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No comments about Oracle JDeveloper 3 Handbuch. Der Einstieg in die Java-basierte Webentwicklung..

5 comments about Oracle Jdeveloper.

1. This book was originally called JBuilder Essebtials. They have simply changed the cover. All references within this book are to the JBuilder IDE not the JDeveloper IDE. Althought the envirnonments are similar there are differences that make the book unusable in some circumstances. If you are looking for a book on Jdeveloper look elsewhere or buy JBuilder Essentials, it's cheaper.



2. Could have done better. Have not covered key server-side technologies like servlets, JSP, EJB, CORBA etc. The writeup on the database tools of JDeveloper is helpful. That is the only saving grace.

   Contents might be misleading if the reader is new to java(for example in the the 3.1 version all JBCL components begin with the oracle name rather than the borland name)

   I am sure the authors will do good in their second edition of this book. They should not be blamed entirely, the Oracle software kept maturing since the contemplation stage of the book.




3. Does not come close to aiding in learning release 3 of JDeveloper. Neither is it a good review of Borlands JBuilder as another reviewer suggested. Save your money and wait for the Dorsey book to ship. Hopefully it applies to release 3.X



4. I use Jdeveloper at the office, and I thought that this book could help me with some of the finer points of using this software package. It did not. It touches on the basic stuff, but if you want to create any EJB components and deploy them, this book is no good for you. There is a book from Oracle that is targeted from development for 8i and it is more useful to a developer. The topics that this book covers are very trivial and out of date for the most part (Jdeveloper 1.x).



5. As indicated in previous reviews, the book does not really cover specifics of JDeveloper. This book is an inferior JBuilder 2.0 overview. It would be nice to have a JDeveloper 3.1 book, but alas it is not yet available.

5 comments about Oracle JDeveloper 10<i>g</i>: Empowering J2EE Development.

1. This book is another example of sloppy workmanship being rushed into print without competent editing or proofing. The presentation is uneven and disorganized and over half of the examples do not work correctly. The author apparently used an early beta version of 10g - so the screen shots and directions do not correspond to the actual product; with patience one can follow the examples. However publishing a technical book that is so replete with errors that some of the examples will not even compile is in my opinion just inexcusable. Apress should be ashamed to have published this.



2. I found the book useful as it provided good J2EE grounding to get me on my way with what is a very complex subject. The changed version from the version used is a minus for the book. However using the source code available on the book's official page made using the book simple and useful.
   If you a beginner / intermediate level j2ee and jdeveloper user, I think this book will be very useful. If you are already a J2EE expert, then this might be a little on the simpler side.



3. Sometimes you just get lucky. You write a book about a fairly obscure and expensive Java IDE and then, without any warning, the company that makes the IDE releases it to the general public for free. The book is mostly a summary of the features of JDeveloper and doesn't go in deep into any area. If you are interested in a book to get you started with JDeveloper then this might fill your need. If you are looking for a book to show you the power of JDeveloper and help you get deep into its capabilities then this isn't the book for you.
   
   The book has some major shortcomings; first and foremost that it was written using the preview version of 10g. Because of this there are some screen differences and the flow isn't always exactly as described. It would have been better if the author had waited until the final release version. Also, because JDeveloper was formerly a purchased product, there is quite a bit of information available free from the Oracle web site. You can find tutorials, demos, product tours, etc on the Oracle Technology Network (OTN). Finally, the book doesn't cover writing your own custom extensions and instead points the reader to OTN.
   
   So what does the book offer? It is a fairly basic overview of the features available in JDeveloper. The author looks at servlet/jsp development, UML, web services, EJB, database interaction, Swing, and a few other features including the Application Development Framework (ADF). It covers everything at a fairly high level so at the end of the book you might not know how to do a lot in JDeveloper but you will know what JDeveloper is capable of doing. There really isn't a better JDeveloper book on the market however. A book about JDeveloper with the detail available in the many Eclipse books is still waiting to be published.



4. If you are a starter in JDeveloper 10g this is the book you need. Bur you have to have background in Java.



5. 1. Yes, I would agree that the content is not much more than what is available online.
   
   2. Yes, I would agree that the content is somewhat cursory.
   
   Re 1. I can't stand following along with online tutorials. I like having a book that I can review in comfort.
   
   Re 2. I was not lookng for a book on how to implement J2EE, I was looking for an introductory guide to JDeveloper and specifically getting started with ADF.
   
   This book delivered.

No comments about Ajax in Oracle JDeveloper.

5 comments about Oracle JDeveloper 10g Handbook.

1. The authors told us in the introduction part of this book that it is for "both Oracle developers who want to make the transition to the J2EE environment and also Java developers who want to leverage the productivity tools and frameworks available in JDeveloper". The authors have done an good job to satisfy this scope, though I feel time by time that this is book is actually written for Oracle developers who have already exposed to Java/J2EE technology and also J2EE developers who possess basic knowledge about Oracle database technology. Otherwise, I do not recommend you to start your journey from this book. It could be too difficult. Further more, if you want to learn how to use JDeveloper 10g as your Java development tool, this book is not designed for you.
   
   This book gives a good overview of the introductory information about JDeveloper 10g and many related J2EE technologies developed by Oracle. Such overview coverage is further enhanced by about 25 well-designed step-by-step hands-on practices, which are very helpful.
   
   It is true that you may find a lot of learning material from Oracle Technology Network. However, I feel this book offers the unique value by covering this quite extensive and diversified subject in an organized way. By reading this book, you will certainly improve your productivity since JDeveloper 10g is a great tool and since otherwise you may feel overwhelmed by the vast amount of information you may find online.
   
   This book is based on Oracle JDeveloper 10g production release of version 9.0.5.1. The current Oracle JDeveloper 10g production release is of version 10.1.2. I found some of the step-by-step instructions may need slight modification due to the difference of the two versions, though I do not think it posses much difficult to any experienced readers.
   
   Chapter 5, Java Language Concepts for JDeveloper Work, gives a very brief overview of Java concepts. Well, if you need to read this chapter, you are not ready to read this book yet. The good news is that this chapter is only about 30 pages long, less than 5% of this thick book. The development of the rest of the story is in a quite logic and readable order.
   
   The authors explain to us that "this book is a `handbook' not in the sense of a complete guide to all areas of the tool, but, .., a guide for creating J2EE applications using JDeveloper". It is interesting why they still insist to call it a handbook. This book covers only many of the basic features of JDeveloper. If you are advanced, and if you need quickly find a good coverage on an important but advanced features, most likely this is not the book that will give you an answer. Many of the books by Oracle Press are already written in somewhat quite a technical manner. Calling it a handbook may actually scare away those who are new to 10g. You do not start studying a subject by reading a handbook, do you?



2. This book was exactly what I needed. I had been struggling for a couple of months to learn all of the pieces needed to build a business application using JDeveloper. I have some Java experience but not a strong J2EE background. There are plenty of resources around that cover XML, Java, JSP/Servlets and non-Oracle frameworks like Struts, Spring and JavaServer Faces (JSF). Don't expect to learn about those things here. But if you are trying to wrap your head around Oracle's Application Development Framework (ADF), this is the place for you. It's the best single source I've seen for that topic. There is a lot of information on the Oracle Technology Network (OTN), but it's scattered and isn't wrapped in a sequential story the way this book's presentation is. Most of ADF Business Component structure has been stable for a couple of years, so the fact that this book is a bit dated doesn't get in the way.
   
   What's missing because of the publication date is coverage of JDeveloper's extensive integration of JSF within ADF. Oracle has set their stake in the ground with JSF as the web client technology, and their ADF Business Components as the backend. It's an elegant combination. This book will give you excellent insight into the backend technologies. The wait is on for similar coverage of the frontend.



3. it is wath i was looking for. Complete, simple and perfectly explaned; in one word perfect.



4. This latest edition for Oracle10g JDeveloper builds on the success of the previous 9i version. As with the previous version, each chapter is well organized with thorough and accurate examples. Well thought-out attention has been given to explaining Oracle's Application Development Framework (ADF). The authors also go into great depth in explaining how to use the newly improved modeling capabilities of 10g JDeveloper (both their strengths and weaknesses).
   
   In short, this book as been well received by myself and colleagues I work with and would highly recommend it to anyone getting started in developing Oracle based applications with JDeveloper. I have found no better resource and tutorial for understanding ADF.
   
   Regards,
   -- jeff
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   Jeffrey Hunter, OCP
   Senior Database Administrator
   http://www.idevelopment.info
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5. Whereas this book may have information throughout, that is not what makes good instruction. Some may argue that if you know "XYZ", "ABC", and "concept A" and "concept B", that this book is good.
   
   But one should not have to fight to learn when the concepts are not difficult.
   
   Briefly -- using the examples as given will still bring up errors when trying to run the examples on some people's systems [I found others with the issues I had in the Oracle forums, and was able to fix them; "luckily" for me, the examples that didn't work for me were the same as a number of others, so I didn't have to look far].
   
   As an example of the flow in the book, in the beginning of chapter 8 [which is the beginning of Part II], it essentially summarizes where you are at; it mentions that you've gone through Chapters 1-4, and then it immediately states what is now coming in Part II [not mentioning chapters 5-7, as if the author didn't even know they were there], and then what happens in Part III. It's as if when one of the three writers wrote the beginning of Part II, they weren't aware that there would be three other chapters in Part I. [and this makes sense, because chapter 5 is very much out of place in where it is. Most people already know the Java part of it anyway].
   
   Also, BC4J is talked about much in the first few hundred pages of the book, but really the best explanation for it is on page 224, after you've seen BC4J referenced numerous times already. And I understand this sounds picky while reading one part described, when the biggest issue is that the flow is all over the place.
   
   One shouldn't have to figure out what the authors *meant* to be saying; the authors should say it. [and to reference this example further, the index lets you know you can find BC4J on pages 5, 6, and 109, but no mention of 224. If it did, you might see that the definition given on page 5 is different than the definition given on page 224, because the wording is different [one says BC4J is what came before ADF BC, another says it is just a different name for it].
   
   Some people do not mind having to figure out what the writers were trying to describe, and for you folks, this may be good.
   
   But, if you don't like having to first interpret the book, then learn what you are trying to learn, this is just something to think about.

5 comments about Oracle JDeveloper 10g for Forms & PL/SQL Developers: A Guide to Web Development with Oracle ADF (Osborne Oracle Press).

1. This book served well our need to train Oracle Forms developers in JDeveloper/ADF. The first part is a good technological review, the second a hands-on to build an application that not only tells what to do and how to do it, but explains it fully. It was useful even after attending formal Oracle training.



2. This is an excelent book for begining web development, it explains you step by step how things work and "glue" together. The only reason for me to give it 4 stars is that, in the book it explains how to build part of an application (tuhra) and it tells you to look for the rest (of the app.) on the web site..... I looked for it but it is nowhere to be found... (they only have the parts of the app. that you develope while doing the books excercises).



3. Great



4. exellent Book
   
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5. Being a traditional pl/sql developer, I was drawn to the title of the book immediately. I know I need to eventually buckle down and learn Java, but what better way than by drawing parallels to pl/sql and Forms.
   
   I like the hands-on examples that has you build a fairly complete application from scratch. I say fairly complete because its only a 500 page book and it allows the reader to go out and research ways to improve it.
   
   One of my favorite parts of the book is a summary section that shows up after a large chunk of instructions called "What did you just do?" This sums up what the reader just performed - explaining in layman's terms what you actually just did.
   
   Although I'm sure you can get similar tutorials on OTN somewhere, having a book to flip back through is always nice.