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Title: J2EE Developer's Handbook by Paul Perrone, Venkata S.R., Tom Schwenk ISBN: 0-672-32348-6 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 09 June, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Best J2EE book around, great for new or experienced coders
Comment: First off, at the time I bought it, this was the only book on J2EE 1.4 published. I don't know if that's still the case, and it doesn't matter to me, because this is without a doubt the only book I would need.
I was kind of skeptical about it, because it promised to cover so many topics, but I was told where I bought it that I could return it within 60 days if I wasn't satisfied. So I figured it was worth a shot.
It covers everything about J2EE, and unlike the vast majority of other books, isn't a simple regurgitation of the numerous APIs. The best part is that it starts off with the core information you need, and then builds upon it. If you know a previous version of J2EE, you can easily skip to any chapter you want and learn what you need, because the core is the same, but if you're new to J2EE, you can just read it right through. Most books will discuss a topic, make a reference to another one, and give a brief explanation of the referenced topic. This makes readers, me at least, feeling a little lost, wondering exactly what's going on. Then that topic is covered 20 chapters later. This book, however, starts with the fundamentals and builds upon it. There's never a "which will be covered later" in the book.
I was afraid that the book would only skim over some topics, because it does cover the entire J2EE. However, due to the sheer size of the book (1350 content pages and another 300 pages on CD) it covers everything in detail. The only exception I think is EJBs, however anyone programming EJBs ought to pick up the O'Reilly Enterprise JavaBeans book anyway. This book covers it in enough detail that you can write and use EJBs, and gives a very thorough discussion of the lifecycle, process, and purpose, but is somewhat lacking on the configuration and advanced features of EJBs. However, like I said, it's such an extensive topic that any J2EE programmer should have the O'Reilly book in his library anyway.
The only downside to this book is that there isn't much information that an experienced Java programmer wouldn't know. This is because the enhancements to J2EE, while numerous, are not in fact new. The inclusion of web services is new to J2EE 1.4, and so is not covered in older books, but it's been so common in use that many programmers already know quite a bit about web services. Still, it gives very good information on proper usage and the interactions between web services and the other components of J2EE.
Coming away from reading this book, you're left not only with the ability to use the features of J2EE, but a solid understanding of how the components interact, what the purpose of various features are, and an incredibly thorough understanding of the workings of J2EE, something which most other books lack. The companion CD does not have any J2EE specific content, containing tools and information that further enhances your understanding of webapps (TCP/IP, HTTP, etc). I'd say this book is essential for any programmer learning J2EE 1.4, whether just new to J2EE or coming from a previous version. You're left with the ability to effectively use it, along with a thorough understanding of what's actually happening. Definitely the most used book on my shelf now.
Rating: 5
Summary: Very large book well organized and many examples
Comment: I have purchased this book and an older version of this j2ee topic book from the same authors.I have found this book to be an excellent book and am liking the books being put by Sams. All of the j2ee topics are covered and in a way that is organized clear. Listing some topics include the new ejb 2.1, new servlets, new java server pages, soap, jax rpc, jms, xml. There is also more. The reading is very logical and organized in a good sequence. The examples are many and everything about the j2ee is in example and described. The examples are run on weblogic and j2ee reference implementation. Only problem is my current j2ee implementation has some bugs. I have run also many examples on other j2ee servers.
Rating: 2
Summary: Expected something different
Comment: I bought this book based on the excellent reviews it had. I expected to learn J2EE (more specifically EJB, as I know most of the other related technologies). This book failed to really teach me much. When learning something, I am more concerned with the how and why, than with the the presentation of many API's, and then having to proceed from there making decisions regarding application contstruction in my development. Although it might sound like I was actually looking for a book on J2EE (or EJB) design, this is not the case. I simply want to understand the technologies that I am working with, and the motivations for using them in specific scenarios. As a reference material, I would probably give the book 4 to 5 stars. It is a book I can keep as an excellent reference of just about any J2EE related API, but I will have to buy another book in order to get a better understanding of the technologies I wanted to learn, like EJB. From the reviews it sounded like the authors actually succeeded in covering in-depth such a wide range of topics in one text. In my opinion, I think that it is maybe still just too much to cover for one book (if you really want to explain the how's and why's of everything).
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Title: Core J2EE Patterns: Best Practices and Design Strategies, Second Edition by Deepak Alur, Dan Malks, John Crupi ISBN: 0131422464 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 10 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Expert One-on-One J2EE Design and Development by Rod Johnson ISBN: 0764543857 Publisher: Wrox Pub. Date: 23 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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Title: Java for the Web with Servlets, JSP, and EJB: A Developer's Guide to J2EE Solutions by Budi Kurniawan ISBN: 073571195X Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 12 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Practical J2EE Application Architecture by Nadir Gulzar, Kartik Ganeshan ISBN: 0072227117 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 13 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
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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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