This book is a little hard to follow because it has some of the coding examples have errors in them. However I found it to be a good introduction to JSPs and it was very useful to me. If you are new to java and programming, it might be a little difficult and fast paced, but for a quick run though of JSP technology it was useful. I did like the way it was organized in short lessons that build on each other. Books like this can get outdated very quickly, so there may be some better books on the market.
Please don't waste your money here!!!
This book amazed when I first sat down to read it.
After encountering the first few errors, I decided to write them all down.
- After reaching the 15th error after about 40 pages, it was
just too much!
- The authors don't even provide you with code samples that work!
- They don't go into any level of depth when explaining
something (I know this is a beginners book, but at least don't
write something that is not true, just because you assume your
reader are not JSP/Java experts).
- I wouldn't dare charge more than $10 for such a low-quality
work.
Adequate but not exceptional.
In the arena of dynamic web content generated on a server, the world seems to be moving towards the two technologies of active server pages (ASPs) and Java Server Pages (JSPs). I have recently seen an increase in the interest in JSPs, so I began developing a course. I started that process by reading this book and performing most of the exercises. I found the sections on using JSPs to be very straightforward, the examples were easy to understand and implement. After completion of the book, I was able to move on and write my own material for the course.
One problem that I had at the start was when I tried to use this book as my resource to get the Tomcat server running on my machine. The amount of information in the book is inadequate for that task, although I was able to get Tomcat running after examining the Tomcat documentation. A second criticism is more serious. While it is a slow transition, the world is moving towards the use of XHTML. Therefore, in my opinion it is time that technical books start using it rather than the old sloppy HTML. There really should be no place for doing things like not having a closing paragraph tag associated with all opening paragraph tags.
The book is an adequate to good introduction to JSPs and if you are a beginner, it will get you started in an easy manner. Advanced users should look elsewhere.
Disgusting!!!!
I do not have enough bad things to say about this book. The part that is most ambiguous is in trying to set up WebLogic. The two authors, being from BEA, should have been a little more detailed in their explanations. If you are new to Tomcat and WLS, DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!