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Title: AspectJ in Action: Practical Aspect-Oriented Programming by Ramnivas Laddad ISBN: 1-930110-93-6 Publisher: Manning Publications Company Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Well written introduction and thorough coverage of AspectJ
Comment: I read this book a while back and wasn't completely impressed but I just picked it up again for this review and now I am much happier with it. The first four chapters provide an excellent grounding in Aspected Oriented Programming (AOP) with AspectJ. In particular the first chapter, which introduces the reader to AOP, shows the quality of writing and editing that Manning is known for.
Chapters five through to the end apply AOP to various problems within Java application development, starting with logging (of course, the AOP perennial favorite.)
On the downside I would have liked to have seen more information about where AOP is being used in production today. I'm not sure what the timing of the release was, but it would have been nice, if possible, to have had material on the use of AOP in JBoss.
I have not read the other books on AspectJ, so I cannot provide a comparison of them. Even so, I have to say that if you are into AOP, or more importantly, looking at AspectJ, then I think you have to look at this book.
(Full disclosure: I am a Manning author but I in no way allow that to effect my reviews.)
Rating: 5
Summary: Practical, concise and most of all, it works!
Comment: The book provides you out-of-box working codes to attack real world problems. The design patterns introduced in the book are most helpful. They let you feel the power of AOP. The book content are well organized and easy to understand.
You might run into some huddles while working with AspectJ in IDEs, such as OutOfMemory problem, although ANT approach works very well. But that is a growing pain of any new technology.
"I can only show you the door. You have to walk through it."
--From Matrix.
The author surely did that.
Rating: 5
Summary: From basics to design patterns
Comment: Ramnivas Laddad wrote a comprehensive book on AOP with the focus on AspectJ. He deals with AOP and AspectJ basics, explains the (sometimes fine) differences in advice declarations, and cleans up the myths and prejudices on AOP.
Going further Ramnivas uses real-life examples to show step by step how to use Aspects in your daily work. He explains how to transform a pure Java based solution to a cleaner, more structured AspectJ solution. The reader can see that the AspectJ solution is more elegant and can always understand how Ramnivas came to his solutions. Ramnivas explains this for cruicial topics most developers have to face, for example logging or thread safety.
Special bonus is the chapter on aspect design patterns. Ramnivas shows four design patterns, that don't exist in the non-AOP world. They are quite useful in AOP, though, and AFAIK there is no other source for this important information.
"AspectJ in action" is a book for beginners as well as for advanced AspectJ programmers. It is well written and easy to understand. The real-world examples allow you to transfer the solutions on a 1:1 basis to your project and thus try in real life how aspects work for you.
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Title: Jess in Action: Rule-Based Systems in Java by Ernest Friedman-Hill ISBN: 1930110898 Publisher: Manning Publications Company Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Code Generation in Action by Jack Herrington ISBN: 1930110979 Publisher: Manning Publications Company Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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Title: JUnit in Action by Vincent Massol, Ted Husted ISBN: 1930110995 Publisher: Manning Publications Company Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: XDoclet in Action (In Action series) by Craig Walls, Norman Richards, Rickard Oberg, Rickard Oberg ISBN: 1932394052 Publisher: Manning Publications Company Pub. Date: December, 2003 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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Title: Eclipse in Action: A Guide for the Java Developer by David Gallardo, Ed Burnette, Robert McGovern ISBN: 1930110960 Publisher: Manning Publications Company Pub. Date: 15 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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