WebLogic the Definitive Guide

Author: Jon Mountjoy & Avinash Chugh
Publisher: O'Reilly, 2004
Price: £35.50
Pages: 848
ISBN: 978-0596004323
Aimed at: Weblogic programmers
Rating: 4.5
Pros: Lots of discussion.
Cons: Not much code.
Reviewed by: Ian Elliot

Weblogic isn't complicated but it can be difficult to get started with it and there are always small details that turn out to more problematic than you initially expect. Given the importance of getting it right, any book that you can find on the subject is worth buying.

This is a big thick book that covers many issues in depth and ignores others almost completely. Topics covered include creating web applications, RMI applications, using EJBs, deployment, clustering, performance, SSL, security, web services, XML, JMX and MBeans. Some of the subjects are treated in depth and others, notably XML, are too superficial.

There is lots of discussion of how to do things, how to configure things and what the options are. However, the actually code examples are thin on the ground and many new features of WebLogic 8.1 are ignored. Many of the topics are more suitable for the admistrator rather than the programmer but we have to keep these same considerations in mind.

This is a useful addition to the WebLogic literature but it isn't the last word and probably not the only book you will need.

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Java for Programmers (2e)

Author: Paul J. Deitel & Harvey M. Deitel
Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2011
Pages: 1168
ISBN: 978-0132821544
Aimed at: Programmers moving to Java; students
Rating: 3.5
Pros: Comprehensive, suitable as a text book
Cons: Poor organisation of ideas
Reviewed by: Ian Elliot

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Dojo: Using the Dojo JavaScript Library to Build AJAX Applications

Author: James E. Harmon
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Pages: 336
ISBN: 978-0132358040
Aimed at: JavaScript programmers
Rating: 3.5
Pros: Simple tutorial introduction to Dojo
Cons: Fails to cover Ajax satisfactorily
Reviewed by: Ian Elliot

The Dojo JavaScript library is an interesting topic and worth finding o [ ... ]


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