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

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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."

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.

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.

but this book could have benefited from a professional editor. And a graphical designer. And a technical reviewer.

This shockingly poor effort - which is labelled "beta edition" - looks like a draft that was rejected by every publisher in the field. The content is extremely shallow, the examples are abysmal, there are continuity errors (referring back to chapters that have yet to come), many grammatical errors, and the source code included is full of comments like "there must be a better way to do this".

This easily qualifies as the worst technical book I have ever bought - and I have got some turkeys !

I was too anxious to buy this book that I plunked down the cash before I had a chance to read the reviews. This book is very poorly written...The examples are poorly done with almost no explanation. I've been learning struts on my own and thought this would help, but it was a waste of time and money. I was impressed by the table of contents, but found out that the last 12 chapters of the book average only 7 pages per chapter - and they're the best of the book...

You'll be much better of saving your money. Take a look at the Wrox book Professional JSP or wait for Gooding's book on struts. In the meantime you can learn more from Ted Husted's Struts site www.husted.com...I get the feeling that he knows his stuff but his English is poor and the editor was lazy.

Avoid this book. I agree with the previous review, the book doesn't explain Strut's framework. As far as I can tell, this is a workbook for the publisher's (baseBeans Engineering) MVC framework classes ...

The pagination in this book is a joke, it isn't organized very well and many of the pictures in this book I recognize from other sites and white papers I have read. If you want a book that looks and reads like a seminar workbook (Extra Credit sections, WHAT??? Am I getting graded?), this is the book for you. I could go on and on... If you want to learn about Struts, wait for a real publisher like O'Reilly to come out with a book.

I was one of the first ones to buy this book. I had finnished an application with Struts. I wanted to have a deeper understanding so I bought this book. What a fiasco, like somebody already mention one of the worst technical books.

It is hard to follow, talks more about databases than Struts. Next time I would not rush to buy a book and just wait for the reviews.

I agree with what the author said at the beginning. The job of a programmer is to write program not to write book. The cost of the book doesn't justify for the content of it. The book doesn't explain Strut's framework. It is more like an exercise work book showing you how to build a web application without much explaining. In appendix A, the author asks you to download and install a whole bunch of softwares and jar files. He doesn't show you how to install these softwares on your system. You are on your own. Then in each chapter, he asks you to write or download file to run the exercise without much help. In the book, the author mentioned because of the economic slow down he decides to write book. I respect his way of earning a living and his talent...

Am so pissed at being conned into buying the book. I just finished reading it and can tell you that it's so badly written that I can easily nominate it for the worst book of the year...

This book is really hard to follow and would not recommend this to anyone that is trying to learn about the Struts architecture.