MySQL and JSP Web Applications: Data-Driven Programming Using Tomcat and MySQL

by James Turner

JSP developers encounter unique problems when building web applications that require intense database connectivity. MySQL and JSP Web Applications addresses the challenges of building data-driven... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0672323095
• ISBN13: 9780672323096
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Sams Publishing
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Why would anyone give this book 5 stars

I have read this book from cover to cover and used many of the examples in some of my development. There are errors in the editing to be sure. For the most part most are minor e.g. links that end with .htm instead of .html will not work or if you create the database in mySQL, in my case on a Linux platform there are errors you will run into. These errors are limited to making sure you observe the case of the letters in creating and quering your database. This book is not for the beginner. It teaches a systematic approach to building an ecommerce web site using jsp's and mysql. The reason for the 5 star rating is this book makes you go out of the box to learn ant, turbine and other opensource packages to build a working e-commmerce web site. Personally I do not like to put java code int an html page = jsp's ... but this book offers sound eamples and good advice. One of the better practical but certainly not perfect books I've bought.

What the Doctor Ordered!

If you are using the Tomcat, MySQL, JSP configuration, this book is the absolute perfect marriage of these technologies. It covers every aspect of the implementation. It is required, however, that you do have a little background in 1 or more of these technologies. The examples are excellent and at times the book is a lighthearted read. Kudos to the author.

Australia wide Vet Locality Guide is up and running

This book got me going in no time. Our website's Australia Wide Vet Locality Guide service is up and running using MySQL and JSP. I have one minor negative comment though. I wish I will no longer have the need for a magnifying glass to see the Figures in future books by this distinguished author. In this book, pages 63, 81,... particularly in page 84! Still I am giving this 5 stars for providing us the Open Source community with a great reference book. Thank you very much indeed!!

Outstanding for anyone using JSP

Turner has put together a book that is outstanding either as a book to learn from, or as a reference you'll use throughout a project.Turner is obviously a seasoned developer who's actually built and deployed production applications. This book is perfect for anyone trying to either learn JSP technologies or trying to build an application that's going to be put into production.This book - though focusing on JSP technology and MySQL - approaches the project as a whole and gives you valuable knowledge and sample code for a number of areas. Other books seem to provide not much more than simple examples that won't translate to real world situations.Any number of different sections could save enough time to justify buying this book. For example: - Choosing the correct design approach up front in order to many hours later in the project - Integrating the application with third-party software or on-line services such as credit card processors - Integrating an LDAP directory to the JSP container - Interfacing to EJBs from within JSP - Managing the build and deployment process - Understanding and incorporating the Struts framework into a project.Just the sections on setup and configuration of Tomcat, JBoss and MySQL could save someone hours. There's nothing worse than being under the gun to show results on a project and getting stuck configuring and integrating several packages (such as Tomcat, Apache, MySQL, etc.) The author has figured out how it's done and documented it all well.This is a great book that I highly recommend for anyone either interested in learning the technology or who is or may be working on a project using JSP.

Good addition to a newby's JSP library

I purchased this book in the hopes that it would provide a JSP newby like myself more coding examples than "Web Development with Java Server Pages" (Fields, Kolb) did. While the highly-revered Fields & Kolb book does a commendable job of explaining concepts, I always thought it was a bit light in content when it came to explaining how to get an application server and database up and running. (I'm primarily a front-end developer with limited Java and DB experience.)"MySQL and JSP Web Applications" takes a different approach. It assumes you are already somewhat familiar with programming and database concepts (the author mentions this in the introduction), and jumps right in to topics like obtaining, installing, and configuring Apache Tomcat, Ant, and MySQL. After a cursory overview of JSP and SQL, we are treated to a nice overview of the role of functional requirements in application design. Very nice stuff here. After that, we dive headfirst into the design and development of a fictitious e-commerce site with shopping cart.This book makes a great complement to the Fields/Kolb book. Unfortunately, there are some frustrating anomalies in the text (mostly in the installation / configuration sections) that seemed to have slipped by the technical editors. Still, the code examples and functional requirements discussion make it all worth the price of admission. A highly readable text, and I recommend it to anyone who wants to get up and running with database-driven applications using JSP.