EJB 2.1 Kick Start (Sams White Books) [Paperback]

Peter Thaggard (Author)

Book Description

Series: Sams White Books | Publication Date: November 11, 2002

Not just another EJB book, EJB 2.1 Kick Start distinguishes itself in two key ways. First, author Peter Thaggard builds his examples from the new paradigms introduced in EJB 2.X rather than simply rewriting EJB 1.0 code. The changes in EJB 2.X programming--particularly in the areas of deployment descriptors and data persistence--require a new way of thinking about application architecture. The second distinction comes from the use of a project life-cycle approach.

Thaggard presents examples using the define-describe-build approach advocated by the thought leaders in object-oriented programming rather than simply laying out the features of the EJB specification. The result is a readable book that will successfully guide EJB programmers and those migrating from EJB 1/x.

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From the Back Cover

Not just another EJB book, EJB 2.1 Kick Start distinguishes itself in two key ways. First, author Peter Thaggard builds his examples from the new paradigms introduced in EJB 2.X rather than simply rewriting EJB 1.0 code. The changes in EJB 2.X programming--particularly in the areas of deployment descriptors and data persistence--require a new way of thinking about application architecture. The second distinction comes from the use of a project life-cycle approach.

Thaggard presents examples using the define-describe-build approach advocated by the thought leaders in object-oriented programming rather than simply laying out the features of the EJB specification. The result is a readable book that will successfully guide EJB programmers and those migrating from EJB 1/x.

About the Author

Peter Thaggard has been programming professionally for 20 years and has been using Java since its introduction in mid-1995. He began working on EJB 1.0 systems in 1998, helping to craft a document management system for the Department of Defense using WebLogic's EJB implementation. He was the architect of an EJB-based system for broadcasting faxes, pages, and e-mails to keep educators and students apprised of events happening in their communities. He currently works for Assured Technologies in Virginia, where he is implementing a system for mapping class diagrams done in Rational Rose into EJB 2.0 deployment descriptors, he is also the architect and implementor of an EJB-based electronic shopping cart package for Web e-tailers.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Sams (November 11, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672321785
• ISBN-13: 978-0672321788
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,633,736 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very Original, March 5, 2003

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Henry Story (London, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: EJB 2.1 Kick Start (Sams White Books) (Paperback)

This book has discovered a completely new way of testing your knowledge. Instead of having complicated questions at the end of every well written chapter, you are tested as you read it. Most tutorials make it too easy to just cut and paste code into your editor and compile and see the results. This does not work with "EJB 2.1 Kick Start". If you try, you will find your code will never compile. The way to read this book is as follows:
1. take a good pen.
2. read every page carefully and try to work out the inconsistencies between what the code in the book says, the diagrams that illustrate the code say, the text says about the relation between the two, and what the code from the CD rom or the web site does. You cannot assume that either of those is correct at any one point. Watch out for diagrams that are misnumbered.
3. mark these inconsistencies in the margin on the side of the text, with your best guess as to what is correct. Use a pencil, you may need to revise it.
4. Try out these guesses by running the application with your attempted improvements.
5. It does work, but don't give up too easily. You may need another book, to help you through the difficult passages.

You should be able to find an errata on nearly every page. If you do this carefully, you will understand EJB's well, and you will also be able to use this experience to get a job as editor.

One has the feeling that the author sent a preview version of his book to the editor, who then sent it immediately to be printed. Their web site has no errata for this book.

I was thinking of putting one up myself, but then that would make it too easy for you cheaters... :-)

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Code has plenty of errors., December 20, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: EJB 2.1 Kick Start (Sams White Books) (Paperback)

I was impressed by author's style in the begining chapters but I gave up after chapter 3 as I could not get the code to work. I could compile the BookBean EJB but I get plenty of errors(for the client code) even after following the instructions verbatim.

What's the fun reading the book when you can't run the code?

I hope author puts an errata on his website.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing!!, December 29, 2003

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LP Mines (London) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: EJB 2.1 Kick Start (Sams White Books) (Paperback)

I purchased this book because of reviews I read about it. I thought it would be perfect! That was until I went to the publisher's website to download the source code. The UML models were not part of the source code. (Nowhere to be found on the website.) I sent three emails asking where to find them and they have yet been answered for more than a month now. I downloaded the errata for the book. A 45-page pdf file of corrections and omissions for the first 80 pages of the book. I am returning the book for a complete refund.