Core JSTL: Mastering the JSP Standard Tag Library

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Geary Rocks on JSP! Excellent author.......2006-04-23

I have seen David Geary speak and have read his writing many times and there is no one I know that makes JSP more interesting or more understandable. Core JSTL: Mastering the JSP Standard Tag Library is easily the best book on the subject I have read, or used in practice, or recommended to others. It is clear, concise, and logical. Trust me on this one... you will be a fan of Geary and his books after reading this one.

J2EE Guy.......2005-03-16

One of the best books i found on JSTL. Provides in-depth knowledge & extensive examples of JSTL.
This book helps us to understand why, where and how to use JSTL tags. follows the typical MVC pattern [ a clear separation of View from Model]
Though, I am not a great fan of SQL, XML tags, the Core & I18N JSTL tags are not only valuable but also easy to use. Now we could have non-Java programmers to design all of your JSP pages.
[our last project leveraged JSTL/ Struts/ Tiles frameworks]

Reliable book from a reliable author.......2003-11-24

Clear, concise. solid coverage of a core technology for web development in java. This book is at the same time a useful reference and an easy tutorial. Covers the EL scripting language, base, iteration, xml, sql, networking actions.
Complete, easy to read and with working example code for EVERY concept. D.Geary and M Hall are the reference authors in the
Servlet-JSP World. If you are doing any kind of development using JSP you need this book. 'nuff said.

Core JSTL: Mastering the JSP Standard Tag Library.......2003-09-03

I was new to JSTL with some JSP/Servlet experiences.
This is all I need to get started with JSTL.
Lots of example codes to help me understand.
I was particulary interested in I18N and Formatting sections and this book covers every area of JSTL including these sections fairy well. (Lots of books tend to cover very lightly on i18n sections)

I highly recommend this book! This is my JSTL reference book. I also looked at other JSLT books, but I think this is the best by far.

Take the Next Step with Java Server Pages.......2003-03-20

Last year I built a website that used Java Server Pages to dynamically generate most of the pages. It worked well, but was very kludgy. JSPs invariably mix the HTML display code with some of the internal data logic. Through a judicious use of the
Model-View-Controller paradigm, I was able to reduce this mixing. But a minimal amount was still inevitable. This is a common experience with JSPs. You end up with files containing java code and HTML. Ugly and brittle. Plus, it calls upon two areas of expertise. A separation of the two would be much more
robust, and allow people with skills in only one of these areas to still contribute to the development.

In answer to this, Sun has been refining its Standard Tag Library. Specifically, it now has an expression language that is a programming language in its own right and is comprehensively described in this book, which bears Sun's official impramateur. Programmers versed in other languages can quickly absorb this. Thru it, you can easily write code to access Java Beans and other java programs. Plenty of clear examples are provided.

Of interest to several will be how to use STL to hook up to back end SQL databases; transferring from them into webpages and transmitting user changes back into the databases.

The author also covers the important case of interacting with XML, which is now a de facto standard for data interchange. Nor does he neglect describing issues of internationalisation. Practical for those who have to support several languages.

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Server-Side Development Is Easier Than You Think

Not so long ago, anyone who knew HTML, even casually, was considered to have a special skill. Now, if you don't at least dabble in server-side web development, you're already behind. Fortunately, Mastering JSP is a great way to build the skills you need today. Inside, you'll learn to design and develop a wide range of JSP-based web applications, beginning with a basic, dynamically generated website. From there you'll build apps that read from and write to databases, create your own custom tags, and process and present XML. Throughout, you're helped by detailed, completely illuminated examples.

Coverage includes:

Making a servlet configurable
Using JavaBeans inside Java Server Pages
Building basic JavaBeans for storing user preferences and utility functions
Recovering source code from binary class files
Building a basic database application
Handling exceptions and using asserts
Redirecting error output to a file
Scanning error logs using a servlet
Using a pop-up menu to avoid troublesome actions
Displaying XML files using XSLT and JSP
Making a servlet-based watermarking application
Providing dynamic authentication with roles, permissions, and access
Building a Model-View Controller application
Improving prototyping with ResultSets using a custom class
Abstracting data access code using Java Objects
Creating a custom tag to handle client-side JavaScript
Abstracting data access SQL using meta-data, JavaBeans, and EJB

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

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Very disappointing.......2006-04-25

When I first got this book and just thumbed through it, it seemed like it was going to be a good book. However, the more I actually read the chapters, the more I find it utterly lacking in content. The author does not explain things very much if at all. Many places, its just pages of source code listings with little or no comments and no explanations. Then when you get to the end of one source code listing, basically the only commentary is "and here's the next listing..". This annoying lack of explanations also carries through to the appendix, where a "JSP and Servlett API Reference" is included - problem is, its nothing but a commentless, explanationless dump of the member function prototypes. Fortunately, I bought this book used for $10. If I had paid the new price for it I would really be upset and would return it. That's my opinion.

Using JSP with Javabeans and EJBs.......2004-01-26

I wanted to find a book that covered both the use of JavaBeans and Enterprise JavaBeans in an easy-to-understand way. I have made a comprehensive search, and came up with this book. The book covered all I wanted it to, and still there are lots more. If you just have read tutorials on the internet (like I have), and want a book for assistance, BUY IT! Recommended!

Good JSP Book.......2003-06-19

I was looking for writing database based web applications in JSP and I found the book very useful. It is a step-by-step guide for building web applications. The book covers JavaBeans , Handling exceptions in efficient manner, Custom Tags and Displaying XML files using JSP. The book has got detailed explained examples which helped me in designing my application faster. Overall I was able to design and develop web apps in an efficent manner with the help of this book.

Not up to usual Mastering Series standards.......2003-02-19

Unfortunately, this book is too much 'how I would re-invent JSP' and not enough about how to use JSP. For example, the JSP and Servlet API Reference is just a dump of the the Sun interface without any comments. I tried to get information about the Request object and was very frustrated, since this is scattered throughout the book (I think, the index was not helpfull). I'm sure this has some good code in it, but I didn't buy it to have a code snippets book. I wanted a book that would teach me JSP and be a good reference as I develop code.

All the JSP tips in one place.......2002-12-29

Very infomative book, Great insight for Java Server Guru's

Mastering JSP Custom Tags and Tag Libraries

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Mastering JSP Tags?
Finally
JSTL coverage premature
Be careful !!!
Great coverage of Taglibs and JSTL

Mastering JSP Custom Tags and Tag Libraries
James Goodwill
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ASIN: 0471213039

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Developed by the open source community to make writing JavaServer Pages (JSP) faster and easier, JSP custom tags give Java developers the ability to insert XML style tags, representing complex business logic, into a JSP. This code is reusable and can help to simplify and reduce the amount of original code that needs to be written.
* James Goodwill is a well-respected authority and bestselling author of books on Java Web applications
* Provides a hands-on, code-intensive guide for building and using custom tags to create enterprise-strength JSP applications and examines the concepts and techniques needed to build sophisticated Web applications
* Companion Web site contains the JSP, servlet, and custom tag code found in the book

Customer Reviews:

Mastering JSP Tags?.......2003-02-09

This book does cover a lot of ground. You will probably learn about JSP custom tags and tag libraries if you can get through all the typos and errors in the example code. I think this book does a good job of covering the mechanics of JSP Tags. I don't think it covers the design aspects of using tags very well. I would have rated it higher if someone had bothered to proofread this book.

Finally.......2003-02-04

Finally, I was able to find a tags book that made since. I loved everything about the text. It covered the process of creating tags from the ground up, including excellant coverage of a tags life. Great Job.

JSTL coverage premature.......2002-05-31

This book's coverage of JSTL is not useful. JSTL was not yet released when this book was published, so it covers a premature beta version that isn't useful to learn.

Be careful !!!.......2002-05-11

There're over 100 typos !!!!!!!!
I cannot show the typos here becuase there're many many many mistakes. I don't know why other reviewers don't mention it.
Maybe It's a disadvantage of the author so that Amazon doesn't let the review show up.

I totally don't recommend to buy this book.
You can buy this book after you manster taglibs with other books. :)

Great coverage of Taglibs and JSTL.......2002-05-02

This book packs a lot into 400 pages, and is the most cutting-edge tags book I've seen. It uses a custom-built contact manager (all the code included) to demonstrate how the various components of a Java web app work together and how to deploy it using Tomcat. The app uses both MySQL and Access as its database, which should satisfy most readers. The illustrations explaining the servlet life cycle were excellent!

The book gives a thorough introduction to the various types of tags (simple, tags with bodies, cooperating, etc) and how they are used. Lots of practical code examples here. The illustrations in this part of the book very clearly explained the how custom tag components work together.

The Jakarta Taglibs coverage is very good, it is not exhaustive, but that's not bad since some of those tags should never see the light of day. I thought the author did a great job of picking the useful ones, explaining them, and providing code to demonstrate how they are used in combination. The coverage of the new Java standard tags is great, too. It includes info on the new expression language and how to change the language your tags use. Again, lots of good code to demonstrate usage.

Coverage of database concepts and tags was particularly good throughout this book. My only suggestion is to include even more code to demonstrate complex uses of the tags, but this would have made the book longer I suppose, and I do like that it is concise and easy to reference.

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Core JSTL: Mastering the JSP Standard Tag Library
David M. Geary David Geary
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Adaptive Finite Elements in Linear and Nonlinear Solid and Structural Mechanics (CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences)

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Adaptive Finite Elements in Linear and Nonlinear Solid and Structural Mechanics (CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences)

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Linear & Nonlinear Structural Mechanics
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Stability of Nonlinear Shells (Studies in Applied Mechanics)

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Seismic response study of asymmetric systems with linear and nonlinear fluid viscous dampers (Structural engineering and applied mechanics)

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A "Missing Links" Sequel that's missing...

Funny Golf Book

Not bad, for a sequel.

If you liked Missing Links...

Double Bogey effort

Shanks for Nothing: A Novel
Rick Reilly
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Release Date: 2006-05-02

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The hilarious sequel to Rick Reilly’s beloved bestselling golf novel Missing Links

Life is going pretty well for Raymond “Stick” Hart. He’s happily married to the former Ponkaquogue Municipal Golf Club assistant pro, the beauteous Cajun firecracker Dannie, raising his rambunctious son, Charlie, and getting by writing smart-mouthed greeting cards for fifty bucks a pop. Best of all, nothing has changed at Ponky, the worst golf course in America. You still have to hook it past the toxic waste dump on No. 1 and under the billboard on No. 8, the fried-egg sandwiches are terrible but cheap, and his pal Two Down is always up for a sucker bet.

Then, one disaster of a day, Stick’s world does a ten-car pile-up. The cheapskate bastard owner of Ponky announces he’s retiring to a nudist camp in Florida and selling the club to the Mayflower Club next door, a bastion of blue-blood snobbery that plans to pave Ponky over. Worse, its membership includes Stick’s hated father.

Who promptly drops dead.

Just before Stick’s pal Two Down loses $12,000 to a golf hustler who turns out to be funded by the Russian mob.

Which is about the same time that Hoover, Ponky’s worst golfer and the owner of an impressive array of useless golf gadgets purchased with his wife’s money, learns she’ll cut him off if he doesn’t break a hundred in one month.

Then a practical joke makes Dannie believe that Stick’s been stepping out with the gorgeous new clubhouse girl, the eye-popping Kelly, and he’s soon living on the forty-year-old couch in the Ponky clubhouse.

Luckily, Stick has a solution to all his problems.

He’ll qualify for the British Open.

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A "Missing Links" Sequel that's missing..........2007-09-23

Shanks for Nothing follows the author's fantastic comedy "The Missing Links." While Missing Links was terrific, this book was a tired sequel. Material felt "warmed over" from the prior book. The story was amusing in many parts and moved along nicely. I also found it a little far fetched in some areas (sneaking on plane by distracting board gate attendant). If you are a golfer and looking to kill a few hours and don't want to stretch your mind and get a few kicks, this book is for you.

Funny Golf Book.......2007-08-23

A really fun and funny book, especially if you're a golfer/golf fan. Reilly is very witty, and his books are page turners.

Not bad, for a sequel........2007-07-11

"Shanks For Nothing" is the sequel to "Missing Links," which follows the trials and tribulations of a former touring pro turned greeting card writer. The hijinks begin when Stick learns that he will only get an inheritance if he qualifies for the British Open, and he needs the money to buy Ponky, the public course where he and his buddies make a home away from home. Aside from the really unfathomable sequence where Stick and a friend sneak onto a flight from Boston to the UK for the qualifying event, the story is enjoyable and moves right along. (I have a minor issue with completely unreasonable events unless I'm reading a true fantasy story, and sneaking on a plane after 9/11 qualifies.)

In general, the plot twists are easy enough to swallow, and the ending, while a bit trite, wraps up the story as well as any happy ending could. Overall, it's a pleasant diversion and a worthy companion to "Missing Links."

If you liked Missing Links..........2007-06-27

You'll like this sequel. Its laugh out loud funny and I read it in a few nights. Rilley's sense of humor reminds me of Bill Simmons', which I'm sure he gets a lot. Anyway, pick this up for an easy, summer read.

Double Bogey effort.......2007-06-07

As much as I liked Missing Links and almost all of Reilly's books, this one was disappointing. The characters are great but they need to be updated with new material. MKissing Links was a great read that this sequel does not do justice. Funny in spots but mostly contriveed. I think Rick missed on this one...

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