On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Matthew Willard wrote:
> Just *how* out of date and obsolete is the O'Reilly book?
As suggested, check the archives.
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> From: Milt Epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 10:16 AM
> Subject: Re: bit off topic - HELP on Books
>
>
> > On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Matthew Willard wrote:
> >
> > > Core Servlets has *excellent* sample code, which you really can use
> > > in your own applications (the code's license permits this). Indeed,
> > > you can download the sample code from java.sun.com (search for the
> > > book's title to get to the sample code).
> > >
> > > I've just ordered Java Servlet Programming, which unfortunately is
> > > on back order. I'll let you know if it cuts the mustard.
> > >
> > > You're probably best sticking to Core Servlets, since it is a very
> > > recent book, while the O'Reilly book is two years old now.
> > [ ... ]
> >
> > FWIW, there is a second edition of the O'Reilly Java Servlet
> > Programming book in the works; the author (Jason Hunter) is a fairly
> > regular contributor to this list, and he has recently posted updates
> > on how the second edition is going (check the archives). When it
> > first came out, it was probably the best book on servlets (but of
> > course there were much fewer then, so he's got more competition now :-).
> >
> > I haven't seen the Core Servlets book, but, as I recall, Marty Hall is
> > very well thought of in the Java community (especially online, like in
> > the comp.lang.java.* newsgroups), and his web page, which includes a
> > lot of information and resources on Java, is very well known and has
> > been around a while (back from the very early days of Java). Here's
> > the URL:
> >
> > http://www.apl.jhu.edu/~hall
> >
> > Milt Epstein
> > Research Programmer
> > Software/Systems Development Group
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> > University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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