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Title: Java & XML, 2nd Edition: Solutions to Real-World Problems by Brett McLaughlin ISBN: 0-596-00197-5 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: September, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.85 (27 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Good work, a real 5 star XML book
Comment: The buzz is all around. XML and all derivatives are attracting everyone. There are many XML books in the market but few are satisfactory. I like the books which can offer more than tutorials on the web. This is one of those. First of all, the book is well organized and easy to follow. Learn the idea behind SAX, DOM and then JDOM. Having a good understanding of these basics, go on with three main application areas of XML:"web publishing","interoperatibility", and "data binding". This is what XML developers should do, and author follows this order very well. In fact, I remember Brett's one article where he suggested developers not to forget basics of parsing while working with higher level APIs and protocols.
If we look at the details of book... After covering the basics of parsing, Brett introduces some -very good- real world examples: Cocoon(for publishing frameworks), soap, xml-rpc, and web services for communication or interoperatibility and Castor etc. for data binding.
What is missing or not intended in this book is XML data structure design and XSLT. This is understandable since both are very detailed topics that wouldn't fit in a single book. For XSLT there are the O'reilly Java & XSLT or Wrox XSLT books and for XML-Schema... I'm just waiting for a good one.
Especially for those intermediate level XML programmers with Java knowledge.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good introduction, a little diffuse
Comment: Compared with .NET and XML this book tends to wander and rat hole a little. The book covers the basics. The SAX and DOM approaches. It also covers XSLT and serving XML. It also covers advanced topics like Castor, JDOM, and web services. But most of the subjects are covered at a cursory level and do not serve as a complete introduction.
There is a small reference at the end of the book which is not as easy to read as the APIs described in the Nutshell style.
I gave this book four stars because, while it does lack focus, it is a good introduction to the XML APIs for Java. In the third release they should concentrate a little harder editing in some focus and a better reference section at the end.
Rating: 5
Summary: Good coverage of XML programming in Java
Comment: XML and Java, true to the title, provides detailed and broad coverage of XML programming in Java.
The chapters on SAX, DOM and JDOM provide a strong foundation for selecting and leverage these libraries at a practical level. The coverage of rapidly emerging XML topics including XML-RPC, SOAP and Web Services is timely and reasonably detailed, providing adequate information to allow these to be practically applied.
The author's writing style is easy to read and has a code-centric focus. The numerous examples were intelligently explained without providing detail that someone already familiar with the Java programming language would find verbose and boring.
This title is best suited to for those with some background in Java and a general understanding of XML. Assuming this background, this book can help bridge the gap from being a Java/XML programming novice to being a Java/XML programming expert.
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Title: XML in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition by Elliotte Rusty Harold, W. Scott Means ISBN: 0596002920 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Java and XSLT (O'Reilly Java) by Eric M. Burke ISBN: 0596001436 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Enterprise JavaBeans (3rd Edition) by Richard Monson-Haefel ISBN: 0596002262 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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Title: Processing XML with Java: A Guide to SAX, DOM, JDOM, JAXP, and TrAX by Elliotte Rusty Harold ISBN: 0201771861 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 05 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $54.99 |
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Title: Learning XML by Erik T. Ray ISBN: 0596000464 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: February, 2001 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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