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Paperback Cocoon: Building XML Applications [With CDROM] Book

ISBN: 0735712352

ISBN13: 9780735712355

Cocoon: Building XML Applications [With CDROM]

An implementation guide from the Cocoon development team that teaches how to develop XML applications with the Cocoon framework. The CD contains installable versions of the Cocoon 2 application for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

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Excellent book on web publishing via Cocoon

Excellent book!. Introduces Cocoon as a web publishing (and integration) framework that it is. Shows nicely how to use xml-based technology to create web-sites like portals that integrate external and internal data sources without writing any java code. But the book also explains the internals of Cocoon for java developers so that those who want to extend its functionality can do so (by writing appropriate java modules). Overall it made me understand the -significant- powers of the cocoon project and its overall scope too. So, to recap, the book is very easy to read if you have basic knowledge of xml and java, and it explains what you can and cannot do with cocoon: a framework for building web-sites that mostly deal with publishing documents. In that sense, cocoon can be used to create robust portals or document management systems or even more general content management systems (Lenya).

Coccon: the XSP alternative

Cocoon is an open source product that is part of the Apache XML project. It enables the construction of web sites using Java Servlet technology, XML, and XSL. The Cocoon 2 platform is a major architectural change from the original platform. This book covers the new platform very thoroughly. The contents start with an overview of Internet Applications from a historical perspective and moves towards the prospect of empowering applications with XML. There is of course the obligatory chapter on installation of the required products. The fourth chapter is a focal point in the early part of the book, in that it covers Cocoon in such a way that a technical reader can gain enough insight to determine if he wishes to pursue it further. Cocoon is significantly different from JSP and Model 2 architecture.The book follows the path of exploring Cocoon with progressively increasing depth. A web portal application is developed in the book, using Cocoon. It starts very simply, but impressively by providing RSS news feeds from content providers on the Internet. As more of Cocoon is revealed, functionality is added to the application, like SQL inquiries and finally XSP.The authors cover the Avalon Component Model that Cocoon is based on, the internals of Cocoon, and how to develop your own components for Cocoon using Java. While a lot can be done with Cocoon without writing Java, knowledge of XML and XSLT is a must. There are not a lot books or articles on Cocoon. This book makes a great step in filling that void and would be a valued resource for anyone interested in what Cocoon can deliver.

The best reference for Cocoon so far

Maybe I wouldn't write this review if Matthew and Carsten weren't my colleagues. But I certainly wouldn't write this review if I didn't like the book.Carsten is certainly among the most knowledgables about Cocoon and this clearly shows in the book. Yet the authors are able to first explain the basic principles to the beginner without getting lost in too many details.You have to be patient though to come to the meat to grasp the full power of the sitemap. But then especially the examples are very insightful.The newly available authentication and portal components are not covered in this book. But the authors (they created these components) put an article online at [URL].I also like the authors' point of view of creating complete publishing applications without writing a single line of Java code. You need to have a working knowledge of XSLT however.In later chapters every detail of extending Cocoon with your own cutom components is explained.I for myself, already having almost one year of Cocoon experience found an invaluable source of information in this book.

Well done!

I'm a Cocoon newbie (at the time of this writing, but not for long!) and this book explains very clearly how to build powerful applications easily. Cocoon is a very slick framework that has no competition that I know of - and it should be in the toolset of all J2EE application developers.I am refactoring a project to use Cocoon, and this book gave me the time-saving edge I needed to jump head-first into a new framework that normally would have taken weeks to delve into on my own.

Excellent source for Cocoon novices. Some typos, but good.

This book is a must have for anyone who is not satisfied with the documentation that comes with Cocoon. Other than a few typos, most notably in the source code examples (missing tag slashes and mis-named XML tags that may just be from previous versions), this book is excellent. If you want to really understand the power of Cocoon, this book is perfect. These two authors really know their stuff. Their detailed coverage of the sitemap and easy to follow examples make Cocoon much easier to understand. I could use more comments in the XML source code to help me understand the XSL files better, but I guess another book will cover that! Excellent book.
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