Book Description
Servlets and JSP (Java Server Pages) are the main way that Java is used in the Web today. These are Java programs that run on a Web server that allow HT ML content to be dynamically generated (often by querying a database) and then sent via the Web to a "client" machine that made the request in the first place. Jorelid's book concentrates on teaching the programmer how to fit the various pieces together, spending as little time as possible on plumbing. By concentrating on the patterns needed for Servlet/JSP development, this book avoids the trap that all existing books on Servlets and Java Server Pages fall victim to: that of spending far too much time on the various APIs and not enough time on the bigger picture that is necessary for successful enterprise application development. Concise and relentlessly practical, Jorelid draws on his extensive consulting experience to deliver the most useful book on subject.

Synopsis
Servlets and JSP (Java Server Pages) are the main way that Java is used in the Web today. These are Java programs that run on a Web server that allow HTML content to be dynamically generated (often by querying a database) and then sent via the Web to a "client" machine that made the request in the first place. Jorelid's book concentrates on teaching the programmer how to fit the various pieces together, spending as little time as possible on plumbining. By concentrating on the patterns needed for Servlet/JSP development, this book avoids the trap that all existing books on Servlets and Java Server Pages fall victim to: that of spending far too much time on the various APIs and not enough time on the bigger picture that is necessary for successful enterprise application development. Concise and relentlessly practical, Jorelid draws on his extensive consulting experience to deliver the most useful book on subject. About the author: Lennart 'Haxx' Jorelid has consulted in Java-based solutions to some of the largest European companies.

Through his affiliation as a Java Manager with jGuru (one of the most popular Web sites for Java Developers), he has explained Java technology to thousands of programmers.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: Fairly detailed and yet limited, 23 Nov 2002 By  Thomas Paul (Plainview, NY USA) - See all my reviews       "J2EE FrontEnd Technologies" refers to itself as a "programmer's guide" and that is probably the best description of it. While it also claims to be "chock full of code examples" and contains "what you need to know," it falls short in both these areas. What you will find is a fairly detailed and yet limited explanation of the three major J2EE technologies, servlets, JSPs, and EJBs. Although you will find extensive information for these three areas, there are many details left out and there is little attempt made to tie the three pieces together. For example, you will not find any examples of linking servlets and JSPs other than by using the Struts framework. You will also find no more than a brief mention of message driven EJBs. There are numerous UML diagrams throughout the book but in many cases they add little beyond what you can get from looking at the APIs. The examples in the book tend to be overly simplistic, in some cases wasting many pages to show an example that could have been summarized in a few lines of code. The best section of the book is the section on EJBs. The author's detailed description of EJB deployment descriptors is better than what you will find in most EJB books. This section also features the most complete examples found in the book. Overall this book does contain value, although it fails as an introduction or tutorial on the technologies that it covers.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   Fairly detailed and yet limited, 27 Nov 2002 By  Thomas Paul (Plainview, NY USA) - See all my reviews       "J2EE FrontEnd Technologies" refers to itself as a "programmer's guide" and that is probably the best description of it. While it also claims to be "chock full of code examples" and contains "what you need to know," it falls short in both these areas. What you will find is a fairly detailed and yet limited explanation of the three major J2EE technologies, servlets, JSPs, and EJBs. Although you will find extensive information for these three areas, there are many details left out and there is little attempt made to tie the three pieces together. For example, you will not find any examples of linking servlets and JSPs other than by using the Struts framework. You will also find no more than a brief mention of message driven EJBs. There are numerous UML diagrams throughout the book but in many cases they add little beyond what you can get from looking at the APIs. The examples in the book tend to be overly simplistic, in some cases wasting many pages to show an example that could have been summarized in a few lines of code. The best section of the book is the section on EJBs. The author's detailed description of EJB deployment descriptors is better than what you will find in most EJB books. This section also features the most complete examples found in the book. Overall this book does contain value, although it fails as an introduction or tutorial on the technologies that it covers.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all 2 customer reviews...		Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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