Books : Beginning POJOs: Lightweight Java Web Development Using Plain Old Java Objects in Spring, Hibernate, and Tapestry (Beginning from Novice to Professional)
...this is still the best book on end-to-end development of enterprise applications that I've seen.
— Ernest J. Friedman-Hill, JavaRanch Sheriff
Beginning POJOs was a complete pleasure to read. It teaches a way of Java-based development that is very much up-to-date and cutting edge.
— Thomas Wagner, wagnerblog.com
Beginning POJOs introduces you to open source lightweight web development using Plain Old Java Objects (POJOs) and the tools and frameworks that enable this. Tier by tier, this book guides you through the construction of complex but lightweight enterprise Java-based web applications. Such applications are centered around several major open source lightweight frameworks, including Spring, Hibernate, Tapestry, and JBoss (including the new lightweight JBoss Seam).
Additional support comes from the most successful and prevalent open source tools: Eclipse and Ant, and the increasingly popular TestNG. This book is ideal if youre new to open source and lightweight Java. Youll learn how to build a complete enterprise Java-based web application from scratch, and how to integrate the different open source frameworks to achieve this goal. Youll also learn techniques for rapidly developing such applications.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Well written but...
I like the style of the book but I found myself having to play around with code to get the examples to work. They seemed to work about 25% of the time without major tweaking. Maybe it is just me but this book needs a newer edition pronto. I'd look elsewhere for more up to date information.
Rating: - Too Much and Confusing
I bought this book to get understanding of POJOs. To see how they are much simpler to use than EJB, if they really are!!
But this book tries to pack the whole project into it, which makes it hard to remember things after few chapters. It also tries to explain technologies (like Spring and Tapestry) in few pages, omitting the explanations where required. My opinion is, it requires pre-understanding of these technologies before you will find reading this book useful.
Rating: - A "big" little book.
If you are just starting to see what the lightweight framework application hubbub is about this is the best introductory book on the subject that I have read.
I purchased this book, got distracted by another project and only recently picked it up to read the chapter on Spring. I read the Introduction, became hooked by the authors very natural and readable narrative style and soon I had read the entire book. That is unusual.
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Rating: - Buzzword headache
I should quote this book, but I really don't want to spend anymore time with it. The buzzword-speak is rife through this book, and it really hinders learning when you have to stop and think, 'Now what is that supposed to mean?'. I haven't learned much, and the only reason I don't give this 1 star is I got it for < $1 from amazon used. It had 3 1/2 stars when I bought it, and my new rule is not to shell out for anything less than 4 1/2.
Rating: - Good luck for me to meet the book!
I am a student just leave college for company in China,in my company, Hibernate+Spring+Tapestry are used,the best thing for me is being familiar with the framework soon.Then I found this book Beginning POJOSWhich is helpful for me.I am enjoying reading it,and I can do my job now.
Thank you Brian!Great job!
- Well written but...
- Too Much and Confusing
- A "big" little book.
