Rating: 

(Java2D and Servlets are still my favourites).

The problem with the book is mostly related to JSP

itself. It starts off pretending to be a clean separation

following the MVC model, but the more you dig into

it (and develop), the "dirtier" your JSP pages become

(mixing presentation with Java code). I am experiencing

this in building a moderately complex application

(but am not necessarily as purist in this sense).

As a recipe book, it can be somewhat confusing, as Hans

Bengsten often presents more than one way to solve a

similar problem. The examples are very good, however,

and I got relevant code running in no time.