The Definitive Guide to iReport (Expert's Voice) [Paperback]

Giulio Toffoli (Author)

Book Description

Series: Expert's Voice | Publication Date: August 27, 2007

JasperForge.org is the open source development portal for the JasperSoft Business Intelligence Suite, the JasperSoft Business Intelligence solution that delivers comprehensive tools for data access, data integration, analysis, and reporting.

iReport and this only, definitive, and authoritative book from JasperForge on it covers iReport as an intuitive and easy to use visual report builder/designer for JasperReports written in 100% pure java.

It shows how users can visually edit complex reports with charts, images, and subreports; iReport is integrated with leading open source chart libraries in Java.

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About the Author

Giulio Toffoli is a senior software engineer at JasperSoft Corporation, where he serves as the iReport project leader. He has been developing Java applications since 1999 and founded the iReport project in 2001. During this time, Giulio has enjoyed designing complex software architectures and implementing custom software solutions with a focus on desktop and multitiered, web-based, client-server applications using Java (J2EE/JEE) and open source technologies. Giulio has a degree in computer science from the University of Bologna and resides in Italy.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (August 27, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590599284
• ISBN-13: 978-1590599280
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #334,222 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Complete Waste Of Time, March 11, 2008

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M. Miles "miles120" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Definitive Guide to iReport (Expert's Voice) (Paperback)

This was a complete waste of $50. I am a Crystal Reports designer, and wanted a resource that would bring me up to speed with the expression language. This book is 300 pages of screen shots with no examples of input! I don't need to know how to navigate the UI (I learned that in much less time than reading the book would require.) Instead, the critical information - writing conditional expressions, building parameters, creating running total fields - was omitted.

If you have any comfort level with report writing, save your money or buy a reference guide to Java or Groovy.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Outdated - Buy iReport Ultimate Guide instead, July 26, 2010

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This review is from: The Definitive Guide to iReport (Expert's Voice) (Paperback)

This guide is outdated and the author now works on iReport Ultimate Guide (which is a part of the Ultimate Guide series by JasperSoft). I am not sure why anyone would pay $40 for this outdated book, when you can get the utlimate guide for $50!

If you can get this book for under $20, I'd say buy it. This guide is good for beginners (not the best of guides, but with a little bit of effort and mucking around with the software, you can figure things out). Also, a lot of the things described in this book still applies to the new version of iReport - just takes a lot of prodding to figure out where the menu items are etc.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good user manual, not a cookbook, October 20, 2008

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P. Cherryl (Miami, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Definitive Guide to iReport (Expert's Voice) (Paperback)

This book is a user manual for iReport, a sophisticated open source report design tool. I bought the book because online help is non-existant and book purchases provide income for the software developer. Advanced topics covered include chart and crosstabs, subreports, and creating and using templates, but there is very little on scripting with Groovy. I did find the book useful as an introduction to JasperReports and iReport, which is what I was looking for, otherwise if you are looking for a cookbook with advanced report examples, this book is not it.