Instant JavaServer Pages (Book/CD-ROM Package)

By Paul Tremblett

This is a clear, project-focused guide to web development with JavaServer Pages. It shows how to create web-based applications for online sales, company intranet, customer feedback and chat rooms. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0072126019
• ISBN13: 9780072126013
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Length: 550 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.5" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

The single best JSP book for the beginning JSP site builder

I read every page of this book, studied all the code, set it up, and made it all run. It was my first introduction to JAVA and JSP. I had a very complex site running within 2 weeks! I'm now using much of the modified code in a site I'm developing. It runs well under a reasonable load although I think some of the database beans blow up if the JVM runs out of memory. I got a fast and thorough, hands on, understanding of how to build a dynamic web site with database support. As the author says, certain parts of this code may not be industrial strength, but it isn't far from it - I'm having no problems after just a little tweaking. Extremely easy to read and thoroughly explained code. This is not a book for reading on the couch; this is a book to consult while you are sitting at your computer, developing your site.Platform: Sun/Ultra OS:Solaris 8 HTTP: Apache latest JSP: Tomcat 3latest DB: MySQL 3.23 Java: 1.30 JDBC: mmMySQL 2.04I had to create some important code workarounds for MySQL (the book uses PostGRE). All in all, I made only about 17 changes to the original code, including about 8 errors I found. If you want a great book with ready to use code to put together your own dynamic site with database support, this is it. Use Linux and PostGRE and everything else he uses.

Pratical, web-ready JSP examples with clear descriptions

I went looking for a good book on JSP, preferably with some code to illuminate my natural resistance to general explanations of technologies. I am generally an example-first learner (as opposed to a general-case-first learner). Boy was I happy when I found this book. Instant JavaServer Pages gets right to the point, presenting important JSP concepts and illustrating them with code you can put to use in the real world. The CD-ROM conatins the code from the book, along with GNU JSP and Apache to get you started. Along with Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages (which explains more about how things work with Servlets and JSPs), I managed to get a web-based account management system going within several days using the examples from this book. The example code also shows how easy it is to use JavaBeans with JSPs (I was ignorant of the JavaBean-JSP relationship before I read this book). His examples that use a database are based on Postgres, so they may need a little modification for your flavor of SQL, but otherwise this is an outstanding book.

Highly useful/detailed Startup for "JSPs"

Mr. Tremblett deserves high praise. Being new to JSP - I was immediately able to utilize the techniques outlined. The e-commerce and survey references are already proving to be invaluable to my particular situation....looking forward to spending many late nights digging deeper. The supplied source code is an added bonus!

A Practical "Roll Up Your Sleeves" Hands on Book

This book starts right from basics... from what are JSP and the standard "HelloWorld" Example in JSP form. It does not assume prior knowledge from the user. Also, Mr. Tremblett has given some very practical examples which can be used directly in the Real World.. One Example is of a Login Manager to handle user logins to a web site. Another example explains building a shopping cart --Online Store web site using JSPs. The author then builds on this same example by providing Customer feedback ,product evaluation,customer survey forms and frequent shopper programs. He also lists many small miscellaneous useful programs. A feature I found very useful is the step by step "for Dummies approach " appendix on how to create your own JSP Environment ...setting the system configuration..and setting up the databses...which is usually a very boring and time consuming job which is prone to errors. I dont know why the author has put it in appendix at the end. It should be put in the beginning. Also, I wish the author had included more XML examples in this book. Those working on ecommerce web sites and sites whose data changes dynamically like stock finance sites, weather sites will find the book invaluable.

Great JSP Book for Beginners to Intermediates

This book is a great book for beginners to intermediates. It is chalked full of real world examples. The book is very easy to follow and goes at a good pace. It does have a few spelling errors, but still a very good book. If you are looking for an intro book to learn JSP, this book is a great starting off point.