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The Definitive Guide to JasperReports (Expert's Voice)

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218 pages, not a single example, less than 20 total lines of code. In my opinion you are better off just reading the api.

I've been using JasperReports for years, and periodically purchase the on-line PDF version. The APress printed book is the same as the on-line PDF version. The scope of the book is cleanly defined: JasperReports. It does not cover Eclipse plugins or related libraries such as JFreeChart. It does not mention JasperServer. The book is comprehensive, though more of a reference than a tutorial. I would have been pleased to see more tutorial information and chase a few rabbits for related topics. Other people may appreciate it's close adherence to scope.

JasperReports is a great reporting engine which suffers heavily from its utter lack of useable documentation. I bought this book, written by JasperReports' author Teodor Danciu in the hopes of finally getting adequate documentation. Boy! was I disappointed!

The book is an extremely superficial overview of the product; it's really no more than a glorified README file. Chapter 5 ("Large File Support") is a perfect case in point: The classes in the virtualization API are named, but nowhere is there any explanation on how to actually use them.

It's quite unfortunate that Danciu has put his name on this poor excuse for a book. Luckily, I bought the PDF version, so I wasn't responsible for any trees dying...

The name suggests that this is a guide to development of reports, using an open source reporting API. That said, with APIs being the exclusive domain of the coder ... why isn't there any code? $50 down the drain.

This book is not what I expected, because there is not a single example, step by step, not even a basic one, that introduce you to the practice, is just like read an API documentation and that is all you get.

I miss more Java code examples in the book, also it is too much an aseptic reference of the options of JasperReports, being really not a friendly or instructive book.

I was surprised to read the negative reviews posted here by the other reviewers. I found this book to be significantly better than most technical books.

This book is a conceptual overview of JasperReports. It's NOT an extended tutorial or a learn-by-example book. The book assumes you already understand Java and XML, and does not re-explain those technologies. It doesn't just repeat the javadoc.

The book accomplishes what it sets out to accomplish, reasonably well.

I needed a book to start examples on Jasper Reports for my new job...
When i bought this book ,i did not know where to start or how to start....
I knew how to install Jasper Reports ... But i could not find something to help me on This book...
1. It says on the Book :Demonstrates how Jasper Reports can be used in a variety of Java-enabled applications
I did not see any Examples... Nothing only descriptions...
I was Very Disappointed with this book.
If i want a brief Guide on What jasper reports can do ,I can Find it on the internet....
We need Examples ,Full Code examples and Explanation ...
No Explanation ,NO CODE ,No Examples ....

This book does not provide enough details about the JasperReport especially about how to use it. It also be lack of examples.

I strongly recommand directly using iText for PDF file generating.