Servlets

Java Servlet Programming, 2nd Edition

Format: Paperback
Author: Jason Hunter
ReleaseDate: 15 January, 2001
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Rating:

Excellent book on Servlets and Java
I found it very easy to read and comprehend right off the bat. If you do not understand servlets and program in Java this book is for you. The examples are excellent and you will get off writing servlets very quickly. It is somewhat shallow in complex examples but then again how complex are servlets. Some best practices and commercial examples could have helped a lot.

Excellent in-depth book
I saw a couple of new ones that were not so positive, so I wanted to voice my opinion. I completely agree with the 5-star positive reviews listed here.

This book is very well written - well structured, with in depth explanations, humor, good code examples. It can be used both as a tutorial and as a reference.

Even though it may be showing its age now in a couple of places (e. g. Tapestry is not mentioned, uses JDK 1. 0 and 1. 1 for the examples), it is still very good. It paints a complete picture, so one ends up with understanding of the principles and architecture - which is what matters - for the updated APIs there is always JavaDOC.

I don't know how suitable it is for beginners, but for an experienced programmer it is a thoroughly enjoyable read - once I started it I couldn't stop until I finished (I didn't actually type the examples - that isn't necessary for understanding the material) .

Nicely Done
Good coverage of various protocols, etc. This book's examples in later chapters may be a bit much for the beginner, but it does a good job of covering thing very well.