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Imagine a world without eBay...unthinkable! How would you get that
Farrah Fawcett poster, retired Beanie Baby, or first-edition pet
rock? Handling over a gazillion (OK, we exaggerate--it's actually
only 1 billion) page views each day, server-side Java makes eBay
work.
Isn't it time you learned the latest (J2EE 1.4) versions of
Servlets & JSPs? This book will get you way up to speed on the
technology you'll know it so well, in fact, that you can pass the
Sun Certified Web Component Developer (SCWCD) 1.4 exam. If that's
what you want to do, that is. Maybe you don't care about the exam,
but need to use Servlets & JSPs in your next project. You're
working on a deadline. You're over the legal limit for caffeine.
You can't waste your time with a book that makes sense only AFTER
you're an expert (or worse one that puts you to sleep).
No problem. Head First Servlets and JSP's brain-friendly
approach drives the knowledge straight into your head (without
sharp instruments). You'll interact with servlets and JSPs in ways
that help you learn quickly and deeply. It may not be The Da
Vinci Code, but quickly see why so many reviewers call it "a
page turner". Most importantly, this book will help you use what
you learn. It won't get you through the exam only to have you
forget everything the next day.
Learn to write servlets and JSPs, what makes the Container tick
(and what ticks it off), how to use the new JSP Expression Language
(EL), what you should NOT write in a JSP, how to write deployment
descriptors, secure applications, and even use some server-side
design patterns. Can't talk about Struts at a cocktail party?
That'll change. You won't just pass the exam, you will truly
understand this stuff, and you'll be able to put it to work right
away.
This new exam is tough--much tougher than the previous version of
the SCWCD. The authors of Head First Servlets and JSP know:
they created it. (Not that it EVER occurred to them that if they
made the exam really hard you'd have to buy a study guide to pass
it.) The least they could do is give you a stimulating, fun way to
pass the thing. If you're one of the thousands who used Head
First EJB to pass the SCWCD exam, you know what to expect!
Editorial ReviewsProduct DescriptionImagine a world without eBay...unthinkable! How would you get that Farrah Fawcett poster, retired Beanie Baby, or first-edition pet rock? Handling over a gazillion (OK, we exaggerate--it's actually only 1 billion) page views each day, server-side Java makes eBay work. Isn't it time you learned the latest (J2EE 1.4) versions of Servlets & JSPs? This book will get you way up to speed on the technology you'll know it so well, in fact, that you can pass the Sun Certified Web Component Developer (SCWCD) 1.4 exam. If that's what you want to do, that is. Maybe you don't care about the exam, but need to use Servlets & JSPs in your next project. You're working on a deadline. You're over the legal limit for caffeine. You can't waste your time with a book that makes sense only AFTER you're an expert (or worse one that puts you to sleep). No problem. Head First Servlets and JSP's brain-friendly approach drives the knowledge straight into your head (without sharp instruments). You'll interact with servlets and JSPs in ways that help you learn quickly and deeply. It may not be The Da Vinci Code, but quickly see why so many reviewers call it "a page turner". Most importantly, this book will help you use what you learn. It won't get you through the exam only to have you forget everything the next day. Learn to write servlets and JSPs, what makes the Container tick (and what ticks it off), how to use the new JSP Expression Language (EL), what you should NOT write in a JSP, how to write deployment descriptors, secure applications, and even use some server-side design patterns. Can't talk about Struts at a cocktail party? That'll change. You won't just pass the exam, you will truly understand this stuff, and you'll be able to put it to work right away. This new exam is tough--much tougher than the previous version of the SCWCD. The authors of Head First Servlets and JSP know: they created it. (Not that it EVER occurred to them that if they made the exam really hard you'd have to buy a study guide to pass it.) The least they could do is give you a stimulating, fun way to pass the thing. If you're one of the thousands who used Head First EJB to pass the SCWCD exam, you know what to expect! |
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Reader Reviews From Amazon (Ranked by 'Helpfulness') Average Customer Rating: based on 138 reviews. Dude, it's worth to read it!, 2009-05-08 Reviewer rating: The book is written in style I've never experienced before, dude ;-) It is well structured and gives broad overview of J2EE web technologies. As it is stated on several places, it is aimed to prepare readers on Sun certification exam SCWCD plaform 5.0 and fully cover exam objectives. Therefore it goes to deeper details only in areas related to the exam. Reading of the book is everything but not boring experience and soft humor of nice book models will definitely relax your brain and/or stimulate concentration at the right moment ;-) After reading it I succeeded and passed the exam with great score.
Small objections I have only to the chapter of design patterns, which could be more clear and precise in definitions and its mock exam questions. The chapter could be updated with the information about platform for each pattern, which is aimed to solve archit. problem for as there are differences between EJB 2.0 and 3.0. Most of patterns are focused on solving problems related to EJB 2.0 and are obsolete for newer version of standard. I miss also mentioning of JSF as component based MVC framework alternative to request driven Struts framework (front controller pattern). I was also a bit confused from the fact that URL rewriting is not required by the spec because it's not clearly stated in the text and the space it occupies in the book.
But still, I'm giving 5 stars. | Insatiable Excitement for Java!, 2009-04-02 Reviewer rating: I've been toying with Java EE servlets and JSPs off and on for 7 years but always had lots of questions and few answers and no book inspired me to keep reading, until now.
This book makes learning Java fun and its "There are no stupid questions" Q & A interspersed throughout each chapter has an amazing ability to ask, then answer, exactly the same questions I am having at that point. The diagrams do a phenomenal job of explaining what happens in the path from user to server and back. They spend pages and pages just explaining what the HttpServletRequest and HttpServletResponse objects are!
The humorous photos with captions keep me reading... on the bus as I commute to work... during my lunch break... on the bus ride home... in the evenings at home. I had planned to read Malcolm Gladwell's "blink" next, but that novel sits on the shelf at home as I continue to plow through this delightful entity. My previous attempt to learn this material was "Servlets and JavaServer Pages: The J2EE Technology Web Tier" by Falkner & Jones, but that book is as dry as a college textbook, so I never really absorbed much. I highly recommend this "Head First Servlets & JSP"! | It's okay., 2009-03-08 Reviewer rating: Helpful, but nothing too exciting. May be the topic was not too interesting for me? or may be it just didn't open my eyes for something new. Don't know. But overall book is okay.
Will I use it in everyday life? No. Will I suggest to purchase this book for something who is just starting with Servlets and JSPs, or for somebody who feels his knowledge is weak/so-so? Yes. But this books was CREATED for the people of this type, so it's perfect for them.
| I think she's hot!, 2009-01-21 Reviewer rating: I bought the book because the girl in the cover looks hot. And I need to have a full understanding of Servlets and JSP. The book really helps a novice web programmer like me. The book answers the silly questions that pop up in my mind. I can say that after reading the book and DOING THE TUTORIALS(whew!). I am more knowledgeable and had a greater understanding on how Tomcat and Servlets works and how to use JSP. (Well, the girl in the cover is a good motivation to open the book and continue what I have left off.) Now off to take the exam! | great book, 2009-01-19 Reviewer rating: This book was excellent. It was my primary resource for studying for the SCWCD exam. I did very well on the exam and owe it to this book. It was also very fun to read. |
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