Java Developer's Guide to E-Commerce with XML and JSP [Paperback]

William B. Brogden (Author), Chris Minnick (Author), Bill Brogden (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 16, 2001

Focusing on the e-commerce market, this text includes information on setting up a product catalog in XML, presenting it online using JSP and servlets, setting up a shopping cart and confirming orders. The CD includes numerous code examples, as well as a sample e-commerce database catalogue in XML. Readers also get a demo Java 2 Enterprise Edition-compatible Web server, called TomCat, and an SQL database server (HyperSQL).

Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Sybex Books (January 16, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782128270
• ISBN-13: 978-0782128277
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 7.9 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,831,498 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This book does not contain practical examples!, February 12, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Java Developer's Guide to E-Commerce with XML and JSP (Paperback)

The authors through this book explain how XML, Java servlets (and sometimes JSPs) could be used together in applications like Shopping cart and News Bulletin board.

Though the book contains a lot of code, two things are disappointing. First, DOM is implicitly suggested as a preferred means for working with XML documents even in cases where simple SAX parsing would do. Secondly, JAXP 1.0 API's beta classes like XmlDocument are extensively used in the examples. Both these are not very useful in the real world scenarios.

Though the book gives an impression from the title that it will be using JSPs to generate the presentation layer, the examples heavily use servlets with "hard coded HTML" in them for this purpose.

I happen to have a copy of Benoit Machall's "Applied XML Solutions" with me with which I cannot help comparing this book with. Applied XML Solutions explains similar examples in a practical way with simpler code as well as using open source software and stabilized APIs to achieve the same results.

So, these are a few things to consider before buying this book!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Lots of code that is not useful for real applications, February 18, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Java Developer's Guide to E-Commerce with XML and JSP (Paperback)

Though the book contains a lot of code, it becomes evident as you go through the book, that the author has not thought about using them in real world situations. All applications use DOM for XML parsing and Servlets for presentation of the content. A few JSPs are thrown in may be because the title says so!

Buy this book if you got a lot of money!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Monty Python guide to Java & XML, April 8, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Java Developer's Guide to E-Commerce with XML and JSP (Paperback)

Firstly the examples do not try to explain which code example they relate to on the CD rom. You have to distribute the code on the cd rom to paths on your web server, so unless you are already a dab hand at configuring a JSP server you cannot begin, the book doesn't help you with this, or anything else, in fact I would suggest the only people who may be able to decipher this book are expert professional Java programmers who must also have a knack for interpreting rambling babble. Avoid this book at all costs, talking of cost, cut to the Author - tropical beach - pina colada.