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Book:   Enterprise JavaBeans
Subject:   Enterprise JavaBeans, 3rd Edition Review
Date:   2001-10-26 18:04:45
From:   Steve Salkin
Rating:  StarStarStarStarStar

As always, Richard Monson-Haefel's book is an example of clarity and comprehension. Since I discovered his work, I have added each new title or edition to my library. A good technical author may lay the facts before you, but a great one offers the distilled essence of their own experience and insight. Richard Monson-Haefel's work is and has been an example of greatness in technical writing, and his latest work is as good an example of this as any.


This is the book that I recommend to anyone wanting to get serious about EJBs, as architects, as developers, or as coders (even to managers with a technical background.) If you are considering another, larger book, perhaps one with many co-authors, consider that this book offers a unified perspective from someone who has been deeply involved in the course of evolution of EJB from nearly the beginning. Although his work is shorter than some other books, it is no less complete, and offers a concentrated brevity in contrast to disjointed wordiness.


In short: buy this book.

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