WebSphere Studio Application Developer 5.0 [Paperback]

Igor Livshin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 16, 2003

• Covers integration of WSAD with WebSphere MQ (MQSeries), which allows the enterprise application to connect to a legacy datacritical information for any enterprise developer and not available elsewhere
• Teaches development of JMS Point-to-Point and Publish/Subscribe applications
• Provides in-depth discussion of pattern development, and includes tips and best practices

WebSphere Studio Application Developer 5.0: Practical J2EE Development covers the latest release of the IBM's J2EE 1.3 development tool, WebSphere Studio Application Developer (WSAD 5.0). The book provides a practical, step-by-step approach on how to use WSAD 5.0 for developing J2EE 1.3 distributed applications. Expert author Igor Livshin walks you through the detailed development process of working examples of J2EE 1.3 applications, including their deployment on the WebSphere Application Server (WAS 5.0).

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Igor Livshin is a J2EE senior architect with extensive experience in developing large-scale distributed applications. He specializes in WebSphere and WebSphere MQ (MQSeries) IBM products. He has written communications-related articles for Web Informant and Windows Tech Journal, and is a contributing author to Professional JSP 2.0. Igor holds a master's degree in computer science from the Institute of Technology, Odessa, Ukraine.

Product Details

• Paperback: 600 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (June 16, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590591208
• ISBN-13: 978-1590591208
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,068,785 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book. I constantly use it during J2EE development, November 4, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: WebSphere Studio Application Developer 5.0 (Paperback)

I was looking for a book about WebSphere Studio Application Developer 5. I read this negative review of the reader and it was a concern. However, this is the only book completely dedicated to WSAD 5 and it's context looks good, so I decided to take a risk and buy. I am glad I did it.

Yes, the book examples use DB2 7.1 and WSAD 5.0 and the corresponding software currently available for download - DB2 8.1 and WSAD 5.1. However, I found absolutely no problems installing them both following the book and installation instructions and then developing all book examples.

For BD2 8.2, I did not find any differences except this small one - you no longer need to pre-set DB2 for Java 2 (it is already set for this by default). There are some screens differences between WSAD 5.0 and WSAD 5.1, but they are minor and easy to handle (IBM simply rearranged some screens - moving some fields between screens). When I was developing the book examples, these changes were easy to handle.

By reading the book and developing its examples, I learn a lot about WSAD 5. The book's style is "step-by-step" with a lot of explanations - which is very helpful and easy to follow. In addition, the book covers some advanced topics that I was unable to find elsewhere.

The author of this negative book review considers this book and all other books (he purchased) completely useless. I think it's his problem rather then the books.

I decided to write this book review, because he simply misleads the readers.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful book for beginners and experienced people, December 29, 2003

By 

Ilya Rabinovich "[e-mail]" (Bethesda, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: WebSphere Studio Application Developer 5.0 (Paperback)

Very helpful book for beginners and experienced people

I studied this book through every page, executing every example and found it informative and accurate. The way this book is constructed, it is a good manual, because it starts with relatively simple material, and gradually increases a complexity. Appendixes are also very valuable, because they demonstrate how to deploy just developed and unit tested J2EE applications into WebSphere server. The book is also a good reference material.

Especially I value the Part Three about J2EE messaging. People, who are experienced with J2EE will find this material helpful to learn about J2EE JMS and concrete MQ implementation, and opposite, people, like myself, having many years of experience working with MQ, to grasp J2EE JMS implementation with MQ.

About myself: I work with IBM and BEA Middleware products for about 6 years. I have written a note to our IBM sales representative about this book, recommending IBM to ask Igor Livshin to write a Red Book on WebSphere MQ and JMS

Ilya Rabinovich, [e-mail]

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book on WebSphere 5.0/WSAD, August 28, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: WebSphere Studio Application Developer 5.0 (Paperback)

After reading this book I found that it provided the most comprehensive coverage of WebSphere 5.0
Application Developer that you will find anywhere. The book style is written
in a practical "How TO" - "STEP BY" style where each chapter has a clear
example that you can follow and run.

This book clearly explains hard to find information on how to integrate
MQ/MQSeries with WebSphere, which is needed to communicate with legacy
applications. In my opinion, if you are anywhere from novice to advanced user,
this book will be of great value as a resource and a reference.
Some of the chapters I especially thought are very well done are the Workbench,
Database, EJB development, XML development, Messaging and J2EE Deployment.

I highly recommend this fine book!