Category: Books
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Professional JavaScript for Web Developers (2nd ed)
This book has opened my eyes in the JavaScript development world. For real. I did not know object-oriented JavaScript. I did not a lot of JavaScript patterns available. Nor did I now the best practices for JavaScript. Until now. 🙂 This is the best JavaScript book out there now. I checked out almost all of…
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Effective Java (2nd Edition)
One Minute ReviewPositives* Best advanced Java book* Loaded with excellent tips* Expert voice* Broad coverage of best practices Negatives* Some chapters too complex General OverviewThis is the best Java book available for the advanced/experienced programmers. (For beginners, see Thinking in Java by Eckel.) Why? Bloch shows you HOW you should be programming in Java. He…
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jQuery in Action
One Minute ReviewPositives* Excellent overview of jQuery* Full of examples* Focus on effective usage* Live samples (Lab) Negatives* In the API docs, an example would be really helpful General OverviewI read the majority of another good book, Learning jQuery, but jQuery in Action is much better! Much more thorough, covers more material. I think this…
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Core JavaServer Faces
One Minute ReviewPositives* Lot of examples — with complete source code* Excellent writing style* Focus on helping the reader Negatives* Some chapters deviate from others: only snippets of code and no complete examples SummaryIf you want to learn JavaServer Faces (JSF), this is the book to learn it from! What is the best technique to…
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Spring in Action
One Minute ReviewPositives* Excellent overview of Spring (good coverage)* Not too detailed; not too light* Excellent writing style Negatives* Feels lengthy* Too pro-spring PositivesWhat’s not to like? I think this is an excellent resource for the Spring Framework. I liked it as a refresher for some of the Spring 2.0 features, but I’m also going…
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Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0
One Minute ReviewPositives* Excellent coverage of EJB technologies* Thorough coverage of Java Persistence* Focuses on doing best-practice development* Full of examples Negatives* Explanation on how to create an external client not clear SummaryThis is an excellent book on a simplified (still overcomplicated) EJB 3.0 technology. I had high hopes for this book and for the…
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Test Driven
One Minute ReviewPositives* Excellent coverage of Test Driven development* Covers many development best practices* Excellent writing style Negatives* Could be more concise SummaryThis is an excellent book on TDD — I think it’s the best book on the subject. At first, I thought this book is going to be just a review of the commonly…
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Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications
I am part of a book review team at Javalobby. I get a chance to get a free book, write a review, and get published. Not a bad deal. 🙂 I am not the biggest fan of the long review template that we use, but I have to follow what the team leader decided. 🙁…
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Ajax on Java
I’m published outside of my website! Hooraah!! 🙂 I reviewed this book as part of a Javalobby.org book-review team. I get a chance to get a free book, write a review, and get published. Not a bad deal. 🙂 You can read the full review at Javalobby.org here. Enjoy it. One Minute ReviewPositives* Covers AJAX:…
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