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JXTA in a Nutshell

Format: Paperback
Author: Scott Oaks
ReleaseDate: September, 2002
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
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A very good book about JXTA

This book has a coverage of every part of JXTA technology, well explained and clear. According to the title, JXTA in a nutshell teaches how to write JXTA application in a short time.
The book has a problem, it was writen in year 2002 and some examples doesn't work!.

Excellent book!
You'll learn how to design, implement, test and deploy your JXTA P2P programs. The book explains in very clear language almost every aspect of JXTA P2P programming and gives a good overview of all common JXTA concepts (Pipes, advertisements, discovery, peergroups). The book does a great job by identifying and providing solutions to common P2P pitfalls. I recommend this book to every programmer out there. If you are serious about writing JXTA programs this is the book to get.

A must read if you want to learn about JXTA
Overall, I would say that this is the best JXTA coverage I've seen in any book. I learned many new things about JXTA reading this book. So, if you're looking for a JXTA book I believe you'll be extremely pleased with this book.

I'd been looking for a JXTA book for some time, but I didn't want a simple quick reference that left me wondering how to code for JXTA applications. I also didn't care to read through a API reference in order to understand what JXTA was all about. This book is something completely and impressively different.

This is a great book for newcomers to JXTA, though I suspect anyone who's developed in Java will be able to follow along quite well. In fact, it's the author's writing style that makes learning JXTA almost effortless. The examples are numerous, easy to follow. The authors frequently tie the concepts together nicely and it's plain to see how the examples may be incorporated into larger applications. I like that approach.

Another thing I especially appreciated was the author's effort to provide useful tips for solving real-world problems. I can hardly imagine buying another JXTA book because I believe I've found most, if not all, of what I need.