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Head First Servlets and JSP: Passing the Sun Certified Web Component Developer Exam (Brain-Friendly Guides)
by: Bryan Basham, Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.376
EAN: 9780596516680
ISBN: 0596516681
Label: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 911
Publication Date: August 07, 2008
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Studio: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Sales Rank: 5959

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- Thanks, Amazon for fast delivery of this great book!
I would like to thank Amazon for less than 1-day delivery. They've really impressed me by delivering the book within 1 day, when I paid only for first-class postage.

Now, about the book - I haven't read much of the book so far, but it looks quite interesting. It does go into a lot of detail about the basics and is quite funny as well at times, which is quite refreshing! I've also seen that the book uses Memory Maps to convey ideas clearly and to help with remembering, the book repeats the same question over and over again and in different forms.

I am already a fan of Sierra and Bates's book for SCJP and passed that exam by merely studying that book for 8 days. I couldn't complete the book, but still attempted the exam ... Read More:

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- Good ... but...
Firstly I am a big fan of Head First books. Head First Design Patterns was a revelation to me.
I have Head First EJB & impressed with that. I am a SCJP so no stranger to Java.

But...

Head First Servlets & JSP I have found hard going. At times I have found it absolutely mind numbing. Yes, it may give you a basic intro. to the concepts, but then you are quickly immersed in chapter after chapter of configuration details in the deployment descriptor and the vagaries of EL versus JSTL. On and on it goes. Yes you need to know this stuff but what it really lacks me for is small, full, working *real world* examples for each point you are covering, that you can see in your browser. But of course that would ... Read More:

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- best book for anyone new to JSP
This is by far the best book on Servlets and JSPs for anyone new to them. This is not a reference book for seasoned veteran of J2EE, nor is it too good if you don't have any background in JAVA, (you don't have to be advanced, but should definitely have some experience... why not look at head first's book on Java or Sam's teach yourself Java in 21 days).
I would however highly recommend this book to anyone with some java experience who wants to learn and understand Servlets and JSPs.
This book combines informal language, humour and images to great effect to retain the things you read and keeps your attention. I don't believe I'm alone when I say most text books are interesting, but incredibly boring and not really accessible.
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- Comprehensively covers all the basics
Very good book if you are new to the world of JSPs and servlets. Use of diagrams makes it a lot more fun to read than some other dry books on the subject. Highly recommended!

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- Where is the 4.5 star option?
Headfirst books are like marmite - people either love it or hate it. I have met people who say the Headfirst books are the best they have seen on the planet and THE way to prepare for java certification. And then there are others who say they are crap because they waste too much space and time with stupid jokes. I have done both programmer and developer certification but so far I have stayed away from Headfirst. Nothing personal. They just didn't seem right for me. And I started preparing for the Web component exam with Marty Hall's book. (An excellent book indeed!) But Although Marty's book is great (And in some ways better than this one) He is focused on giving a very practical guide to the world of servlets and JSPs. But the authors of this one ... Read More:

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