Rating:  - Excellent reference for EJB
First note that I am a long-time OO developer, but relative newcomer to Java and J2EE. With barely a year under my belt of Java, JSPs, and Servlets, I found this book an excellent learning resource for EJB. Were I a rank beginner, I think I may have been lost.
I had the luck (?) to have begun reading the Third Edition before realizing that it wasn't the latest. I have found the Fourth Edition to be a vast improvement over that one -- easier to understand and less outdated info.
Rating: - People are whispering about it.
very clear explanation, deep enough for developers.Should buy quickly otherwise out of stock.
Rating: - Very Good
This is a great book, I finally finished it and I think it gives a good undestanding of EJB
Rating: - An excellent book on Enterprise Java beans
overall value of the book:
5=Well done! This book will be a valuable teaching and reference tool.
Instructional value of the book:
4=I would recommend this book to someone interested in its topic.
Reference value of this book:
4=This book has earned a valued place on my reference shelf.
This book provides a good insight into enterprise java beans. although, this book is NOT intended to
be for beginners of Java, fundamental concepts of each aspect of EJB are explained. the book assumes
a prior knowledge of java and assumes experience developing business applications. after an initial
explanation of the conxepts, the book dives deep into the nuts and bolts of EJB.
the author has taken the time to explain the concepts with sample code, schematic code, and screen
prints to explain the contents of the chapter. the concepts of states and session in the context of
an EJB are well explained in this book. the book further explains the container-managed persistence
(CMP) and the relationships among those objects. a sample reservation system is used to explain how
to use beans for an RDBMS encountered in the business world.
the book also contains a workbook for JBoss and appropriate exercises for the contents of different
chapters applicable to JBOSS.
this is a well written book and it has found a place in my reference shelf.
Ravi Mahalingam
Java Users Group, Columbia, SC.
Rating:  - Needs improvement
I like my mix to be a combo of theory and technical step by step instruction. The first seventy pages are theory overkill, but you really get lost by page 99 where he lists four class files you are supposed to have written but he's only given you the CabinBean.class and two others that arent on the list. Very confusing. I am now looking at Applied Enterprise JavaBeans Technology by Kevin Boone.
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