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Java Servlets by Example

Format: Paperback
Author: Alan R. Williamson
ReleaseDate: July, 1999
Publisher: Manning Publications
Rating:

A great start to servlets
This is an excellent starter book for servlets that contains realistic examples that work. The negative reviews on this book smack of a political witch hunt against the author. Are there some negatives, sure - there are in all books. As a whole, this book is a useful reference and a good read. I have and would recommend it again to folks starting out with Servlets.

Crazy reviews
The examples are not so trivial and are in fact useful. Most of the reviews are so unreasonably negative that I have decided on 5 stars, although I think 3 1/2 is about right. The way each problem is presented is, I think, pretty good. The author covers plenty of popular topics such as online shopping, search engines, chats, RMI and JDBC. I like the way the code is given piece by piece and then finally in its complete form. Why other readers found this approach so awful is a mystery to me. It's certainly far from being a waste of money.

example do not work
Also, do not expect get any help from author��s forum because almost nobody gets a response from the author since Feb 2000. Some of example does not have complete source codes. Good Luck; you really need one!.