Comments about oreilly Head First Servlets and JSP:

Awesome, Concepts are explained very well, that too in head first fun going manner.

Comments about oreilly Head First Servlets and JSP:

This is the best resource for preparing for SCWCD exam! Covers everything you need to know and presents it in such a way that you can REMEMBER it! I just had my exam today, and thanks to the authors I was ready for all the tricky questions that I have never seen mentioned in anywhere else.

Comments about oreilly Head First Servlets and JSP:

This book is probably one of the best I've ever read on an IT-topic. I don't intend to take the SCWCD exam (yet), my main purpose buying this book was to learn servlets and jsp. I was sceptic, that due to the tons of illustrations I would hardly learn anything, but in contrary! I like the teaching method used in this book a lot!

Unfortunately, there are not too many "Head First"-like books out there. I wish there were more "Head First"-series-books! I wish there was an updated version of "Head First - EJB" (for EJB3, Java (EE) 5)!

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This is a very good book at explaining the material and I was able to get a good grade on the exam with this as my only text, but I agree with Steven's comments. Finding questions at the end of the chapter that weren't covered in the book was a major annoyance. The EJB book is even worse - I've never gotten past the first chapter of that book after trying twice because I couldn't answer any of the questions at the end.

I also found that I needed to take lots of notes and do a lot of study with a flashcard program in order to retain the material covered in HFSJ. More hands-on exercises would have helped.

Comments about oreilly Head First Servlets and JSP:

This is the second Head First book I've read (the first was on Java). Overall, I think the book is a good way to extend your knowledge into server/enterprise side Java, but I'm not nearly as happy with it as I was with the Java book.

My experience has been negatively impacted by two factors:

1) the mock exams repeatedly ask questions about content not covered in the book. This is extremely frustrating. If the authors want you to read a section of spec XYZ in addition to the book, they should tell you to do so (or better yet, cover the material themselves so you don't have to read that whole spec to get the pieces they skipped over).

2) Not enough hands on exercises. I'm taking tons of notes as I read the book, but I think my retension would be a lot higher over the long term if I did more hands on application. I'm going to go build some stuff on my own to apply the concepts from the book, but I expected a lot more sample problems as a part of the book than I'm getting.

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There it is on page 94: "Important note: while the first three chapters covered background information, from this page forward in the book,virtually everything you're going to see is directly related to or explicitly part of the exam."

I would expect this sort of thing from most of the certification industry, but not from O'Reilly. Essentially, this book covers the certification exam; that it also provides an introduction to Servlets and JSP is largely incidental. O'Reilly is certainly one of the most consistent, best publishers of technical material, and this book is very good. However, it is a surprise that they would publish a certification exam study guide rather than a serious tutorial about the material. Even though I have learned a good bit about Servlets, I am left wondering what they have left out, simply because it is not on the exam.

If you are looking for a SCWCDE study guide, this is it. If you are looking for a fast, good introduction to Servlets, this may also be it. But in the future, I'll probably give the Head First series a pass, and I'll be a little more careful about reflexively picking up O'Reilly books.

Comments about oreilly Head First Servlets and JSP:

Outstanding Book! Whether you are new to Servlets & JSP or a seasoned veteran who wants to learn how to do things the right way, this book is perfect!

I tend to buy every book I can find when I am researching new technology (I'm a geek, I know!), and I am never, ever disappointed by any book in the HF series. Most of my books get filed in the ilbrary for later reference... but the HF books have a place on my desk!

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Oh Boy

Do you learn something or what? This book really worked me up. I wasn't expecting that I would have a VERY sound introduction to Servlet and JSP technology let alone STRUTS. DO NOT be FOOLED. This book is the perfect introduction for the Servlet & JSP technologies. I even have an understanding of how the Jakarta STRUTS framework fits into the J2EE.

If you are looking for a sound introduction to the web component architecture of the J2EE platform then look no further than this book. Do nott believe all those people saying taht this is not a good refernce book. It wasn't supposed to be.

Know Servlets 2.4 and JSP 2.0 with as much little effort as possible and get a LIFE. GO BUY THIS BOOK.

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I am mainframe guy having some knowledge of java and started learning J2EE.

I saw this book when i was really bored of reading old style serious books and manuals, so tried a new one and i MUST say its a very good book for me to start, BUT i may need one more book on JSp and Servlet after i finish reading this book(I like the Servlet and JSP cookbook), everything is fine with this book but what i need is more real life code and examples that this lacks.

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I am reading the book and new to jsp and servlets. The book is really good . It could be further improved by giving softcopy of the book with a CD rom and some exams for SCWCD.

also code for each and every program in the book should be given.

Thanks

Vishal