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5 comments about Java: How to Program.

1. Hi, my name is John Reynolds. I am a manager at a big insurance firm. People work under me used to laugh at me behind my back becase I manage people by bully them. After I read this book, it all changed. I now spend 1/2 hour every evening writing java programs in Deitels' style and then show them at work the next day. These programs usually take real java programmers two months to complete. I also learned a lot of buzwords from this book. I can use them to intimidate people in the company too. What a deal! If you want to be like me, buy this book! Deitels are great. I wish I was married to both of them.



2. I almost finished this book.After trying couple simple projects,I found it is hard to refer.The authors didn't mension many details.The spirits of JAVA are the OO usages,the OO-concepts in this book are ver weak. I don't think the authors are good at JAVA programming.

   However the software engineering tips are helpful.

   Because of lacking good structurein inside,I don't recommend beginners buy this book.




3. It is a good book to learn Java. I re-coded almost all of the examples by myself. And i did some modified. It is really useful for me. Only a litter missatified, they did not discuss about Servlet and EJB.



4. I found the layout of this book very helpful. Especially the Software Engineering Observations, Good Programming Practices and Common Programming Errors that are sprinkled through the text do a good job in summarizing and highlighting important ideas. I have only highlighted very few words or fragments, most of it is already done for you! It is not always an easy read, granted, and I went back to it again and again, but I found the material very solid and I think I have learned a lot on Java and Object Oriented Programming. It isn't my only book on Java, but it was my first one. It was also my first programming book.



5. A couple of years ago, I was taking a class on Java. The textbook for the course was terrible. The explanations for things weren't all that great, and trying to find something in the index was nearly impossible. So I went to my local bookstore and picked out a Java book that looked good. (That would be Java How to Program, 2nd Edition). The book has been an excellent resource ever since. I still refer to it whenever I write Java code. It is organized well and covers nearly every topic there is. In addition, each subject is explained in depth, and the language is understandable.

   This book is definately worth a look!

5 comments about Com+ and the Battle for the Middle Tier.

1. It is clear that Sessions is biased toward COM+. I would have no problem with that if he were up front about it. The book provides some good COM+ insights and recommendations, but it is like going to Starbucks and asking them their favorite coffee shop.



2. The purpose of this book is provide a system architect with material to influence his corporation to deploy more Microsoft software and Intel hardware on the middle tier.

   The author is an advocate of a COM+ architecture. He will give you material you could find elsewhere if you have the time to do your own research. Of course, then you'd learn something and that is not the point of this book. The point is to give you something to say back to that pesky CORBA guys or JAVA person who seems to think locking your company into a proprietary software scheme might prove costly down the road.

   This book is an evangelical endorsement of Bill's response to IP technologies threating his PC franchise.

   Everyone in software development knows that Microsoft buys most of their products from smaller companies and then maintains and enhances them in-house. Products that they develop in-house generally are underachievers and either way it takes three major versions before their stuff is deployable outside a lab.

   I don't see how MS can hope to penetrate the backend of corporate America with this offering but expect COM+ to improve radically over the next two years.

   Are there CORBA and JAVA bigots who write hit pieces on COM+ architectures? My experience says yes. Systems architecture is sometimes more debate that engineering. I originally looked at this book hoping to learn something new about COM+ or C#. I should have just kept hacking on product manuals instead.

   This book is almost as exciting as the MOM vs RPC debate a decade ago. .NET should be a bigger success than Apple's Lisa judging from the product quality I've seen to date. I hope this book ends up on every COM+ advocate's desk.

   They are really afraid of Java in Redmond. When I met with the COM+/C# developers 2-3 years ago they had 100's of Java books around their offices. It was the largest collection of Java books I'd ever seen and I've worked in Silicon Valley for major software development companies and successful startups too.




3. You know, these two groups of fellas don't need detail code samples to work on, VISIO is ALL other tool they'll need, :-D (plus they probably won't understand a line of code anyway.)

   But for a Developer who ALREADY knows the background concepts, skip this, start with Wrox's Prof DNA if you still need to work on non- .Net 3-tiers stuffs.




4. If you don't like the book because of favoring MS technologies and COM+, you got to love the Starbucks reference. The book gives you good insight of COM+ (MTS), good evaluation of differences between COM+, CORBA and EJB, not an adequate amount of information on CORBA and EJB details. In short, COM+ will do 98% that EJB does, with much less hassle ... the question is will you (ever) need those 2%?



5. For years, I have been trying to figure out what all the OCX / ActiveX / COM / COM+ / DCOM / dot NET / whatever-they'll-call-it-tomorrow stuff is about. I've succeeded in developing ActiveX components and also software to use them, and in so doing put bread on my family's table.
   
   But I've never really had a top-level overview. To use old-time IBM jargon, I've never come across the book called "Theory of Operation" for the Microsoft component stuff. So, to me it's always been a blizzard of complexity. It mostly works, but mere mortals like me don't get to know why.
   
   Yesterday I stumbled across this book in a public library, and sat down to look at it. I ended up reading most of it.
   
   It is a good book. My criteria for good are:
   
   --readable -- yes, very.
   
   --not written to be propaganda. Many books about m'soft stuff start out with "this is the most important advance in computer science since von Neumann" or some such breathless rubbish. This book starts out by saying the author was skeptical about his subject matter but found real value.
   
   --opinionated. The author IS opinionated. But he discloses his biases and justifies them. That's so much easier to read and absorb than gray and neutral writing. It DOESN'T mean the reader has to agree with the author.
   
   --demystifying. The author cuts through the bafflement that M'soft's marketing department has created by their lousy choices of rapidly changing terminology, and shows the strengths of the m'soft component model. I have been unable to cut through that bafflement on my own, so I'm grateful.
   
   Worth reading!

5 comments about Rapid Java Application Development Using JBuilder 3..

1. Liang's book helped me tap into an MsAccess97 database using firstly, JDBC, and secondly, dataExpress components. The explanation on the Swing components is also good and practical, particularly ilustrating how to design using the model-view architecture with JList, JCombobox and JTable components. JBuilder 3 may also be configured to use the recently released JDK1.3. Very clear and easy. Great book ... Thank you, Mr Liang.



2. This is an excellent book, one of the very few for TEACHING Advance Java using Borland JBuilder3 RAD. There are a lot of Advance Java books out in the market but virtually all of them are what I would refer to as "reference books" .... this one by Dr. Liang is a teaching text book.

   This is a book for you only if you already KNOW the java fundamentals ... e.g. classes, inheritance, AWT, interfaces, etc. and you want to extend that knowledge into the advance aspects of Java such as Java Beans, Swing classes, JDBC, etc.

   I use this text by manually typing in all of Liang's example programs ... they all work. The only glitch I found was a few programs that required user's local resource (e.g. "images/indiana.gif" was not supplied) but didn't bother to mention it to the reader.

   Enterprise Java Beans and Swing Classes are covered thoroughly. I wish there were more on RMI, Corba and something on Servlets.

   Buy this book if you want to learn some of the advanced aspects of Java using JBuilder3.




3. This book does not explain the concepts involved. Instead, it dives into examples. Further, these examples introduce concepts that are not essential to the subject being discussed, leading to further confusion.

   Might be ok as a work-book, if you take it, sit at JBuilder, and run each example. However, if what you want is an overview of concepts, this is not the book for you.

   The typos are irritating too.




4. After my first Java class using Dr. Liang's other book "Java Programming using JBuilder 3" as text in the summer, I was able to write an applet to convert a C++ client program to Java using I/O stream, Socket and Swing before the fall quarter started. How was I able to learn these advanced Java features and used them in such a short period of time?

   The answer is: during the quarter break, in front of my own computer, I followed each sample in this book to teach myself subjects such as JavaBean, Advanced Swing, Socket, RMI and CORBA.

   Sample in this book is not only easy to set up and follow but also can produce very exciting results. For example, by following samples for Socket or RMI, beginners can easily set up two computers to play games with each other or by following samples for JDBC, SQL commands can be issued to manipulate popular databases in a remote setting.

   Last thing I want to say about the book is considering the purchase price of JBuilder Enterprise version in the rank of thousands of dollars, this book is a real bargain because it comes with JBuilder Enterprise version on a CD for three months' free use.




5. One of the worst books I read. It uses many pages to explain what to click and how to proceed without giving any meaningful and indepth information. Also, the click guidance is incorrect since it applies for a different version of jbuilder. It is supposed to be a textbook (with excercises) to teach university 101 courses. Thanks God I am not in Mr Liangs's class.

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2 comments about Netscape IFC in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference for Java Programmers.

1. This book is the best reference on the current version of the IFC library. The short chapter on constructor was to the point. I wish the constructor chapter was longer with more code examples. This book is very well organized and is the perfect companion to "Using Netscape IFC" published by Que books.



2. Would be more helpful for experienced programmers

2 comments about Servlet and JSP Programming with IBM WebSphere Studio and VisualAge for Java (IBM Redbook).

1. As a recomended ressource for gaining the WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Standard Edition certification at IBM, this book is ok. Allthough one might expect IBM to upgrade it very soon to the latest editions of their software, it is still usefull as it covers the way Visual Age and WebSphere Studio is brought to play with WebSphere Application Server. Don't expect miracles though



2. This redbook gives a thorough overview of the software products required to build an entire Websphere based web solution. This includes Websphere App Server, Websphere Studio, Visual Age for Java, DB2, and SecureWay. It gives numerous detailed examples taking you through servlets, JSPs, and interactive web sites. Towards the end it introduces the Patterns Development Kit. (This topic is covered in detail in redbook SG24-5864-00.) This gives sample architecture and a strategy for selecting the one for a given application given its needs. It provides a good sized application with full source code and explanation showing you a best practices for building sites in this environment. The only drawback is that it could use an update for today's more recent versions of the software. Despite that, the installation instructions and sample code are easy to install and follow. It's a permanent part of my library.

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1 comments about J2EE and JAX: Developing Web Applications and Web Services.

1. This is a well presented walk through the world of J2EE design and programming for the novice to intermediate Java user. Yawn presents a simple application that is expanded in each chapter as new concepts are introduced. All of the examples are provided on an enclosed and it helped to be able to run them in parallel while trying to understand the material in the various chapters. I highly recommend it.

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