Struts Fast Track: J2EE/JSP Framework: Practical Application with Database Access and Struts Extension [Paperback]

Vic Cekvenich (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 11, 2001

Learn solid practices in developing large, Struts-based web applications with MVC partitioning, database access, security, and content syndication, to name a few topics covered.

This book is not for the beginner programmer. It is recommended that you have a few years of web development and database development experience before attempting to work through Struts Fast Track. It is assumed that the reader knows the fundamentals of SQL, Java, Object Orientation, HTML, Servlets, JSP's, and XML.

In other words, this is not a book to learn the basics of Java and web development.

It has been written for the intermediate to advanced web developer in mind with real-world web project experience who wants a no-nonsense, minimal hand-holding, fast track introduction to leverage Struts and MVC in their web development efforts. LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE - ADVANCED

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Victor Cekvenich is a certified instructor for several vendors in technologies such as Java, SQL, object-orientation, and performance tuning. He has over 14 years of software development experience working on large-scale projects and applications. He works for BaseBeans Engineering where he does mentoring, training, architecture, and project recovery for their clients

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: BaseBeans Engineering; Beta ed edition (November 11, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971661901
• ISBN-13: 978-0971661905
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,584,142 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Might be good for the course, but not as a standalone book, February 20, 2002

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John Townsend (Silicon Valley, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Struts Fast Track: J2EE/JSP Framework: Practical Application with Database Access and Struts Extension (Paperback)

I bought this book from the publisher and I had hoped for a book that would be a great resource for my team to learn more Struts (we have 3 applications we have developed in Struts).

Unfortunately, I discovered that this is probably one of the worst technical books I have ever purchased. It is poorly organized, badly written, and formatted so that it is unreadable.

If you want to learn about Struts, pick up Professional JSP Site Design or Professional JSP by Wrox or wait for the upcoming Struts book from O'Reilly.

Better yet, subscribe to the mailing lists, try out the samples... All of those options are cheaper and much more educational than this so called "book."

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I cant explain how bad this book is, March 3, 2002

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James Griffin - See all my reviews

This review is from: Struts Fast Track: J2EE/JSP Framework: Practical Application with Database Access and Struts Extension (Paperback)

I dont know how to to start when explaining how bad this book really is.

A book that is a beta, i didnt even know a book could be a BETA edition, software okay, but a beta book? DOH.

I am quite familiar with struts and know its inner workings, however I see this title and think that the author knows more than me. "Struts Fast Track" What a ... joke, this book is a joke, it cost me [money] which was converted directly into the pound equivelent [money].

This book does nothing to explain the innner workings of struts, in fact it is the most patronising and condescending book I have ever read.

Let me put it this way, you know Java, and have years of experience in internet application programming, you work with struts and see a book that may give you yet more knowledge, OHH NO, this book is the opposite, it tells you that you know nothing and is patronising to boot, it is broken up into a number of workshops that you must complete otherwise the author will paint you to be a simpleton.

Okay so this book is a school task book, inwhich you have to complete minor tasks, but that isnt the most anoying think about this book, oh know. The author is wrong on a number of accounts. The person that wrote this book sees XSL and CSS as opposite apposing forces, inwhich xsl and css are fighting to be the presentation layer for the internet. Im not even going to go there but please open your eyes. XSL and CSS are so different.

Im sorry but words cant even sum up howe stupid this book really is, not only is its contents rediculous but its seems to have been produced by a word document gone wrong. I have never seen such material that could lead the unsuspected reader up the garden path.

If only my agent was as good as Vic's, then I could release a book of total and utter ....

If only to buy it for its complete and utter stupidity.

I rest my case.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Wait for a reputable publisher, February 28, 2002

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Scott Fraser (Collegeville, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Struts Fast Track: J2EE/JSP Framework: Practical Application with Database Access and Struts Extension (Paperback)

I agree with all the other reviewers so far - this book was not worth buying. I am very dissappointed as we are using Struts and I jumped at the chance to get a book on the subject. I should not have been so trigger happy with the cash, I can't believe I pre-ordered this book. It was almost a total waste of money. I did find it interesting to read some of the author's perspective on developing software, but I was really looking more for a good book about Struts, and this was not at all that.