how do you tell Tomcat where to find your compiled classes? I would first try looking in the index for setting the Tomcat CLASSPATH. The index has one entry for classpath and what does it tell me on page 17? "If you are looking for some clarity regarding which, if any, setting for the CLASSPATH environment you should use, we can think of no better place for you to find answers than ...
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Summary: Fantastic Perspective!!
Review: At first glance, the author covers many well known applications for XML, XSLT, Java and JSP that many web-masters are familiar with. However, for me, it has saved me literally hours of work and research that I simply don't have. I applaud New Riders for their steadfast commitment to authentic original ideas shared by new intelligent authors. A great find and a bargain at the lower resale price!
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Summary: What a waste!
Review: Complete waste of money. I hate beating up authors, but this is nothing more than a dump of a software project from work. As such, there is little comparison-contrast, discussion of design choices, or benefit-pitfalls of the design. Don't expect to extract information from this text to apply to your own projects. I feel the publisher should put this book in a "out of print" status to save customer heartache. Did New Riders even review this book before releasing?
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Summary: A True Case Study
Review: Having seen the other reviews, I was curious about this book. In short, the title does say it all, as the author presents a nice case study of how HE used XML, XSLT, Java and JSP to develop a Web application. As such, there is not a lot of discussion introducing these technologies - that is not the point of a case study. Instead, the reader is introduced to how the author explored the use of these technologies to building a specific application. In this light, the book provides a very interesting perspective. The primary reason I have for not rating it higher is that the technology is slightly out of date (given the publication date), especially with respect to XSLT and JSP, but this is hardly surprising given how rapidly these technologies evolve. If you want to learn about these technologies, look elsewhere. If you want an insight into how one developer built a web application, however, you should check this book out, you might be surprised.
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Summary: Eye-catching title, unimpressive content
Review: I bought the book over internet, returned nextday. New Riders should be careful next time to keep up credibility.
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Summary: not what I thought
Review: I bought this book hoping for an advanced and detailed comparison of 2 java server architectures: XML/XSLT versus JSP.
It is not a comparison, or a tutorial, or an analysis of any kind. It is simply a meandering report of the author's experimention with miscellaneous technologies. No conclusions are reached. No pitfalls are described. Topics like performance and extensibility are not even touched. XSLT is only mentioned in passing as an approach that was not followed. XML is only discussed as an application's data store; a mildly interesting exercise that most certainly would not be used on any production web site. Lastly, over one third of the book is source code print out.
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Summary: For Serious Developers
Review: I've found that this book goes in a lot of depth on a host of topics. I wouldn't recommend it for someone who is just starting out, because the topcs are pretty advanced, but for those who are looking a for a depth of study, this is definitely the way go to. It covers each topic in detail, with a realtive amount of background that helps cover the topic completely.
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Summary: For Serious Developers
Review: I've found that this book goes in a lot of depth on a host of topics. I wouldn't recommend it for someone who is just starting out, because the topcs are pretty advanced, but for those who are looking a for a depth of study, this is definitely the way go to. It covers each topic in detail, with a realtive amount of background that helps cover the topic completely.
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