Beginning JSP , JSF and Tomcat Web Development: From Novice to Professional

This book is far to basic and superficial in its treatment of Java Server Faces than anticipated.There are far too many chapters on how to set up the supporting services and far to little on Java Server Faces. With 8 chapters and 8 appendixes there is only 1 chapter and one appendix on JSF. The other chapters deal with an overview of Web Pages in General, an overview of JSPs, an overview of setting up MySQL (only for a Windows platform), an overview of setting up Tomcat 6 (again only for the Windows Platform) and the underlying structure of Tomcat 6, a superficial discussion of XML technologies such as XPath and XSLT (there are whole BOOKS written on this), a superficial discussion of CSS and HTML and an appendix on the Eclipse platform (ignoring NetBeans or other valid IDE's).If one is rusty on some of the technologies, it is a great review. But a person new to JSP's and Java Web technology would be very quick to get lost. This does not take you from Novice to Professional. It a surface scratch of a handful of the basic technologies and leaves one wanting. Nowhere near a Professional developer.On the plus side, if one IS rusty, the discussion of JSP's is a very quick and down and dirty get one back up to speed on Intrinsic Objects, JSP directives JSTL and EL and a slam, bang, thank you mam' on custom tag libraries.It would do better to get  Pro JSP 2, Fourth Edition (Expert's Voice in Java)  or a book specifically on JSF if you want to learn JSF.

Well after reviewing almost every book online and reading the reviews, I thought this Apress book and another on JPA would help me get over the issues I was having trying to incorporate a real world database driven JSP/JSF application. Unfortunately, the book's author simply does not present a start to finish encapsulation of a real business world application. Coming from a .Net background - I find the steps involved in just trying to build the foundation of the application's package to simply create a usable database driven front-end is like purchasing a car in a kit and trying to put it together so you can drive it. The pieces are all there, but the instruction manuals are spotty and don't always compliment one another. If there is an author out there that knows how their stuff, I'd love to work with them to explain how to write a book that will actually help people..I'm sure there are a lot of people out there in the same boat. Good luck, perhaps you can grasp the concepts better than I can - just felt it got me to a point, but crucial pieces were missing. It's not a bad book, I'm probably just a little too green yet to put it all together.

Authors wanted to cover too much material in one not-so-thick book. As a result, they talk a little about everything, but not too deep. This book is rather the review of technologies. After looking through this book, the reader would probably buy some in-depth tutorials.

Book was in good condition and bought it for help with JSP and Tomcat.

This book is very useful for a beginner to learn a little about those Java web technologies. You just need basic knowledge in Java to read it, and the language is quite understandable.

great book for JSP and Tomcat. not very helpful for JSF. I would recommend Core JSF. Good Luck finding it. Shipping was fast - so thats a plus. ;)

OK

Everything was good

I started this book with almost zero knowledge of HTML/Java script/JSP/Tomcat. By installing Tomcat & Eclipse to my Debian linux laptop (all FREE downloadable software) and then working through this book I've learnt to develop dynamic web sites.(p.s. O'Reilly "Tomcat The Definitive Guide" book helped get Tomcat installed and working)

This book it is an introductory book for non developers.