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From the reviews: "Downey summarizes ... clearly and succinctly, the focus of the book: Java servlets that use JavaServer Pages (JSP) and connect to a MySQL database using the Hibernate framework. The book covers precisely what the title says. ... At the end of the book, there is a one-page glossary of terms; a one-page list of additional resources, books, and Web sites; and a detailed eight-page index ... . In conclusion, I strongly recommend this book to readers who are interested in developing component-based systems ... ." (M. M. Tanik, Computing Reviews, December, 2008)
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This book jumps to the "good stuff" from the outset, allowing students to quickly start writing real applications. It introduces readers to a 3-tiered, Model-View-Controller architecture by using Hibernate, JSPs, and Java Servlets. This book uses existing powerful technologies such as JSP, JavaBeans, Annotations, JSTL, Java 1.5, Hibernate, Apache Velocity and Tomcat. It also presents Model 1 architectures using Servlets and JSP as alternatives to Perl and PHP. Written for novice developers, this book provides an introductory course in web development for undergraduates as well as web developers.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having little previous experience of jsps \ Servlets \ Hibernate but plenty of Java, I wanted an intro in to the web side of things.
Ultimately I planned to end up using framework solutions ideally Spring MVC, but was keen to get a grounding in the basic workings of jsps \ Servlets first. To this end I purchased this book which seemed to tick all the boxes.
Basically it does exactly what it says on the tin. Leading the reader gently into web terminology \ flow in the first chapter and continuing on to build an MVC app which is gradually enhanced chapter by chapter with features such as session \ Request Attributes and data persistence through hibernate.
There is are also chapters dedicated to CSS and Hibernate which are great as a mini intro, but extra reading would likely be required outside the confines of the book applications.
The book ends by giving an assortment of smaller examples highlighting other areas such as use of cookies \ shopping cart application.
The only downside I found was when building up the examples while working through the chapters the code was widely dispersed with some being in the Appendix and some at the readers point in the chapter with potentially more at the end of the chapter. In the authors defense the code is available on the very neat user friendly accompanying website (along with working examples) so you can just download from there if needed, along with all required jars.
You will also need to know how to download and install MySQL but nowadays this is pretty easily done.
My opinion is that this book will definitely get you started down the jsp route and does that job very well. I was definitely not disappointed and learnt a lot from it, certainly a great springboard into the web development with jsps.
As companion books I would recommend Hibernate Made Easy: Simplified Data Persistence with Hibernate and JPA (Java Persistence API) Annotationsand Head First Servlets and JSP: Passing the Sun Certified Web Component Developer Exam (although the latter is a much larger indepth offering).
Ultimately I planned to end up using framework solutions ideally Spring MVC, but was keen to get a grounding in the basic workings of jsps \ Servlets first. To this end I purchased this book which seemed to tick all the boxes.
Basically it does exactly what it says on the tin. Leading the reader gently into web terminology \ flow in the first chapter and continuing on to build an MVC app which is gradually enhanced chapter by chapter with features such as session \ Request Attributes and data persistence through hibernate.
There is are also chapters dedicated to CSS and Hibernate which are great as a mini intro, but extra reading would likely be required outside the confines of the book applications.
The book ends by giving an assortment of smaller examples highlighting other areas such as use of cookies \ shopping cart application.
The only downside I found was when building up the examples while working through the chapters the code was widely dispersed with some being in the Appendix and some at the readers point in the chapter with potentially more at the end of the chapter. In the authors defense the code is available on the very neat user friendly accompanying website (along with working examples) so you can just download from there if needed, along with all required jars.
You will also need to know how to download and install MySQL but nowadays this is pretty easily done.
My opinion is that this book will definitely get you started down the jsp route and does that job very well. I was definitely not disappointed and learnt a lot from it, certainly a great springboard into the web development with jsps.
As companion books I would recommend Hibernate Made Easy: Simplified Data Persistence with Hibernate and JPA (Java Persistence API) Annotationsand Head First Servlets and JSP: Passing the Sun Certified Web Component Developer Exam (although the latter is a much larger indepth offering).
Format:Paperback
Reasonable starter for someone wanting to get going on web development with java. Some of the sections were incredibly light for example the item on regular expressions if it was going to be covered needed far more explanation. The changing of folders each chapter was confusing if you are trying to 'build' as you read.
Overall average read.
Overall average read.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Web development using current Java technology
18 Jan 2008
Format:Paperback
The rapid changes in Java web technology have left a morass of outdated books. So it is refreshing to see this book using Java 5 annotations, JSP 2.0 with its EL (expression language), and Hibernate 3 annotations both for validation and for persistence. Unfortunately Spring is not covered, causing home-grown solutions for some things Spring could do. I didn't see any real errors in concepts, but there are gaps and statements that depend on the specific case being considered, where this dependency is not clear. For example, there is a statement on pg. 157 that only Hibernate can set the primary key for a row, but this is only true in the @GeneratedKey case in use in this example.
The helper code has no comments and scanty explanation. Some bad practices are in the code, such as HTML by generation by Java printlns and swallowed exceptions. Of course a teacher can fix up localized problems, so this book could be used in a web apps course, and has almost no competitors for a textbook there. It has questions and "tasks" at the end of each chapter, a first for such books in my experience. It covers the basic user interface techniques you need for a simple web app, and a little about multipage apps and MVC organization. There is nothing about a service API, or any layering in the app.
The helper code has no comments and scanty explanation. Some bad practices are in the code, such as HTML by generation by Java printlns and swallowed exceptions. Of course a teacher can fix up localized problems, so this book could be used in a web apps course, and has almost no competitors for a textbook there. It has questions and "tasks" at the end of each chapter, a first for such books in my experience. It covers the basic user interface techniques you need for a simple web app, and a little about multipage apps and MVC organization. There is nothing about a service API, or any layering in the app.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Awesome !!
22 Sep 2008
Format:Paperback
I got my hands on a copy of this book, and I couldn't stop reading it. This books is really well written, its clear and understandable, a very rare feature in J2EE books.
If you are looking for a book to learn the basics of Web Development using Java, this is the one for you, it guides you through complicated concepts such as JSP-Servlets interaction, formerly-cryptic web application directory tree, with so much ease.
I highly recommend this title to all the developers/students/java enthusiasts that want to learn how to do Java Web Programming. Advanced programmers might find it somewhat basic, but still a very good conceptual reference.
If you are looking for a book to learn the basics of Web Development using Java, this is the one for you, it guides you through complicated concepts such as JSP-Servlets interaction, formerly-cryptic web application directory tree, with so much ease.
I highly recommend this title to all the developers/students/java enthusiasts that want to learn how to do Java Web Programming. Advanced programmers might find it somewhat basic, but still a very good conceptual reference.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Web Development with Java: Using Hibernate, JSPs and Servlets
14 Mar 2010
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Pulled down the Kindle edition of the book and at first glance I was happy with the book. When you get into some of the later chapters from about 6 on, the book stops being a "type this in and run it" to see how it works which I fine very helpful when trying to learn a new technology. I've even went to the website to pull down the example from there thinking that I missed a step or two only to find that the not all the code is in its complete condition which did not help in the understanding of what the chapter was trying to accomplish.
If you are looking for a book that started with a basic web app and allowed you to add code building on the code that came before progressing to a more advance web app, I don't think this is the book of for you. I did get some useful information from this book but I was hoping for more.
If you are looking for a book that started with a basic web app and allowed you to add code building on the code that came before progressing to a more advance web app, I don't think this is the book of for you. I did get some useful information from this book but I was hoping for more.
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