BEA Weblogic Server Bible

by Lou Miranda and Joe Zuffoletto

* A comprehensive, hands-on guide to the nuts and bolts of installing, administering, and troubleshooting the latest version of WebLogic Server * Extensive coverage of building enterprise applications... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764526022
• ISBN13: 9780764526022
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 984 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 7.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Response to "Already Obsolete" reviewer

As the lead author of the book, I feel compelled to respond to the writer of the "Already Obsolete" posting.Criticizing this book because it doesn't cover 7.0 is wrong. The book covers 6.1, and it says so right on the cover.The comments about my presentation at the BEA event are also out of line. I wasn't "hawking the book" - in fact, I GAVE ONE AWAY at the end of the event. And it's not surprising that I "did not seem to think the answers to the audience questions would be found in the current version of the book," because the presentation was entitled, "WebLogic 7.0: What's New." As we've already established, the book covers 6.1, not 7.0.

Consider this book recommended!

If you are new to WebLogic, I suggest that you get this book. If you have been working with WebLogic since before the EJB .8 spec., I suggest that you get this book.I really enjoyed reading the Weblogic Bible. I've been using WebLogic off and on since before EJB existed, and I still learned a bunch of new tricks. This is an excellent reference that can be read from cover to cover. I liked the small examples and the emphasis on deploying the examples. I especially like all the examples of setting up the configuration with an explanations of what the different parameters are and when to use them. I like going from concept to implementation, and that is what this book does. Unlike some other WebLogic centric books, the coverage of EJB CMP/CMR was pretty good. A couple of things I did *not* like as follows: 1) A few times the examples were WebLogic centric when they could have been written them in a cross platform manner ( wrt J2EE ). (Note: A prerequisite of this book is a working knowledge of J2EE.) 2) The EJB examples hard coded the JNDI parameters instead of using the jndi.properites file in the classpath, which is the preferred approach for cross platform J2EE development. I realize that at times you have to write things WebLogic centric to utilize their extensions to J2EE, but I found the book also did this at times when it was not really necessary to do so. A J2EE veteran will catch the difference, and a J2EE novice will not. Bottom line... have a working knowledge of J2EE before reading this book and there will not be any problem.The coverage of performance monitoring was really well done. And, the ideas for optimization and thought process behind it was also really well done.Consider this book recommended!

A classic

At last, a book that makes J2EE accessible, in the context of a real-world application server!I found this book to be impressive at every turn. It's well written, well edited, and even has a great website to go with it. And virtually all the source code on the website works.The authors say it's a book for learning WebLogic, not J2EE, but I disagree. I think it's a great resource for learning both. There are a lot of good J2EE books out there, but I find most of them to be a little too theoretical. This is the first one that brings J2EE down to earth.Given that you can download WebLogic Server for free, I can't think of a better way to get up to speed on this technology than to buy this book, download the software, and get to work. The authors do an incredible job of walking you carefully through every aspect of the product, from JDBC to clustering, and everything in between. They make the most complex topics seem simple, without dumbing them down.I work mostly with WLS, but also with WebSphere and Tomcat. This book has given me a solid grounding in concepts that apply to all three environments. If you need to learn WebLogic Server, this is the only book you need. If you need to learn J2EE but you're using a different server, don't write it off. It's a fantastic WebLogic Book, and a strong J2EE book as well.

Wow

I'm currently preparing the SUN Java2 architect certification. In this context, I read almost everything that gets published around J2EE. There are a lot of good books around but this one is special. It covers a lot of ground (JDBC, JNDI, RMI, JTA, JMS, JavaMail, servlets, EJBs, security), and at least it does this in the context of one of the most popular J2EE application servers, whilst most of the other books remain quite theoretical. As a developer, you don't want to invest a lot of money in an application server for trying out things at home, right? I tried to make code run either in SUN's reference implementation, or by mixing open source containers like JBoss ant Tomcat (or Resin). Those are also very good products, and at the end of the day, you'll get the code running, but it's by no means a trivial task. Here, just download a 30 day free trial version of WebLogic 6.1 from BEA's site, install it, and you get the examples running immediately. Also, considering the popularity of the platform, it's a small investment that could pay back very quickly in your next job.In just one word: Wow!

Honestly the best book for Weblogic Server

For someone who has used weblogic in developing applications, this is an awesome book for those new and old to weblogic server. I believe this author actually sat down and tried to put himself in other people's shoes and tried to make this book very easy to follow and practical. If this book did not meat my expectations I would be the first to condem it. He truly goes in depth with allof the major issues covering weblogic server. It's a must read.