Professional Java for Web Applications

Excelente libro de consulta

Not many programming books are published that not only use the latest versions of the software and programming language at the time of writing, but also go a step further and preview some up and coming technologies that will almost certainly be generally available by the time you read the book (e.g., Java 1.8 was released around the same time this book was published).This book is a great intro to the myriad Java enterprise frameworks available today. Learn how Java EE 7 has made Java EE relevant for the first time since Servlets were introduced. Not only are the main Java EE topics covered nicely, but there are a few chapters involving the ubiquitous Spring Framework that aid the programmer in implementing features that aren't very well covered yet by Java EE (like authentication that doesn't rely on the underlying operating system).If you're an enterprise software developer who primarily works on web-facing applications (which includes web services, not just websites), then this book is a great reference for the countless frameworks and acronyms that enterprise Java programming has to offer.

My actual rating is around 4.5 stars for this book.I'd say this is a great complete book for Java developer in web application development. I cannot find a list of alternative books for its topic coverage in any other books with really new versions up to current date. From this point of view, this book is very practical.I see other reviews mentioning this book is verbose. I'd say it's thick, but I don't feel it's verbose in the contents that I am interested in. This book is not for beginners so you'd better be familiar with IDE and manage the code snippets into a project by yourself. The author did not take care of each little detail for the beginners, especially those who does not have IntelliJ but only Eclipse. For me it would take more than once to use this book, first time reading, second time practicing in code.The missing half star is for the binding and publishing. It's not easy for such a thick book.

I love how the author builds up the proper knowledge with each chapter building off the previous. More importantly (at least for me), I really like how he starts with the fundamentals (Java servlets) and then later slowly starts swapping each piece out for a spring component, giving you a better understanding of what Spring actually does for you under the hood. This is the best book for Spring MVC that I've found for learning it at a beginner and intermediate level.The only problem I have with the book is I wish the author expanded and covered the whole Spring framework with the exact same approach If he ever does or writes an updated version of this book I will certainly be picking up a copy.

A lot of good information here. It can be a bit wordy for my tastes. It starts packing in a lot of information very quickly after you get through the first few chapters which can be overwhelming and lead to sense of feeling defeated. You may be better served getting a grounding in Servlets and JSP technology, and the Spring framework from some other sources first and then coming back to this book to reinforce and advance what you learned.

I found this book to be an excellent resource to read and follow to learn all the Java Web Application basics. I have been learning on the job in an ad hoc manner for way too long. I found the examples and explanations provided by the author an excellent supplement to my education. This book takes you from the basics - Servlets to the Spring Framework. A nice chapter was the one barely mentioned by most books - security. I highly recommend this book for those who want to truly consider themselves Java Application Web developers. Note: I got the book in preparation for job interviews and this really rounded out my education in this field.

The book covers a lot of ground. The title of the book is a testament to the fact that it is no longer necessary to mention Java EE when writing a 900 page book about Java based web application. The author no doubt is a working programmer and in this book he has described several state of the art technologies and added numerous tips and code examples for developers. Author has also kept up with the trends in the developers community and didn't waste any space on practices that are falling out of use (such as XML configuration and SOAP web services) and instead focused on emerging trends (such as WebSockets). Author has written that Spring framework and related projects such as Spring Security are the tools that every developer of Java based web applications should keep in his toolbox. I couldn't agree more.

I've read up to chapter 4 now. So far I really enjoy this book. It's wordy (which I like) so it explains concepts well.

Aunque me da la impresión de que está un poco desactualizado, este libro me ha salvado el culo en mi trabajo, ya que tenía que hacer un ERP en Java y yo solo sabia programar en Java estandart edition. Está bien explicado, y gracias al libro hice el ERP.

It covers what I was looking for, in a concise and pragmatic way. And what I like most is that it treats Java 8.

Good Book for professionals with good Explanation , Authors says that he has not covered all parts but trust me guys this book has everything you need to be a Java Web Developer .Spring MVC , Spring Security , JPA Hibernate , Servlet , JSP , Web Services , Spring validation .. All Explained in professional way . (Actual Production like Code ) .. Examples , Exercise are way beyond expectation.Definitely go for it .

I found no work on current neon eclipse and I wish I can return this out of date book.

It's the first programming book that I rate with 5 starts and it's worth every each of them. Eventhough I've only covered three chapters and skimmed through the rest of the book, I can tell that its author managed to come up with a perfect merge of "How? and Why?" of creating scalable action-based applications in Java. JSF and EJBs are not covered, but so they shouldn't (except maybe for Stateless EJBs).My advice - disregard most of the negative comments complaining about necessity of installing IntelliJ IDEA or code not compiling under another IDE. Book gives enough to do everything manually using any other IDE (I tried Eclipse Java EE IDE and Netbeans 7.3).The only thing author could consider including in his following edition is coverage of a templating mechanism for the views. Author mentioned some of them on p. 75: Velocity, Tiles, SiteMesh and the like, but I would recommend Thymeleaf (http://www.thymeleaf.org/) - it lets developers do their job and designers theirs.Other then that - excellent book!