Head First Servlets & JSP: Passing the Sun Certified Web Component Developer Exam by Bryan Basham, Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates

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  • ISBN-13: 9780596005405
  • Edition Description: Older Edition
  • Edition Number: 1
  • Pub. Date: August 2004
  • Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated

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  • Pub. Date: August 2004
  • Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
  • Format: Textbook Paperback, 854pp

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Imagine a world without eBay...unthinkable! How would you get that Farrah Fawcett poster, retired Beanie Baby, or first-edition pet rock? Handling over a gazillion (OK, we exaggerate--it's actually only 1 billion) page views each day, server-side Java makes eBay work. Isn't it time you learned the latest (J2EE 1.4) versions of Servlets & JSPs? This book will get you way up to speed on the technology you'll know it so well, in fact, that you can pass the Sun Certified Web Component Developer (SCWCD) 1.4 exam. If that's what you want to do, that is. Maybe you don't care about the exam, but need to use Servlets & JSPs in your next project. You're working on a deadline. You're over the legal limit for caffeine. You can't waste your time with a book that makes sense only AFTER you're an expert (or worse one that puts you to sleep). No problem. "Head First Servlets and JSP's" brain-friendly approach drives the knowledge straight into your head (without sharp instruments). You'll interact with servlets and JSPs in ways that help you learn quickly and deeply. It may not be "The Da Vinci Code," but quickly see why so many reviewers call it "a page turner." Most importantly, this book will help you use what you learn. It won't get you through the exam only to have you forget everything the next day. Learn to write servlets and JSPs, what makes the Container tick (and what ticks it off), how to use the new JSP Expression Language (EL), what you should NOT write in a JSP, how to write deployment descriptors, secure applications, and even use some server-side design patterns. Can't talk about Struts at a cocktail party? That'll change. You won't just pass the exam, you will truly understandthisstuff, and you'll be able to put it to work right away. This new exam is tough--much tougher than the previous version of the SCWCD. The authors of "Head First Servlets and JSP" know: they created it. (Not that it EVER occurred to them that if they made the exam really hard you'd have to buy a study guide to pass it.) The least they could do is give you a stimulating, fun way to pass the thing. If you're one of the thousands who used "Head First EJB" to pass the SCWCD exam, you know what to expect!

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Biography

Kathy Sierra is a co-developer of the SCJP exam and Sun's practice exam. She is also a Sun Certified Java Instructor and the founder of the world's largest Java certification website, Javaranch.com.Bert Bates is a Sun Certified Programmer for Java and has participated in the development of the SCJP exam and Sun's practice exam. He is the coauthor, with Kathy Sierra, of the previous editions of this book.

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SCWCD Boot Campby Anonymous

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January 10, 2005: I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone who was getting into front-end Web development and planned to take the SCWCD exam. The Head First series has a canny way of getting you to learn concepts that aren't intuitive. The authors assume you know Java, enough to have passed the SCJP exam (a SCWCD requirement). They start by walking you through Web development from the nuts and bolts of HTTP through more abstract topics like MVC and lifecycle management. They introduce challenges you will overcome in the later chapters, such as using Struts to separate business logic from the HTML view. There is coverage of servlets, JSP, deployment descriptors, and the Standard Tag Library. If you just want to learn about servlets and JSPs, and not their underlying concepts, there are other GUI-centric books that would cover those topics in greater depth. The book IS meant to get you to learn the SCWCD, so if you haven't coded Web applications before, the authors are workout trainers for your flabby mind. Techniques like fill in the blank, code magnets, end-of-chapter questions and the mock exam at the end act like various exercise equipment to help you prepare. If you are a Windows developer, the Mac OS X-only interface and commands may throw you. But as long as you're able to download Tomcat 5 and are command-line savvy, their methods of getting 'down and dirty' with the nuts and bolts of implementing a website will help you pass the exam.

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September 24, 2004: O'Reilly books are usually so serious. But lately, they've produced a series of Head First books that take a deliberately light hearted look at programming. The most recent is this text, on Java Servlets and JSPs. There is certainly no shortage of texts on this subject, including from O'Reilly itself. But this book makes generous use of cartoons and other diagrams. The authors go carefully and at a slow pace. Experienced programmers should NOT use this book. Let me say it plainly. But the book wasn't written for them, anyway. Heck, the authors present it at a level suitable for a curious high schooler. Which is no bad thing. Computing should have no age limits. It democratises access to the concepts of servlets and JSPs. The extensive lists of questions throughout the book are also an attraction. If you're studying for the Sun Exam and need a refresher on this material, consider getting the book just for its questions. Use it for a trial run at the main Exam.