Oracle Application Server 10g Web Development (Oracle Press)

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Summary: A must have book for the OracleDeveloper.
Review: Great book. I've been waiting for this book to be release and I wasn't disappointed. Full of great information on how to put this great Oracle tool to work. Easy explanations and great examples will have you up and programming in no time. The authors real know their stuff. Great Job! If you use Oracle's application server, this book is a must have!



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Summary: Everything Between Two Covers
Review: Sub-Title: Build and Deploy Web-Based Applications in the Oracle Environment -- Oracle Application Server 10G is an integrated suite of middleware technology designed to help build Enterprise Applications, Web Sites and Web Services, Enterprise Portals, Business Processes, Business Intelligence, and other systems. Wow!

It used to be that a database was just that, a thing that you fed data and it gave it back when you politely asked (I say politely because you had to talk its language, SQL, and you had to talk it fairly precisely or it just gave you some incomprehensible rejection notice.)

Now the database has become almost a complete business environment. The Oracle Application Server contains a web server (based on Apache), a web portal, Wireless connectivity, Forms, Java 2 Enterprise Edition, all kinds of management and security routines, and more.

This book is primarily a Web Development book. That is, it uses virtually all of the parts of the Oracle Application Server with a view to presenting information on the web. Probably this is because so many business applications are now being written with a view of using the web as the standard interface into the business system.

Beyond that, however, this book actually covers nearly every aspect of the Application Server. The book includes things such as using Java in the Oracle Database along with the JDeveloper IDE. Many of these subjects have books written about them alone. Here in one volume is a complete introduction to just about everything you could possibly use to produce any business system needed using the Oracle system, and it's the most complete approach that I've found.

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Summary: Excellent book on 10AS with the web
Review: This is a much-needed title and Chris Ostrowski has done an excellent job in covering all of the topical areas of 10gAS web development.

The text is clear and easy-to-read and he has excellent real-world examples.

I espcially like the sections on deploying with J2EE and XML, and the discussion on using JDeveloper. This is an excellent companion book for the "Oracle Application Server 10g Administration Handbook", and overall, an excellent, well-written text.