Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133 EAN: 9780131015524 ISBN: 0131015524 Label: Prentice Hall PTR Manufacturer: Prentice Hall PTR Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 656 Publication Date: June 26, 2004 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Sales Rank: 825303 Studio: Prentice Hall PTR
Amazon.com ReviewFor any Java developer working with BEA's popular Java application server, J2EE Applications and BEA WebLogic Server offers a great source of information for doing more with your Java Web applications. Filled with tips on what works and the 'best practices' to get more performance and functionality, this book is a virtual must-have for anyone working on this platform.
In theory, it doesn't matter what application server you run for J2EE-compliant applications. This title proves the traditional wisdom wrong. It explores the inner workings of setting up and running Java on BEA WebLogic while providing a solid tour to the Java APIs and standards supported by all J2EE-compliant application servers. Short chapters on standard APIs and 'application styles' including servlets and JSPs show off the basics here. Along the way, the authors provide specific practical advice for cooperating with the BEA server product, including nuts-and-bolts configuration advice.
The book's dual focus on introducing key J2EE APIs and how to implement them on BEA is probably best illustrated with its several excellent chapters on Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs). Not only do the authors introduce key concepts on how to design and code real EJBs, but they deliver numerous tips for choosing the right kind of bean based on the optimizations available in BEA. (For example, they cover the optimized 'find' methods available in entity beans, which should be faster than even do-it-yourself code in bean-managed persistence, BMP, components.) This is invaluable information that can let you write code that really flies on the BEA platform.
Other sections look at leading-edge support available in J2EE in message beans, transactions (and JTA), plus other ways to extend the range of your Java BEA applications with e-mail, plus better security (with SSL and built-in Java authentication).
In all, this title makes a strong case that learning the underlying application server platform will let you create better Java applications. This title is a worthy resource for anyone using BEA WebLogic to power their Java applications, whether they are a developer, administrator, or manager. --Richard Dragan
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Great Book for J2EE Architects and Senior Developers
This book provides comprehensive coverage on J2EE architecture, key concepts, and elements (Servlets, EJBs, JNDI, JDBC, JMS, and JSP) using WebLogic application server 8 as a platform. In later chapters, the book also covers practical topics such as WebLogic administration, security, design and product deployment processes, clustering, and capacity planning. It provides insightful design methodologies that have quality production systems as an end goal.
Rating: - Could be improved
While I have found this book useful, it also has some obvious errors that should have been caught. The explanation of how to use many of the examples on the CD-ROM is either poor, or non-existent in some cases. All in all it is an ok book, but I think I will need to find a better book and buy it before I will feel I really understand Weblogic. Cannot fully recommend this book. If you can buy it cheap as a used book then maybe it might be worth your money.
Rating: - Average
This book might be a good book for beginner/intermediate programmers but it does little for intermediate/advance programmers who want to learn about weblogic. Advanced users will easily get bored with its simplicity and lack of detail on critical topics such as command line depoyment or even console for that matter (not practical). Their are a lot of things that are assumed in this book and really just scratches the surface of weblogic. Just when topics get interesting, the authors refer the reader ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent
This book is an excellent survey of WebLogic Server 8.1 and, more generally, building applications with J2EE. It describes each of the functional areas of the server - JSP and servlets, EJBs, JMS, JDBC, security, administration, etc. It also reviews other technologies, such as web services, XML, and SOA, and how they relate to J2EE. The example application is thorough and useful. This is an excellent book for someone new to WebLogic Server and J2EE or an expert looking to polish skills.
Rating: - A must-read for any new Weblogic Developer
A great way to learn J2EE if you are looking to use Weblogic as your application server. Most of the examples are clear easy to follow. I definitely recommend it.
- Great Book for J2EE Architects and Senior Developers
- Could be improved
- Excellent
