IBM (R) Websphere (R) Application Server: The Complete Reference [With CDROM] [With CDROM]

by Ron Ben-Natan and Ori Sasson

Book Overview

Useful for those interested in gaining knowledge about the WebSphere Application Server 4.0. This title helps to learn to develop and deploy powerful Web-based application and discover the features... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0072223944
• ISBN13: 9780072223941
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media
• Length: 997 Pages
• Weight: 3.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

WS apps server -- deep coverage

The authors give a high-level overview of the WebSphere environment, then drill down for a deep look at WebSphere's core technologies: servlets, JSP, EJB, JMS, and other J2EE support. Also, they explain how to use Visual Age for Java and WS apps server.A few chapters on LDAP integration and JMS messaging are really interesting.Data Access Beans, which streamline web data access allows you to masterize the pooling connection.some extensive tools : debugging servlets and JSP from within VisualAge; using transactions; and taking advantage of IBM's EJB extensions are well explained.Finally, I'd say, there's also a solid coverage of WebSphere security via passwords, custom user registries, encryption, and other techniques. If you're building WS apps, i think this book is the one u have to have.Anyway, i'd say : how do u think about WSAD 4.0 vs WLS 7.0....!--PR

Easy to follow, well organized

The authors of WebSphere Starter Kit did a great job again.I missed the source code examples from the CD (and could not find a place to download from) but when I asked for it, the publisher sent it right away...

Another winner by Dr. Ben-Natan

The book is extremely well structured, offering a broad scope of information for the entire horizon of users ranging from the people who want a high level understanding of the functionality and purpose of the application server, to installation details for system administration and troubleshooting purposes.It is excellent from a developer and architect perspective as it offers a complete explanation of what the functions are, where they should be applied and how they should be coded, including sample code, covering all key areas such as JMS, EJB, web services and LDAP. Further to these the book also explains the use of other applications such as Visual Age for developing Websphere.The book also provides a CD with trial versions of the applications including Visual Age and the Websphere Developer Studio.All in all an excellent well thought through book offering both high level and in-depth detail of a very complex application.

Up-to-date, with superb coverage

This is one of the best development reference books I've read. On a subject that is broad and deep, Ben-Natan and Sassoon (also the authors of the IBM WebSphere Starter Kit) do an outstanding job of covering the WebSphere product line with a broad brush, while diving into detail when needed. It reads like a cross between a tutorial and a reference, and I find their prose actually fun to read (is that allowed in a technical book?).Importantly, the book is current - WebSphere has changed significantly over the past year.

Great Book for anybody who wants to know about WebSphere

I was looking for a book to help us integrate our product, iMercury, into IBM's WebSphere Application Server. iMercury is a 100% Internet designed java messaging product that is lightweight, self configuring, RSA security enabled, and provides automated installation and configuration. I stumbled onto Ron Ben-Natan & Ori Sasson's "IBM WebSphere Application Server: The Complete Reference". Given my past pleasant experience with their previous book, IBM WebSphere Starter Kit, I felt that this would be a good reference source for the WebSphere Application Server.This book is ideal for developers, System Administrators, System Architects, and Managers. Developers get an overview of the different technologies with simple and clear examples. References are given if additional detail is required. System Administrators have a source which provides information on installing, starting, and troubleshooting WebSphere. System Architects and Managers will enjoy this single reference which covers all the hot internet topics from EJBs, Connection Pooling, to Web Services. I also loved the CD-ROM that comes with trial versions of the WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Server, WebSphere Studio Application Developer, and VisualAge for Java (I would buy the book just for the CD). The only part I would change is to put the last part, which deals with administrating WebSphere sites, earlier in the book. IBM WebSphere Application Server: The Complete Reference is a comprehensive book that is an ideal for any WebSphere Administrator or Developer. It would also be very useful to any person who wants to understand the components of Internet development.