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Summary: Great but a little bit short
Comment: It's another Head First wonderfull book. But sometimes you get the feeling that they're missing some points they should get on.
I find it a perfect work to learn J2EE (except EJBs), but I'm not really sure this book prepares you completely to face the exam.
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Summary: Same Great Head-First Style - But Too Many Martial Arts References
Comment: After finishing Head-First Java, I dived "head first" into this follow-up work by the famouse Kathy & Bert duo (with Bryan Bansham, too). I found the first three chapters EXCELLENT as they're focused on whetting your appetited with a sample web app. After Chapter 3, the book effectively starts over giving more details, historical perspective and practice. Whether you're an expert programmer or a beginner, you'll find this approach quite effective.
My one complaint with this work (other than the length), is the over-use of Japanese martial arts references. At one point I even felt that the humor was getting rather condescending and perhaps even insulting. Hopefully the updated edition (which, at the time of this wriing has just been released) remedies this shortcoming.
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Summary: WOW - Im blown away
Comment: OK......
THIS is the BEST JSP/SERVET book I have ever come across.
HANDS-ON exercises are not all there, but the info in this book is priceless. I read another review stated " I use ASP because its far better than Java", well my friend Java is use in space (NASA) in phones, in everything. With "Complexe software apps. you must have java in your mind and this book does a great job taking java.class info and creating web-based (example) apps.
BUY IT
READ IT
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Summary: nice read
Comment: From the introduction it seems to be reading a kind of "Make a million dollar in one week" book.
I've found the Head First style really funny and attractive.
For a newbie the book can be a really good introduction and the style help so much, but If you are an expert developer don't take the book as a complete Servlets or JSP guide. It's a nice riassunto for everyone that need to refresh their acknowledge but It don't cover the entire process of a real world work. Pretty usefull too for passing the SCWCD exam.
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Summary: Worth every penny
Comment: This Book contains everything that you will ever want to know about Servlets JSP and custom Tag development. Its all in One shop for learning web development.
The features that i like about the book are :
1.) Depth of coverage for JSPs, JSTL, all JSTL tags and Custom Tags
2.) No loss of breadth and its coverage of good stuff like Filters and Listeners.
3.) Concise and practical examples of snippets of codes that just "Work".
4.) Good ( Quick and Dirty ) introduction to Struts. ( if you want to learn more buy Oreilly's Programming Jakarta Struts ( yea both big book and pocket reference ).
All in all worth every penny you'll spend. ( This is from a guy who rated Head First Design Patterns a 2 ).
Regards
Vyas, Anirudh
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