ISBN:0672324334Book Description
"If you're going to run enterprise Java applications in an n-tier architecture, you're going to need an applications server." -Java Pro Magazine, Fall 2001.
An application server is a crucial component of any serious J2EE application. BEA's WebLogic Server (WLS) is the leading product (34% per BEA), incorporating standard models for component programming with features that tie in with J2EE "parts" including EJB 2.0 and JSP. Version 7.0 (due Summer 2002) makes WLS one of the first application servers to achieve full compliance with J2EE version 1.3, which should only increase its share of the enterprise Java application market.
Sams Teach Yourself BEA WebLogic Server 7.0 in 21 Days covers all the features of WLS and how they enhance J2EE architecture. The book then covers WebLogic's role in devloping Web pages with Servlets and JavaServer Pages, components with Enterprise JavaBeans, database-driven applications with JDBC, and more. Later chapters include advanced J2EE concepts including messaging, transaction management and debugging. Each lesson is illustrated with real-world examples and finishes with useful questions and exercises to test readers' learning.
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Not worth your serious consideration
I have to agree with most of the other reviewers that this book shows all the signs of being hastily put together with absolutely no proofing or quality control. The concepts are poorly organized and the writing appears to have been translated from some other language. Worst of all are the many typos and missing parts. If you already know a bit about writing and deploying EJBs you will be able to hack most of the examples to work but I guarantee you will come away annoyed and frustrated. Look elsewhere to invest your training money.
Examples don't work
I was very disappointed with the quality control and scope of this book. It basically takes you through examples of deploying servlet, JSP, Stateless and Stateful session beans, BMP and CMP Entity beans, and Message-driven beans together with some ancillary technologies such as JTA.
Good as far as it goes, except that it focusses far too much on the generic rather than the specific issues of using these on Weblogic, which is why people will be buying this book!
The unforgiveible thing about this book is twofold. The examples are filled with mistakes, and the publisher has no complaint or erratta mechanism at all. They have a 'contact Sams' link on their website but as far as I can tell it's for the order department! Mistakes are forgivable in any book given that there is a reasonably speedy mechanism for getting corrections out, but Sams seems to believe that the transaction ends once they have your money. After that you are on your own. Which is fine if it works.