This book is a great introductions to WebObjects. WebObjects is a web application and persistence framework made by Apple. It is what the Apple Store and iTunes were built with. While WebObject is very powerful, it has a very steep learning curve at the beginning. This book does a good job of covering the foundational parts of the program. It give enough information to get someone familiar with Java started using WebObjects.
For a brief overview of what you can do with webobjects check out Jonathan Rentzsh's Web Object's 5 in 15 Minutes . The link is a 10 meg movie that gives a very good quick overview of Webobjects.
Best Beginner WebObjects book ever!!
This is the best beginner WebObjects book ever! Examples are clear, concise and easy to follow. It has made me a believer in this technology.
Prompt delivery, good book
Thanks for sending the book among others that I ordered along with it in good condition, and sooner than I had expected. Its a simple and straightforward book that orients itself around the MacOSX Web Objects application. Good value for money a worth while buy.
THE place to start for the new WebObjects Developer...
I ordered this book expecting it to be a more advanced WebObjects book than it actually is. Unfortunately, most of the material covered in the first 11 chapters CAN be gleaned from Apple's documentation accompanied by some experimentation (which I've done over the last year or so). For me, those chapters were a rehash of stuff I knew, although I did pick up some good advice and tips from those chapters.However, for a Java developer (the book doesn't pretend to teach you Java) who is new to WebObjects, those first 11 chapters are a a godsend, filled with well-written text containing a huge amount of practical advice and illustrated with extensive screenshots. Reading this book and doing the exercises will save you literally dozens if not hundreds of hours of "doing it the hard way."
Chapters 12 and 13, on the other hand, are filled with bits and pieces that are NOT easy (or sometimes possible) to get from the official documentation and can only be learned by finding a more experienced developer to mentor you. For me, these two chapters were worth the price, and for a computer programming book, the price is quite reasonable.
A big thumbs up for this book as an introductory WebObjects tome, and here's to hoping that some publisher will contract Mr. Marker to write a follow-up "Advanced WebObjects for Mac OS X" because I'll be first in line to buy that one.