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| Book: | Head First EJB | |
| Subject: | Overrated | |
| Date: | 2007-09-11 18:55:59 | |
| From: | machine | |
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Rating:
 
After having read about the Head First books on the internet, I felt that it would be most appropriate to buy Head First EJB and Head First Servlets & JSP since I wanted to learn some Java EE. However, I ended up spending more time reading the different specifications (which was a good thing), in order to verify and clarify the things in the books. The books are full of errors (take a look at the errata for this book, for instance) and though there are aspirations to thoroughly explain things, with many illustrations (which is good), I were left with the feeling wondering if the authors themselves had really understood what they were trying to teach. With a solid reasoning and less errors, the style of the book wouldn't have bothered me. Now it seems like more effort was put into the aesthetics, rather than the contents. With this in mind, the style soon becomes tiring. Another significant drawback is the fact that this book is not available in electronic form - quite old-fashioned and very annoying when wanting to do some reading while "on the road". |
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