Manning will be putting an "Errata" link on the book website. I'll keep an eye on it to ensure that it happens promptly.
Clinton On 3/19/07, Ted Schrader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Clinton, Ha; I'll be sure to post a review on Amazon once I finish the book. Ted On 19/03/07, Clinton Begin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the feedback Ted. > > Although we're working on finding out how to submit errata, we do know how > to submit reviews on Amazon.... ;-) > > We only have one review which has fair comments, but an unusually harsh star > rating based on those comments (similar comments about other books being > "too simple" still usually fetch 3 - 4 stars, not 2). ;-) > > Anyway...please be sure to post your honest feedback on amazon (but don't > post errata there, Amazon didn't edit the book). ;-) > > Thanks much. > > Clinton > > > On 3/19/07, Ted Schrader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've only made it to page 95 so far. I haven't found anything nearly > > as bad/weird as the 149-150 disconnect. > > > > The worst thing I've found so far is the <procedure> entry in Table > > 4.3 (page 87) telling me that Section 5.5 can be found in Chapter 8. > > > > I've been marking my findings; I'll submit them to Manning once they > > get things situated. > > > > With that out of the way, I'm finding the text very readable. I also > > appreciate the pragmatic advice that only comes with experience, such > > as the bit about skinny data models. The following excerpt from > > section 2.3.4 "Separation of concerns" really hits home because I > > inherited four or five "Model 1" JSP web apps a couple of years ago, > > and have just inherited another one: > > > > "We've all seen the nasty applications with database connections and > > statements in JSP pages, results being iterated over, and HTML in > > between it all. It's truly nightmarish." > > > > Indeed. > > > > Ted > > > > On 18/03/07, Larry Meadors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Heh, I was reading over it this weekend, and saw a good one on pages > > > 149-150. It just sort of stops in the middle of a sentence and resumes > > > on the next page with the next paragraph. > > > > > > Larry > > > > > > > > > On 3/18/07, Clinton Begin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Chalk that up to editing! Whooho! > > > > > > > > Just kidding. Karma will get me for that. ;-) I'll ask Manning about > a > > > > section for that and post it back here. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Clinton > > > > > > > > > > > > On 3/18/07, Ted Schrader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Yeah, a few things; mostly minor typos in explanations and > references > > > > > to wrong section numbers. I haven't found anything wrong with the > > > > > code, but I'm only up to chapter 5. > > > > > > > > > > Ted > > > > > > > > > > On 16/03/07, Larry Meadors < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Not that I am aware of...not yet anyway. Did you find something? > > > > > > > > > > > > Larry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 3/16/07, Ted Schrader < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Does the book have an errata listing/submission page? I prodded > > > > > > > manning.com a bit but couldn't find much. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ted > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
