Customer Reviews

JBoss 3.0 Deployment and Administration Handbook

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I like how the book provides some documentation on jboss, but it is not really detailed information on how to really put a .war file in jboss and have it work. My major issue is that there aren't any hello world examples. The book is supposed to use the petshop web application example from sun. But it barely mentions it and does not step you through the complicated matter of making the petshop work on jboss. What I needed was just a simple step by step explanation of how to take a struts application, zipped up in a war file, and have it work on jboss/tomcat. From there I want to start adding ejb functionality. Also, because jboss is opensource it is logical that it will be used with the opensource ide and database. I wanted to see instructions on how to setup a development environment with Eclipse and MySQL. One last issue is the book is already behind the latest release of jboss. Many of the files and directory structures have changed making the book's explainations not so useful and outdated.

I've finally learned my lesson, and am swearing off Wrox titles. I wouldn't have bought this one, but the only other book on the JBoss admin topic is packed with useless information as well. Where to start on this book's flaws?

Incomplete and Confusing. There are too many snippets of XML elements that I could never figure out what document they were supposed to be used. For example, I'd expect something as common as configuring a DataSource to include a clear, step-by-step set of instructions, maybe even some example code showing how to set-up and use a MySQL or Oracle RDBMS within a servlet or EJB. No such luck. The only thing is some confusing stuff about setting up an mbean that's completely unnecessary since you can just drop an xml-config file from the examples directory into the deploy directory and change the values.

Inconsistent. There are places in the book where an example uses one set of values, and the follow on example uses something different. For example, in the section describing how to set up a JDBC login module, the code for a SQL statement is given as "SELECT [x] FROM...". On the very next page, an xml snippet shows the query used in some config-file as "SELECT [y] FROM..." Now, they both end up amounting to the same thing, but it would've been nice to see both statements the same way to help reinforce what goes where.

Improper. Some of the references to MegaDeath and Euthanasia used in code snippets. I've nothing against either of those topics. However, they are out of place in a technical reference. This may seem a bit trivial, but, to me, it shows a lack of professionalism that just keeps me thinking: "Why'd I buy from this publisher?"

Anyway, I'd try to sell this on e-bay, but I can't pawn this off on another developer in good conscience.

I've finally learned my lesson, and am swearing off Wrox titles. I wouldn't have bought this one, but the only other book on the JBoss admin topic is packed with useless information as well.

Where to start on this books flaws?

Incomplete and Confusing. There are too many snippets of XML elements that I could never figure out what document they were supposed to be used. For example, I'd expect something as common as configuring a DataSource to include a clear, step-by-step set of instructions, maybe even some example code showing how to set-up and use a MySQL or Oracle RDBMS within a servlet or EJB. No such luck. The only thing is some confusing stuff about setting up an mbean that's completely unnecessary since you can just drop an xml-config file from the examples directory into the deploy directory and change the values.

Inconsistent. There are places in the book where an example uses one set of values, and the follow on example uses something different. For example, in the section describing how to set up a JDBC login module, the code for a SQL statement is given as "SELECT [x] FROM...". On the very next page, an xml snippet shows the query used in some config-file as "SELECT [y] FROM..." Now, they both end up amounting to the same thing, but it would've been nice to see both statements the same way to help reinforce what goes where.

Improper. Some of the references to MegaDeath and Euthanasia used in code snippets. I've nothing against either of those topics. However, they are out of place in a technical reference. This may seem a bit trivial, but, to me, it shows a lack of professionalism that just keeps me thinking: "Why'd I buy from this publisher?"

Anyway, I'd try to sell this on e-bay, but I can't pawn this off on another developer in good conscience.

I have found this book very useful and an excellent handbook for Jboss, all details are very precise and to the point. I specially like the fact that the author explains each and every individual file and its significance from the Jboss installation directory. All details are explained from an Administrator's perspective.

I managed to get an edge over the deployment trick and strategies in just few mins using this book, I highly recommend it to anyone looking forward to take full advantage of JBoss properties files and features.
I specially like the chapters on CMP Performance Tuning and Scheduling of Tasks.

Cheers,
Shafique Razzaque.

Dont buy this book. He has a lot of good topics but does a poor job addressing them in detail. A bulk of the book gives very scant information with very little coherence in the process and explanation. I agree with the earlier reviews ... this wrox book is not worth the money. I have used JBOSS and tomcat extensively in large projects and this book has not helped much. Save your money.

This book is a solid compilation of wisdom to help you get the most out of JBoss. JBoss is a fantastic (and free!) J2EE application server, and this handbook is so handy that you best not let it out of arm's reach.

This is a good book from the overview and high-level information right the way down to the technical details. It covers the whole gamut, including step-by-step instructions to install, configure, deploy and administer your JBoss app.

The helpful & informative illustrations bring the whole thing closer to home and help everything make sense.

If you're going to spend some money to get your J2EE app working, here's an easy place to spend it. Compare the $1000s that you could spend on a commercial app server to the paltry price that this costs, and this will give you a robust and fully-featured deployment.

An excellent reference book for anyone wanting a thorough understanding of setting up JBoss and running it development and production.
It provides an excellent coverage of using CMP2 with JBoss with good examples - this is one of the areas in which the book excels the official JBoss documentation.

It also provides and excellent coverage of using JBoss security.

Using JCA with JBoss could have been covered in more detail.

I got little from this book. Was hoping to get an altogether different perspective from a development view-point. The chapter on CMP was about the only chapter of value to me.

Also, the official documentation is much cheaper.

This book is a great reference for JBoss, which is the hardest piece of software to find documentation or answers on. It covers all the config files and simple concepts to get started.

I barely give this 4 stars though because of the many errors in the book. I spent hours working on a problem finally to realize it was a typo in the book. For example, the LDAP security example miscapitalized Ldap in the package name as well as leaving out a necessary comma in a prefix attribute.

These typos can really hang you up when you're trying to learn JBoss, but once you understand the portions, this is a handy reference.

A valuable one stop resource on JBoss configuration, administration, and deployment tasks. This handbook provided an organized presentation of information required to learn and implement JBoss. I wished though that MySQL should have been included in the chapter on JBossCX and Data Sources. Overall this material is a focused and great instant reference to those new to JBoss. Buyers of this book will highly appreciate any errata or updates be made available on the Wrox website. Thank you.