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Title: The Struts Framework: Practical Guide for Java Programmers by Sue Spielman ISBN: 1-55860-862-1 Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.7 (30 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Fast track to Struts
Comment: This is a good book for someone who has never used Struts before. It is fast-paced and uses an example to convey the message. The author sticks to Struts and does not clutter the book with any other technologies. This book is perfect if you want to get up and running with Struts quickly. In the authors own words, the book strives to explain the most common 80% of features of Struts. A basic knowledge of Servlets and JSP is useful, though not required. This is not a good reference book though. Once you have gone through it cover-to-cover, there is no further use for it. Well, I guess that's why it costs less than $20.
Who should buy:
If you have never used Struts before and want to learn Struts quickly, then this is the book for you.
If you have worked on Struts earlier and are looking for advanced features, then this is not the book for you. If you want to learn JSP/Servlets, then this is not the book for you. If you are looking for best practises, pattern and J2EE architecture, then this is not the book for you.
Rating: 2
Summary: I really don't like this book
Comment: After looking all the good review, I decided to give it a try. But I don't like this book because:
1) Too many text. It's like reading a story book. The paragraphs usually cover 2/3 of the pages. It's hard to read (at least to me).
2) Too few diagrams, which I found are very important in programming books.
3) The sample app is hard to install. I am still trying to make it run.
Rating: 2
Summary: Very poor coverage
Comment: I really hate to see other readers make the same mistake as I did: being duped by the promised conciseness of the book. Yes, it is short and cheap. But unless all you want is to get a shallow introduction and an unrealistically simple sample to work, the book is a waste. The text is obviously hastely put together. It misses most of the features that are useful for any significant development effort, such as struts application modules and tiles, and its materials are awfully out of date. "Programming Jakarta Struts" by Chuck Cavaness is a much better alternative. Although that book is also kind of lacking in exploring the advanced topics, it at least covers most of the ground and is more up-to-date, which gives the readers a good background from which they can start the exploration themselves.
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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: Struts in Action: Building Web Applications with the Leading Java Framework by Ted Husted, Cedric Dumoulin, George Franciscus, David Winterfeldt, Craig R. McClanahan ISBN: 1930110502 Publisher: Manning Publications Company Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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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: Java Development With Ant by Erik Hatcher, Steve Loughran ISBN: 1930110588 Publisher: Manning Publications Company Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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Title: Struts Kick Start by James Turner, Kevin Bedell ISBN: 0672324725 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 09 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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