Developing Java Servlets

Developing Java Servlets

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by James Goodwill
     
 

Developing Java Servlets, Second Edition, is a comprehensive, code-intensive book for professional Java developers. It explains the Java Servlet API architecture and client/server development concepts and contains detailed, professional programming techniques for building sophisticated e-commerce and database servlet applications. New topics covered in the

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Overview

Developing Java Servlets, Second Edition, is a comprehensive, code-intensive book for professional Java developers. It explains the Java Servlet API architecture and client/server development concepts and contains detailed, professional programming techniques for building sophisticated e-commerce and database servlet applications. New topics covered in the updated edition are:

  • JavaMail
  • Servlets with XML, JSP, and EJB
  • Pluggable web applications
  • Wireless servlets with WML/WMLScripts

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The Barnes & Noble Review
Java servlets are efficient, persistent, portable, robust, extensible, secure, and built into Apache and zillions of other Web servers. Moving Java over to the server lets you stop worrying about browser compatibility and long downloads, too. Developing Java Servlets gives you a great jumpstart on servlet development.

James Goodwill starts by introducing the lifecycle of a servlet, then shows how to build basic servlets that retrieve form data and build HTML object packages. Next, you'll master server-side includes, and servlet chaining, a powerful technique that lets multiple servlets cooperate in servicing a single request. There's coverage of HTTP tunneling, a method of reading and writing serialized objects using an HTTP connection; and using JDBC with servlets to access databases (in both two-tier and three-tier configurations.

Goodwill presents code-intensive discussions of servlets and object databases (notably ObjectStore PSE Pro); ServletBeans; and JavaServer Pages for generating dynamic HTML on the server side. You'll finish up by building a complete catalog application that uses most of the concepts you've learned along the way.

The book's only disadvantage (no fault of the author's) is that some examples are demonstrated through Java Web Server, which Sun has recently decided to phase out. (Better servlet support is being built into Netscape Enterprise Server, Sun's new web server of choice.) Aren't you glad servlets are portable? —Bill Carmada

Product Details

ISBN-13:
9780672316005
Publisher:
Sams
Publication date:
06/21/1999
Pages:
515
Product dimensions:
7.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.23(d)

Meet the Author

James Goodwill is the co-founder and chief architect at Virtuas Solutions, LLC., located in Denver, Colorado. He has extensive experience in designing and architecting e-business applications. James is also the author of Pure JavaServer Pages, which provides a thorough examination of the JavaServer Pages technology. James is currently leading Virtuas's efforts in developing cutting edge tools designed for J2EE e-business acceleration.

You can find the source code and support for this text at the Virtuas Solutions Web site, http://www.virtuas.com. Select the Publications link.

Bryan Morgan is an experienced writer and software developer and founder of the Wireless Developer Network (http://www.wirelessdevnet.com) in 1999. He is a respected voice in the wireless industry, is a regular contributor to industry publications, and has been a featured speaker at numerous events. He holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Clemson University and lives in Pensacola, FL with his wife Becky and beautiful daughter Emma.

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Developing Java Servlets 5 out of 5 based on 0 ratings. 2 reviews.
Guest More than 1 year ago
Mr. Goodwill has written a very good book about developing Java servlets. He does a wonderful job of explaining concepts without overloading the reader with completely unnecessary jargon which only serves to confuse. He tackles servlets as well as their closely related cousin, JSP pages. He also explains server-side includes, HTTP Tunneling, servlets and the JDBC, Servlet Beans, session tracking, security, and has a reference section on the servlet packages that come with Java. If your new to servlets or even if you just want some clarity this is definitely the book you want. The author does develop an HTML package, which is available for download, in chapter 4. I recommend taking the time to become familiar with it before going on in the book. All in all the book is an easy read. The author obviously understands the concepts very well which leads to an ability to explain them in easy to understand terms. In today's jargon ridden corporate culture this is an important skill to have. I highly recommend this book.
Guest More than 1 year ago
I looked at the Calloway book and the Hunter book, but this one is by far the most informative and easily understood servlet book. James takes a very simple but effective approach to his writing in making sure that the reader is on the same page as he is. James also was gracious enough to respond to some questions I had after reading the book. I look forward with great interest to his next book on JSP's. Thanks James!