[ajug-members] Learning Java EE...what is best book?

[Joe Sam Shirah]

    Hi Parna,

> I'd like a book that covers the whole landscape (as much as possible).

> The tutorial looks to cover it all but is HUGE

    Given your first statement, your complaint is????  BTW, most, if not
all, of that book comes with the JEE documentation, so you can check it out
for free.

    There was a similar question yesterday on the seajug list, but without
( necessarily ) reference to books.  My response was:

Sang Shin's JavaPassion site

            http://www.javapassion.com/


    IBM's developerWorks Java zone technical library

            http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/views/java/library.jsp


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Parna Hiram" <parna.hiram at gmail.com>
To: "General AJUG membership forum (100-200 messages/month)"
<ajug-members at ajug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 12:24 PM
Subject: [ajug-members] Learning Java EE...what is best book?


> Guys,
>
> As you know, I'm trying to bootstrap myself on Java EE technologies. I'd
> like a book that covers the whole landscape (as much as possible).
>
> So far, I'm looking at:
>
> The Java EE 5 Tutorial (
>
http://www.amazon.com/Java-TM-EE-Tutorial-3rd/dp/0321490290/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4007934-2381417?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176912588&sr=1-1
> )
> Expert One-on-One J2EE Design and Development (Programmer to Programmer) (
>
http://www.amazon.com/Expert-One-Design-Development-Programmer/dp/0764543857/ref=cm_syf_dtl_top_1_rdssss0/103-4007934-2381417/103-4007934-2381417
> )
>
> The tutorial looks to cover it all but is HUGE. And, having experience
with
> other Sun printed manuals, I'm a little wary. They're not the most flowing
> docs, as I believe they're designed for web consumption.
>
> The Rod Johnson book has received rave reviews but was published in 2002.
I
> suppose much has changed since then. Still, it appears to be deemed a
> classic, and I wonder if it would cover all the basics enough to grow from
> there and understand more recent changes.
>
> Where would/did you begin? Is there a book I'm missing that would be
better?
> Any recommendations would be appreciated tremendously.
>
> Regards,
> Parna
>