Cocoon Developer's Handbook

by Jeremy Aston, Lajos Moczar, Sue Spielman

Cocoon is one of the showpieces of the Apache XML project. It is a powerful framework that allows developers to more efficiently set up, create, and maintain sophisticated Web-oriented applications. It has attracted widespread attention because it solves a substantial problem for Web developers. Yet Cocoon's reliance on a wide array of open source technologies and standards makes it very complex. And, unlike some other open source technologies, Cocoon's online documentation is sparse and inadequate. Cocoon Developer's Handbook is a practical, detailed guide for experienced developers who need to learn how to implement the Cocoon framework in a Web XML publishing system. The book is not a theoretical work about XSL, XSP, and XSLT standards, but rather a hands-on explanation of these technologies within the Cocoon framework, with examples and solutions to get developers up and running with Cocoon. Previously announced in December 2001 catalog.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0672322579
• ISBN13: 9780672322570
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Sams Publishing
• Length: 816 Pages
• Weight: 2.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 7.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great book for a great price and service

I did not find any other book which covers that much details. It good for the pros. and beginners alike. I like to see its second edition covering v2.2 coming out soon. The only drawback is the lack of CD but otherwise a must read for those who want to implement this web publishing framework. The service was good and I recieve the book in the exact quality as mentioned. Thanks

A useful introduction to Cocoon

I'm using Cocoon, and i was looking for a good book to help me in developing XML based web sites.I buyed this book and i'm really satisfied. It is simple and complete. The book follows a well defined learning path. Some chapters, which analyzes advanced features in Cocoon(like SOAP, Internazionalization, ...), are extremely useful.

Difficult made simple

I bought the book Friday, started to read it that day (after work), continued the reading Saturday, and by Sunday evening I had ported almost the whole website for my workplace from Struts to Cocoon!The book transforms a very complex subject to a comprehensible level, to the point that you will be Cocooning just after a few days like an expert!My advice: GET THE BOOK!RCS

A practical, detailed guide

Cocoon is one of the showpieces of the Apache XML project. It is a powerful framework that allows developers to more efficiently set up, create, and maintain sophisticated Web-oriented applications. Cocoon has attracted widespread attention because it solves a substantial problem for Web developers. Yet Cocoon's reliance on a wide array of open source technologies and standards makes it very complex. And, unlike some other open source technologies, Cocoon's online documentation is sparse and inadequate. Lajos Moczar's Cocoon Developer's Handbook is a practical, detailed guide for intermediate to advanced level developers who need to learn how to implement the Cocoon framework in a Web XML publishing system. Cocoon Developer's Handbook is not a theoretical work about XSL, XSP, and XSLT standards, but rather a hands-on explanation of these technologies within the Cocoon framework, with examples and solutions to get developers up and running with Cocoon.

Good book to get started

I found this book to be a great help for getting started with the cocoon webpublishing framework. It is much easier tounderstand and better structured than the documentation on cocoon.apache.org.The only thing I didn't like is that some chapters promise informationthat they don't provide. E.g. there's a "chapter" about writing a customtransformer component, that I saw in the table of content and was eagerto read. It turns out that this is just half of a page explaining that the author wil NOT discuss custom transformers. Also some other chaptersthat scratch the surface of some advanced/complex topics lack the depths that I hoped for in a 700 page book.But nevertheless the book is worth its money and I would recommend itto anyone who plans his first cocoon project.