JSP Weekend Crash Course [With CD-ROM]

I know that this book is badly put together. Misplaced screenshots, wrong code, etc. The cd has the good working code. I won't blame the authors but the publisher for the sloppy job. The examples themselves are very good. Explanation is clear. As far as the 15 hours. 21 days, 24 hours, and all other such claims that we see printed on books are just nonsense. Everyone learns at their own pace and you can't speed up the pace.Would I recommend someone to buy this book. No. I would recommend you to borrow it from a library for 3 weeks.

This book fitted my needs perfectly. I know a little Java - but not a lot, and am comfortable with HTML. But I've been struggling to understand Java Server Pages. I bought a copy of Marty Hall's Core Servlets and Java Server Pages some months ago, but whenever I picked it up ... JSP suddenly seemed one of those things I'd have to put in the too-hard basket. I came across JSP Weekend Crash Course in my local bookstore, by accident. They don't have many computer books, but at about half the usual price for computer books, this one seemed worth a punt. And so it's proved. It's not intended to be a JSP reference book: what it does do is give very practical advice on how to get up and running with JSP's. I may not have got through it in a weekend (hey, I have a life other than computers!). But I'm sure that if I'd been prepared to lock myself away for that period, I could have got through it in such a time. As it is, I like the way they've broken the book into manageable segments. For me, it's been ideal.

This is a good JSP book for novice who understand JAVA Fundamental. Once you learn the java fundemental and want to create web based APplication using java with JSP, I would recommand grab this book to start, then go fot more advanced book like beginning wrox or others for practicing more.

In general, I liked the book, and it's definitely worth it if you don't know much about JSP (which I didn't!). Some of the chapters on HTML and Homesite were overkill, but the rest was helpful. The chapter on the shopping cart was the best, by far. All in all, buy the book if your a beginner, but if you want a JSP reference book, try another one.

The book is well worth it, if you can overlook the many incorrect screen captures. I didn't find mistakes in the code, though, so I'm happy. It certainly will get you up to speed quickly on jsp, so it succeeds. The first chapter is a rough read, but it gets better. It's evident the authors know what they're doing because they present good stuff in a concise manner. There's not a lot of lard in this book. It's the best of the series so far.