Re: JSTL Book

[Kris Schneider]

Keep in mind that I only recommend books that Craig has already 
recommended. So, with that out of the way, I'd also recommend Shawn's 
book. One of the reasons I spent my money on it was that Shawn was very 
active on the taglibs-user list and it wasn't just to say, "Hey, if 
you'd only buy my book, you'd have your answer". He obviously knew his 
stuff and gave generously of his time. One other thing to consider is 
that Manning offers PDF versions of many of their books for something 
like $25. I haven't looked at David's book yet (maybe after Craig says 
it's okay), so I can't say if I prefer one over the other.

Craig R. McClanahan wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Mark Galbreath wrote:


Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 19:14:27 -0400
From: Mark Galbreath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Struts Users Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: JSTL Book
Craig's recommendation notwithstanding, I think the best JSTL book on the
market right now is David Geary's "Core JSTL: Mastering the JSP Standard Tag
Library," (Sun/Prentice-Hall 2003).  It is a really good read and has plenty
of concrete examples.  And keep in mind that Craig doesn't always recommend
the BEST book, but the book his friends have written.


As it happens, I haven't read David's book on JSTL.  I don't doubt (based
on past results) that he did an excellent job as well -- I just cannot
speak about it from personal experience at this point.
Any belief that there is one single "best" book on any topic, that is the
best for all users in all circumstances, would seem to me to be a little
naive though.  That's why I answered "I liked ..." instead of "the best
book is ..." and I won't try to tell you which one is best.  I also won't
recommend a book that I *haven't* read yet.
But I can see that Mark's in Friday mode already, so it's time to go back
to not paying attention to his remarks.

Mark


Craig
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Kris Schneider <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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