RE: Best Tomcat Book, Recommendations??? PART 2

2003-07-30 Thread Eric J. Pinnell
, 2003 9:50 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Best Tomcat Book, Recommendations??? PART 2 First, as I said, my comment about the Wrox books was a generalization. There's nothing illogical about making generalizations. The Wrox books I've seen were pure garbage. When I'm at the bookstore

Re: Best Tomcat Book, Recommendations??? PART 2

2003-07-30 Thread John Turner
the input. I really appreciate everyone taking the time to write. Tony - Original Message - From: John Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tomcat Users List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 7:28 AM Subject: Re: Best Tomcat Book, Recommendations??? PART 2 What, exactly

Re: Best Tomcat Book, Recommendations??? PART 2

2003-07-29 Thread John Turner
Eric J. Pinnell wrote: Of course it's getting more and more out of date as we speak. I think Tomcat 6 will be out before a decent Tomcat 5 book hits the shelves. Not if I have anything to say about it. :) John - To

Re: Best Tomcat Book, Recommendations??? PART 2

2003-07-29 Thread John Turner
What, exactly is it that you want to know? You say I want a Tomcat book but then you say I don't want anything about servlets. So what is it you want? An admin reference (the Wrox book is focused that way)? A performance tuning book? People can't answer you or help you unless you are

Re: Best Tomcat Book, Recommendations??? PART 2

2003-07-29 Thread Tony LaPaso
- From: John Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tomcat Users List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 7:28 AM Subject: Re: Best Tomcat Book, Recommendations??? PART 2 What, exactly is it that you want to know? You say I want a Tomcat book but then you say I don't want anything about

RE: Best Tomcat Book, Recommendations??? PART 2

2003-07-29 Thread Aggarwal, Gautam (IE03)
Can a book ever be 'Pure Garbage'? Please think about it! Gautam -Original Message- From: Tony LaPaso [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 9:50 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Best Tomcat Book, Recommendations??? PART 2 First, as I said, my comment about

Best Tomcat Book, Recommendations??? PART 2

2003-07-28 Thread Tony LaPaso
Sorry, but I forgot to mention: I'm really only interested in Tomcat specifically, not how to program servlets/JSPs. Some of the TC books I've seen like to make themselves nice and plump by describing servlet programming, what HTTP is, what XML is, etc., etc. I don't need that extra fat. Thanks

Re: Best Tomcat Book, Recommendations??? PART 2

2003-07-28 Thread Eric J. Pinnell
Hi, I don't usually push books... people have different tastes. But I like the Wrox book. It's an administrators book. Basically how Tomcat is designed from an architecture standpoint (containers, contexts, valves, realms, what the directories are for, etc) and how to configure it