Just *how* out of date and obsolete is the O'Reilly book?
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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
> Computing and Communications Services Office (CCSO)
> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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