Mastering Tomcat Development

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 464 pages
• Published by: Wiley
• Edition: 1st Edition October 14, 2002
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0471237647
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0471237648
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 1.1 inches
• Weighs: 1.9 pounds

Product Review
&at last I will be saved from drowning! Well-written and easy to understand& -- MCSE Magazine, twenty march 2003

“…at last I will be saved from drowning! Well-written and easy to understand…” (MCSE Magazine, twenty march 2003)

 

Product Description
Learn how to use Tomcat to quickly build more sophisticated Web applications

This comprehensive introduction to developing complex Web applications using Tomcat and related Apache Jakarta technologies looks at everything you need to know about Tomcat 4—the popular, award-winning server for implementing and deploying servlets and JavaServer Pages. Tomcat helps developers create dynamic Web content without the problems associated with other methods, like CGI scripts. Author Peter Harrison has written the first book to cover Tomcat from a developer's perspective. He shows you how to use Tomcat by itself as well as with related Apache Jakarta technologies to develop dynamic Web applications, and you'll also learn techniques for improving your programming productivity.

This practical, guide is packed with source code and examples of real-world Web applications. Plus, you'll discover other exciting features of Tomcat, including:

• A code-intensive guide to building Web applications that run on Tomcat
• Details on using other Apache Jakarta technologies-including Struts, Taglibs, Velocity, and CVS-with Tomcat to form a comprehensive Java Web development process
• Complete guidelines for installing, configuring, and administering Tomcat, including coverage of the new Manager application and Web application deployment process

The companion Web site contains:

• All source code from the book
• Working demonstrations
• Links to additional resources

Reader Reviews
Rare are the technical books that describe their subject in depth, and starting from first principles. They are my favorite kind, because only by knowing the theory behind you can navigate a complex technical system. Otherwise, you are stuck looking up error codes, and learning unrelated technical minutae. "Mastering Tomcat" is one of the great books that really teaches you the how and the why. Authors take their time to tell the story, and they avoid getting bogged down in needless detail. I've read Tomcat: The Definite Guide, and Tomcat Kick Start through my Safari subscription for hours trying to get beyond "Resource not found" error when deploying my first servlet without success. After reading "Mastering Tomcat" for half an hour, I figured out the answer by myself, because finally I understood the theory behind deployment of servlets. But you know this book is awesome from all the other reviews. Just buy it. The reason why I am writing this review is that this is my first encounter with ebooks and digital rights. You can purchase this book immediately on Amazon and download it after about 15 minute wait as an ebook. Instant satisfaction! Well, not quite. The book comes in a special format named "ebook". This format feels like PDF, but comes with Digital Rights Management protection. The DRM protection managed to bring my blood pressure up in about ten minutes. - The Acrobat Reader contacts some mother-lode server to check if I have the right to read the book when I open the download. - I had to sign in with my .NET account to get 'verified' after the download. I wonder what they do for Linux? - My first attempt to copy a line of code out of the book warned "You have rights to ten copies in the next week. Are you sure you want to proceed?". Considering that this is a computer book, and I'd love to copy more than ten snippets of code in the next week, this was very annoying, and made me regret my electronic purchase. Ebooks are a great idea for technical manuals. But my recommendation is to stay away from them until the terms under which books are sold are less draconian, and more helpful to the consumer. So get yourself a paper copy, hopefully it'll come with a CD for all that code.