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Title: JavaServer Pages, Second Edition by Hans Bergsten ISBN: 0-596-00317-X Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 August, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.64 (42 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Best JSP Book I've Seen So Far
Comment: I've been using Java for around 5 years, so I've seen my fair share of books. I just got started on server-side stuff, so naturally I bought a few books - 3 to be exact - on servlets and JSPs.
I liked the short, terse CodeNotes reference that I bought, but the other 2 ... Man, half the time I didn't really understand what I was reading, and I have never seen so many errors in my life! Honestly, I didn't know if it was because the server-side was so confusing or if the authors and publishers (none were O'Reilly) just didn't care.
Then I bought this book and I am once again a happy camper. Both the text and examples are clear, concise, useful, and error-free. I really like the way the author not only explains concepts, but tells me why it is important that I know them.
Rating: 5
Summary: An essential reference text...
Comment: Review
So, you're surfing a web site and hit a web page that ends with the extension .jsp. Looks like a regular web page to you, and if you view the source, it still looks like regular HTML. So what is a .jsp page, anyway? This book will tell you everything you need to know, both as to what they are, how they work, and how you can start using the technology in your development projects. Provided you have a basic understanding of Java, this book will work well for you.
The book starts off with an explanation of what JSPs are and why you would use them. Basically, it provides a way to generate dynamic web pages using snippets of Java code. Logically, it's much like ActiveServer Pages (ASP) code as provided by Microsoft, only using Java instead of Visual Basic. It then goes into the benefits of generating content in this fashion, and how it's a superior method to other technologies such as CGI and ASP coding. The rest of the book then goes into great detail (with a large number of examples) on the specifics of JSP syntax. The author does an excellent job of meshing the approach of a tutorial with actual detail that can be referenced after you start developing applications.
The author assumes the use of the Tomcat J2EE server package to learn JSP technology. Tomcat is a free download from www.apache.org, and it's easy to load and configure. But don't dispair if you are using a different web server. The examples are very generic and portable, and with very little effort you can adapt the information to whatever platform you use. In my case, I was using the Websphere platform and had no problems using that server to work my way through the book.
Ok... You're a Notes/Domino developer who is wondering why you should care about this stuff. It's not Notes, and you don't know Java, so why bother? Well, there is a whole area of Domino development now codenamed "NextGen" that will allow you to access Domino data and application components within a J2EE environment. Much of this new approach to developing applications based on Domino will involve the use of servlets for business logic and JavaServer Pages to display the traditional forms and views. Furthermore, Domino 6 provides custom tag libraries that do much of the "Notes-y" stuff for you when you are working with JSPs. In order to start moving in this direction with Domino, you'll need to start learning about JSP technology, and this book will start you in that direction. And if you are thinking about working with portals, you HAVE to learn this stuff. Portlets are nothing more than an extension of servlet classes and JSPs to display the data.
Conclusion
If you want to keep moving along in the IBM/Lotus world, servlet and JSP technologies are in your future. While you may not need it right now, you WILL need it. I highly recommend this book as a great starter text on the subject that will grow with you as you learn and work with JSPs.
Rating: 4
Summary: Examples are very good
Comment: This second-edition is very good...provides excellent coverage
of all JSP topics. The examples are VERY helpful. (I also use
the free Tomcat V4.x application-server to host the book
examples and example code that I've developed.)
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Title: Java Servlet Programming, 2nd Edition by Jason Hunter ISBN: 0596000405 Publisher: O'Reilly Pub. Date: 15 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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Title: Programming Jakarta Struts by Chuck Cavaness ISBN: 0596003285 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 13 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Tomcat: The Definitive Guide by Jason Brittain, Ian F. Darwin ISBN: 0596003188 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Database Programming with JDBC and Java by George Reese ISBN: 1565926161 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Enterprise JavaBeans (3rd Edition) by Richard Monson-Haefel ISBN: 0596002262 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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