This book is written in a Cookbook style with short recipes showing developers how to effectively implement EIP without breaking everything in the process. It is concise and to the point, and it helps developers get their data flowing between different components without the need to read through page upon page of theory, while also enabling the reader to learn how to create exciting new projects.Camel Enterprise Integration Cookbook is intended for developers who have some familiarity with Apache Camel and who want a quick lookup reference to practical, proven tips on how to perform common tasks. Every recipe also includes a summary and reference pointers for more details that make it easy for you to get a deeper understanding of the Apache Camel capabilities that you will use day to day.
This book can only be described as a very very good, authoritative guide in cookbook format for Apache Camel. I have to admit I went into reviewing this book with high expectations given the fact I've worked with Jakub and know the caliber of his output whilst he was consulting for FuseSource (now part of RedHat JBoss) and I've not been disappointed. You can read the book as either a guide to Apache Camel as each recipe builds upon the preceding recipe; or as a dive in as you need a solution to a problem as each recipe pretty much stands up in its own right (cross referencing other supporting recipes or key preceding recipes). The book explains not only how to do something - from simple routing & filtering through to XA transactions with one of the leading orchestration technology frameworks.
Wow! What an amazing book to get started with Apache Camel, I've never used this before and found this book immensely helpful. It was a practical read, very organized, and covered everything I expected to learn. The parallel processing was probably my favorite chapter, with error handling in a close 2nd place. The book was easily understood and well worth the $25, which if you catch a sale or one of the specials makes buying more than one book advantageous.
Debugging and Security were on point and I'm always critical about these two areas, you need to find bugs and squash them along with maintaining the integrity of the application even on the security side. Overall I felt the book delivered and was not overdone, just enough to get me started while leaving room for growth which I would get into more advanced books for.
Very useful book for Apache Camel users for practical usage of framework. It provides live examples in Java as well as Spring DSL and list many best practices while authoring routes. A collection of complex routes deployed in various scenarios in the enterprises which are currently using Apache Camel will be great help to readers of the book [ apart from the per topic examples provided ]