Professional Java Server Prog Ramming

by Danny Ayers and Mark Wilcox

Book Overview

An overview of the new server-side Java platform - Java 2 Enterprise Edition - as it relates to building n-tier web applications. It covers the building blocks (Servlets, JSP, EJB, JDBC, RMI, JNDI,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861002777
• ISBN13: 9781861002778
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Wrox Press
• Length: 1168 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 7.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A little bit of everything

An excellent resource for conceptualizing internet development resources. Lot's of excellent diagrams for visual learners. Lot's of examples for hands-on practice. The best thing I liked about this book is that it assumes you know nothing, but at the same time does not "dummy down" the material. Each chapter has a high-level overview of the topic including industry or historical information. Then there is more detail with an example and the example is broken down step by step. Although written by many people it flows quite well.

Terrific book with lots of examples

I originally bought this book for its information on Javaserver Pages, but this book contains much much more. It covered areas like Database connections and connection pooling, EJBs, etc. that normally you need seperate books for each topic. The examples are small (a good thing) and clearly demonstrate the topics presented. If you want to do javaserver programming, this is the book!

1100 pages of terriffic information

I am new to server side programming, and relatively new to Java. This book is packed with great information, even for me. Three chapters into the book I couldn't wait to get started, and I was already equipped with enough information to write basic server side programs. Some of the things that I found most valuable: Information on how to configure some of the more popular web servers to run Java Servlets; An explanation of HTTP; The pros and cons of CGI, JavaServer Pages, Active Server Pages, and Java Servlets; Detailed information about the Java Servlet API.It does not contain a lot of information about Java programming in general (syntax, general API info, etc., ) so if you are new to Java you will need a Java API book to supplement.

Superb JSP Section

I bought this book for one reason only: the chapter on JSP Programming. Unlike the light examples mostly available on the web, the chapter explores a lot of the features of JSP, including delcaratives, error pages, java beans (very important), connecting to databases, a summary of the implicit objects available to the environmnent, and more. The author took the time to understand the underlying architecture and explain it. I found it to be tremendously helpful. Mark