The practical angle of Building Java Enterprise Systems with J2EE provides the conceptual background and wealth of code examples needed to actually assemble systems in a useful manner with the J2EE technologies. Furthermore, this book demonstrates how the technologies complement and build on top of one another via evolution of a cohesive and real sample application. You can use this book to learn, develop, and design your custom applications immediately.
User reviewTotal Trash
Total trash. This is one of those books where the publisher has packed in as many pages as possible to make it seem impressive. It is completely unreadable and not even useful as a reference book.
User reviewOnly `Good Overview` of J2EE.
The title of the book is impressive and is certain to fool many a serious developer hopeful of `Building` J2EE systems with the help of this book. It will be painful to find out that this books gives only a overview of the technologies that comprise J2EE.
System Architects who wish to find out what the various J2EE `buz words` are about may find this book interesting.
User review
Best complete J2EE book I found
I had been looking for a book that gave me most of the information I needed for J2EE and server side coding and I found it in this book. No other book that I could find provided me with all of the material I needed for server side Java. The material is thorough and it is loaded with examples that use BEA weblogic and Oracle. There are some topics that I can do without like DCOM and much of the CORBA chapters. Although if you really want the complete picture of other technologies you might find that information interesting too. I'd rank it a 4.5, but Ill give them the extra half point for the effort.
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The one-stop everything reference
In a perfect world, on the day you started working with J2EE you would be handed a book that contained everything you needed to know about the subject. This is very close to being that book. This book is for experienced Java developers who are working with Java enterprise technologies. That does not mean servlets and JSPs, although those topics are covered. This book covers much more than just the basics of J2EE. Naming services, directory services, messaging services, transaction services, DCOM, RMI, CORBA, XML are all covered in some depth. You might think that a book covering so much would need to cover each topic only briefly. In this case, you would be wrong. CORBA has more that 150 pages, JDBC has 120 pages, RMI has 100 pages, XML has 60 pages and so on. Other topics which are often skimmed over in other books (security, cryptography, network communications) are given good coverage here. A case study is covered throughout the book showing how each technology could be used in a single application. The end result is a book that is huge with over 1400 pages. However, the book does have some weaknesses. It is light on the most popular topics of servlets and JSPs. It is also light on helping the developer to determine when to use one technology instead of another. If you are looking for a comprehensive guide to J2EE beyond servlets and JSPs, then this book may be the resource you need.
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A Lot of Weight,,. Low Value
Pretty disapointed. The book is large in weight but low in value. It stayed at a pretty high level. At times lost focus and found several content errors.
