Thanks, fellas. I just cancelled my order. Mark
----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 11:55 AM Subject: RE: Struts Fast Track (my 2 pennies worth) > After seeing some of the reviews for this book, I'm very glad that they > copied my credit card number down wrong. I don't have the book, and I'm > sure I can find another way to spend the money. > > Nathan Anderson > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Noble [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 2:01 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Struts Fast Track (my 2 pennies worth) > > > Having finally received my copy, which was labelled 'beta edition' (??!) > I've come to some very quick conclusions. I've been using Struts for about 6 > months now, together with Struts Validation, Struts Layout, Struts Menu, > Declarative Exceptions, Struts Security, PostgreSQL, Poolman, log4j, junit, > ORO, javascript, CVS, Tomcat, Forte (netbeans) and I had a go with Tiles but > decided i didn't want to use it and more recently looked at the Display > taglib. > > With all this stuff spinning around in my head (plus my regular Oracle Apps > & DB stuff I do for a living) I was hoping for a book that takes you step by > step through each portion of Struts, with detailed worked examples, along > with tips and tricks; this would help me quickly 'relearn' so I didn't have > to rely too heavily on my memory. I was disappointed because this is > *definitely not* what this book is about. It is based around 'lab' work and > you are expected to figure the detail out on your own. This is fine for > beginners, but I've spent the last 6 months doing just that without this > book. The layout and lack of detailed content makes this book look ideal for > an instructor lead course, but not really self teaching and *not* reference. > There are 27 chapters in about 250 pages (thats less than 10 pages per > chapter on average), and in that there are quite a few blank pages, full > page screen shots and very large margins on the A5 paper it is printed on. > > My conclusion is that the documentation that comes with Struts and all its > add ons is probably the best source of information to date. Waste of money? > Not totally, but at $70 + $20 P&P to UK not value for money. Maybe it should > be a $30 PDF download... that would be better I think, as $90 hurts! > > Andy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert D. Morse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 4:48 PM > Subject: RE: Vik's book on Struts (basebeans book) > > > > Don't waste your money. Get "Professional JSP Site Design" ISBN: > > 1861005512 > > > > It is *significantly* better. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mark Galbreath [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 7:29 AM > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > Subject: Re: Vik's book on Struts (basebeans book) > > > > > > $60 is quite a piece of change to pay for a book that's already outdated!! > > > > Mark > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
