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Agile Java Development with Spring, Hibernate and Eclipse (Developer's Library)

Format: Paperback
Author: Anil Hemrajani
ReleaseDate: 09 May, 2006
Publisher: Sams
Rating:

Almost insulting
Time after time the auther just lists links to online documentation, FAQ's, etc instead of addressing it in the text. This book was a huge disappointment and is more of a reference to online documentation sources than any sort of content. I bought the book b/c I found the online docs to be insufficient, I really don't need a book to point me where to go. If you are not able to use Google to find online info on Hibernate, Spring and eclipse, maybe this book would be of value. Otherwise, skip it.

Jack of three technologies, Master of none
That volume's author, Rod Johnson, the creator of Spring, even contributes a one page forward to Anil Hemrajani's 2006 effort. Agile Java Development would seem to be the natural successor to 2004's "J2EE Development without EJB". "Agile Java Development" however is at best a "lite" version of it's predecessor. 300 pages just cannot do the topics justice; Mr Johnson' book was 500 pages and the current volume could have benefited from some more meat. There are very few source code examples in the book and while this is arguably better than page after page of code, it however crippled the book's usefulness when read while travelling and away from an internet connection.

Of the three technologies covered, Spring, Hibernate & Eclipse, I have the least experience with Hibernate, and even after finishing this volume, I feel like I know almost nothing about it. With regard to Eclipse, this book's coverage is significantly deficient when compared to just the 60-page first chapter of the second edition of "Eclipse: Building Commercial-Quality Plug-ins. " Lest that comparison seem unfair, in a volume as slim as "Agile Java Development", the author more than once commits the cardinal sin of repetition. Sure I learned about a couple of useful keystroke shortcut combinations for Eclipse, but I certainly didn't need to read about them twice in a 300-page volume.

This volume at best provides the barest of overviews of the covered technologies and processes, and is best suited for junior developers and managers. .

Beginning Expertise for Agile Java
Nowadays when JEE is in direct attack by . When it comes to see Java in an nimble manner then Agile Java is the route.NET, PHP ant other technologies, then one solution to the slow and heavy process for making Java web or desktop applications are a need. Then Agile methodologies are a rescue, take for granted that using the book will allow you to understand the best practices for a fast and on time project. It teaches you good lightweight methodologies like XP for programming and AMDD for Analysis/Design and also teaches you how to use JUnit, Ant, etc, at the command line before showing you Eclipse as IDE integration tool. I like reading Anil Hemrajani's style. Hope you too enjoy using the book. .