The Jasmine Object Database: Multimedia Applications for the Web (Paperback)

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Product Description

Jasmine is the next generation object-oriented database that features a multimedia development system and promises to deliver the networked multimedia applications of tomorrow. Jasmine integrates a number of key technologies that are going to be pivotal in the next millennium. These technologies include object-oriented databases, multimedia, Internet/Intranets, and visual rapid application development environments.

Jasmine attempts to solve the core problem of information technologies: Managing its complexity, diverse models, multimedia data types, and distributed environments. The various components in Jasmine are bundled together in one cohesive product and thus provide a complete solution. Launched in 1996, Jasmine was developed by, and has the support and backing of two large companies, Fujitsu Limited, the largest software company in Japan, and Computer Associates, the third largest independent software company in the United States.

The Jasmine Object Database is the authoritative and officially endorsed publication on Jasmine. The book covers all major concepts and offers an overview needed by IT managers making investment decisions. It is also essential reading for object-oriented application developers and database administrators who are constructing the next generation of Web-centric applications and want to include a powerful multimedia object database. This group also includes software engineering professionals, information and library scientists and others who need to investigate new technology for their information technology needs.

Product Details

• Paperback: 472 pages
• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Pub (August 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558604944
• ISBN-13: 978-1558604940
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,169,018 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Wait for a better book, March 15, 1999

By A Customer

I was very disappointed with this book. I bought it because it was the first one I could find on Jasmine. It seems the authors found being the first more important than being useful. The online help provided with Jasmine much more lucid. The writing in this book is dense and obtuse. This book begins (like many) with a summary of OO principles and concepts. It is the worst introduction to OO concepts I've ever seen. A person with no prior OO experience would not grasp anything useful from the first several chapters. I found my eyes glazing over and had to re-read everything. Another big disapointment for me was the lack of depth on some subjects. The whole subject of database administration using the GUI provided by Jasmine is given 12 pages! You can guess how helpful that 'in-depth' analysis is...The authors throw example code around without really elaborating on it. No attempt is made to help the user incrementally build a working application. The whole book is nothing more than definitions of concepts without making an attempt to integrate those concepts into something useful. This is a book you will read once (maybe) and never refer to again.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not an application development reference, March 31, 1999

By	[e-mail] (San Jose, USA) - See all my reviews

It is an excellent book to introducing object oriented database and the capabilities of Jasmine. Most of the material is conceptual and general. It is not enough for application developers.