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Java EE Applications on Oracle Java Cloud:: Develop, Deploy, Monitor, and Manage Your Java Cloud Applications
Build highly available, scalable, secure, distributed applications on Oracle Java Cloud. In this Oracle Press guide, Oracle ACE Director and Java Champion Harshad Oak leads you through the entire Java EE cloud-based application lifecycle―from development to deployment. Filled with real-world examples, ready-to-use code, and best practices, Java EE Applications on Oracle Java Cloud is an invaluable resource for anyone looking to meet the growing demand for cloud-based development skills. Code examples from the book are available for download.
288 pages, Paperback
First published September 23, 2013
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October 11, 2014
“Java EE Applications on Oracle Java Cloud” targets a very broad audiences. Those looking to learn Java EE, those looking to deploy to Oracle Java Cloud,, users of Oracle middleware technologies and business users/technical managers/consultants needing an introduction to Oracle Java Cloud. I'm typically skeptical when I see such a large audience. This particular one seems like it was written by marketing. I think this book is best for those who know Java, but not Java EE who have either decided to use Oracle Java Cloud or are interested in trying out any cloud.
The book starts out strong giving good background on terms like IaaS/PaaS/SaaS. It also talks about competing clouds. While the book focuses on NetBeans, there is a brief explanation on how to integrate Oracle Java Cloud with other tools like Eclipse and Maven. The section about choosing a cloud provider felt like it was written by marketing, but the rest was technical.
It's hard to introduce all of Java EE in a 250 page book even if you are not covering cloud so it is a quick intro. That would be fine. However, I took issue with two of the statements in the book. Page 99 says “despite most books and blogs recommending JSF over JSP.” Maybe they mean over just JSP vs servlets/JSP (MVC). Page 107 says about scriptlets “If used judiciously, scriptlets can save a lot of time and effort, but if used too much....”. The chapter then describes <%! %>, <% %> and <%= %>. All of these have been considered bad practice for a decade.
While the parts about Oracle Java Cloud were good and I'm willing to ignore the marketing written target audience, I can't rate a book recommending scriptlets to a new Java developer any higher than three stars.
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Disclosure: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for writing this review on behalf of CodeRanch.
The book starts out strong giving good background on terms like IaaS/PaaS/SaaS. It also talks about competing clouds. While the book focuses on NetBeans, there is a brief explanation on how to integrate Oracle Java Cloud with other tools like Eclipse and Maven. The section about choosing a cloud provider felt like it was written by marketing, but the rest was technical.
It's hard to introduce all of Java EE in a 250 page book even if you are not covering cloud so it is a quick intro. That would be fine. However, I took issue with two of the statements in the book. Page 99 says “despite most books and blogs recommending JSF over JSP.” Maybe they mean over just JSP vs servlets/JSP (MVC). Page 107 says about scriptlets “If used judiciously, scriptlets can save a lot of time and effort, but if used too much....”. The chapter then describes <%! %>, <% %> and <%= %>. All of these have been considered bad practice for a decade.
While the parts about Oracle Java Cloud were good and I'm willing to ignore the marketing written target audience, I can't rate a book recommending scriptlets to a new Java developer any higher than three stars.
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Disclosure: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for writing this review on behalf of CodeRanch.
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