WebSphere V3.5 Handbook [Paperback]

Ken Ueno (Author)

Book Description

Series: IBM Redbooks | Publication Date: April 2, 2001

Together, IBM's WebSphere Application Server 3.5 and WebSphere Studio 3.0 provide the world's most robust environment for building, deploying and managing Web applications. In this book, a team of IBM specialists offer authoritative coverage of all aspects of deploying, managing, and developing with WebSphere V3.5 -- both Standard and Advanced Editions. Successfully install and configure WebSphere V3.5; then use WebSphere to build applications that incorporate JavaServer Pages, servlets, Enterprise JavaBeans, JDBC, XML, and other powerful Web technologies. Discover how to use industry standards such as HTTP, IIOP and LDAP to integrate WebSphere into heterogeneous Web environments. Learn how to make the most of WebSphere's session management and transaction support capabilities; tune WebSphere for maximum performance and scalability; and much more. For everyone working with -- or planning an upgrade to -- IBM's WebSphere V3.5 Web application server.

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Preface

WebSphere Application Server V3.5 is the latest version of the IBM open standards-based e-business application deployment environment. This redbook will show you how to install and use the product. It provides detailed insights into the product's architecture and gives a wealth of practical advice about how best to exploit the features of WebSphere.

At the heart of the book are detailed step-by-step descriptions of the tasks you will carry out to deploy and execute your applications. These descriptions include not only the use of the improved V3.5 GUI administration console but also examples of how to exploit the new command line administration facilities.

The redbook places these task descriptions in a broader context by providing discussions of possible application architectures, deployment topologies, best practices and problem determination when using WebSphere Application Server.

These discussions are founded on clear descriptions of concepts and technologies that provide the framework for WebSphere Application Server. These include the Servlet, JSP and EJB APIs, security, transactions, JDBC, and JNDI.

The redbook also contains details of the support for the Servlet API V2.2 and JSP V1.1 APIs introduced by WebSphere V3.5 Fix Pack 2 and examples of using these new facilities.

From the Back Cover

• Discover the compelling value of the WebSphere programming model
• Explore WebSphere Application Server Version 3.5's new features, including Servlet 2.2 and JSP 1.1 support
• Master WebSphere Application Server Version 3.5 administration, application deployment, and troubleshooting
• Benefit from the experience of IBM's own WebSphere consulting team
• CD-ROM includes extensive library of ready-to-run sample code

IBM's WebSphere Application Server Version 3.5 is a universal Internet software platform that can support any e-business, from startup to megasite—adapting at Internet speed no matter how your goals, strategies, and markets change. In this book, IBM's own WebSphere consulting team offers in-depth insight into WebSphere's architecture—and a wealth of practical advice on how best to exploit it.

WebSphere V3.5 Handbook walks you through every key task and procedure associated with deploying, executing, administering, and troubleshooting WebSphere applications. IBM's WebSphere consultants place these tasks in a broader context, offering in-depth discussions of architectural alternatives, deployment topologies, and workload management.

You'll find clear descriptions of every key WebSphere concept and technology, including the Servlet, JavaServer Pages, and Enterprise JavaBeans APIs; WebSphere security; transaction support; and more. You'll also find up-to-the-minute coverage of WebSphere Application Server Version 3.5 Fix Pack 2 support for the new Servlet 2.2 and JSP 1.1 APIs—including detailed application examples.

About the CD-ROM

The accompanying CD-ROM contains an extensive library of sample programs, encompassing Servlet 2.2, JSP 1.1, JNDI, XML, EJB, transactions, HTTP sessions, and more.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1184 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR (April 2, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130416568
• ISBN-13: 978-0130416568
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,126,719 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book, January 19, 2002

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D. Carlton "dcarlton" (Austin, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: WebSphere V3.5 Handbook (Paperback)

Becoming a WebSphere Administrator is a daunting task. The product is complex and IBM documentation is often abstract, theoretical, and incomplete. I struggled for a couple of months until I got this book. I found this book to be full of accessible information related to WebSphere configuration and maintenance. This book was exactly what I needed to become effective as a WebSphere Admin.

2.0 out of 5 stars Full of typos, October 12, 2002

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sanjos10 (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: WebSphere V3.5 Handbook (Paperback)

I bought this hoping for an introduction to WAS. Instead, I found this full of typos and a badly made CD.

2.0 out of 5 stars so-so reference book, January 2, 2002

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J. Crosland "life-long avid reader" (Carpinteria, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: WebSphere V3.5 Handbook (Paperback)

I found this book unwieldy in it's size (1154 pages including the index and appendices) and not very helpful for the beginning admin, which is all of us, including IBM!! There are hundreds, if not thousands, of screenshots, but very little in the way of explanation. I need a book that addesses the tasks I most need to do as a WebSphere Admin, with explanations as to why and how to do them. I have found that IBM's online Infocenter for WebSphere is the best resource for this. Bottom line: As a WAS admin you should have this book, but Infocenter may be more helpful.