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.

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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The Reign of Botnets (Wiley)

Author: David Sénécal
Publisher: Wiley
Date: July 2024
Pages: 356
ISBN: 978-1394262410
Print: 1394262418
Kindle: B0D1CJR212
Audience: General
Rating: 5
Reviewer: Kay Ewbank

This book is subtitled 'Defending against Abuses, Bots and Fraud on the Internet', which is a big and important topic. 



Driving Value With Sprint Goals

Author: Maarten Dalmijn
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9780137381920
Print: 0137381921
Kindle:B0C7ZJR7N2
Audience: Scrum developers
Rating: 5
Reviewer: Kay Ewbank

Over the years I've read a lot of books about agile development and Scrum, and most concentrate on the methodology rather tha [ ... ]


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