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Client/Server Data Access With Java and Xml

Format: Paperback
Author: Dan Chang
ReleaseDate: 28 September, 1998
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Rating:

Informative yet Poory organized
The value of this book is that it argues that Java and XML will revolutionize the data interchange and data presentation. I bought this book to gain the fundementals of the new breed of client/server systems. From this perspective, I think it makes it's case.

BUT, much to my amazement, I found most of the examples(code)(programming constraints) inconsequentially and almost irritatingly organized throughout the book, as it assumes you have some java programming under your belt which I do not.

There are some great points to this book. $50 is steep, but then it does manage to give you a fundemental understanding of how Java and XML may prove the most common tools in future web endeavors.

Some good information, but ...
The quality of the writing is a tad erratic, chapters are padded out with long lists of methods etc which would be better consigned to an appendix. There's a lot of good information in here, but it really isn't all it should be.

It has feel of a book which has been thrown together in a hurry. Some of the sample programs are poorly documented and difficult to understand. I'm not sure the writers really knew who their target audience were; some of the Java text, for example, is very basic but other parts of it are difficult, but there's not a logical step-by-step progression. The book is really a bit of a rag-bag. That said, there's a lot of good stuff in here, but it's hard work finding it sometimes.

Good, but doesn't live up to the title!
Covers almost all the technologies associated with WEB development in a nice way with sample code that demonstrate each technology. Had a look at it the other day at the Borders. It's a puzzle why the title is what it is. It's misleading!.