Pro Apache Beehive (Expert's Voice in Java) (Paperback)

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Product Description

<p>If you want exposure to the new open source lightweight SOA-driven Apache Beehive framework project, then pick up <i>Pro Apache Beehive</i>, the first book on this MVC Web framework, which is increasingly gaining interest in the Eclipse community through Eclipse Pollinate. Author Kunal Mittal addresses specific Beehive topics such as page flows, controls, JSR 181 web services, XMLBeans and more.</p>

<p>This book proceeds to describe how these technologies are used in WebLogic Workshop, and how other IDEs are extending support for these technologies. Mittal also compares PageFlows in Workshop to the Standard.</p>

About the Author

Kunal Mittal is a consultant specializing in Java technology, the J2EE platform, Web services, and SOA technologies. He has co-authored and contributed to several books on these topics. Kunal is currently working on a BEA Portal project for Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Srini is a software architect with Coreobjects Software Inc. in Los Angeles, California. He has in-depth understanding of Java and J2EE. He also has vast experience designing large-scale J2EE application architectures. Srini has worked with Java, J2EE, Struts, WebLogic, and WebLogic Portal on client projects. And he has several years of experience working with various open source frameworks and tools like JBoss/Tomcat, MYSQL, JUnit, and HTTPUnit.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Apress (August 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590595157
• ISBN-13: 978-1590595152
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #966,265 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good intermediate book for beehive, November 22, 2005

By	James Black (Tampa, Fl) - See all my reviews

I have been using beehive since it was in alpha, but, I still found some parts of this book informative, enough to where I may have to change one of my applications, to make it better.

I did find that there was too much talk about BEAs product, but, for those that may be coming from that framework to beehive, this may be important.

Understanding how to use the various development tools, such as Pollinate, is useful, so their coverage of that is reasonable.

I do think that if you are looking for an intro to intermediate book on beehive this is a fantastic book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Useful reference, December 13, 2005

By	David O'Meara "JavaRanch Sheriff" (Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was quite impressed with the way this book was presented. While there were some sections that weren't quite right for me, overall the introduction sections and lead up, examples and prose all hit the spot and as such it was an enjoyable book to read.

The book provides a "from the ground and upwards" introduction to Beehive so it does not require any prior knowledge to get started. This isn't too surprising for a framework with a comparatively smaller user base. It also has a very nice introduction to the available Beehive tools so that you can start working efficiently.

While it is not approached as a Beehive marketing exercise (and this was a relief), I was a little confused between the BEA and Beehive offerings in the earlier sections. Maybe it is of worth for people moving to Beehive, but at the point where you're still confused about the starting concepts I found it a bit distracting.

While I wasn't a complete fan of the framework itself, the instructions and examples provided make this a very useful book if you intend to give Apache Beehive a go yourself.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book overall, March 30, 2006

By	nee "nee" (USA) - See all my reviews

This is not a bad book like some of the reviewers have pointed out. The explanations are simple, easy to understand and overall quite clear. The technology itself is very young, so I can see why there is not more depth to the book - but if you are interested in Beehive, this book is a good place to start.