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Book:   Head First EJB
Subject:   EJB 2.0 Spec is Outdated!
Date:   2008-02-23 08:55:32
From:   Joshua
Rating:  StarStarStarStarStar

This is a handy get your feet wet book to the EJB world. There were numerous typos/errata instances, which made me wonder, at times, if they were in a rush to get this thing out. I wish they had a book that covered the EJB 3.0 spec released almost 2 years ago! The SCBCD people state the following: Please note that Sun will discontinue purchase of this exam effective February 29, 2008. They are referring to the exam regarding the EJB 2.0 specification. If I had it to do over again, purchasing this (http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9781933988344/index.html) or this (http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/entjbeans5/index.html) seems like a better/safe choice, since 3.0 should be simple enough to learn without the Head First experience.
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  • EJB 2.0 Spec is Outdated!,  April 15 2008
    Rating: StarStarStarStarStar
    Submitted by Anonymous Reader   [Respond | View]

    Gosh, outdated 5 years after it was released? Who'd have thought...

    Even if the exam isn't current any longer there are still many applications using EJB2 and thus many people having to maintain those applications.
    For them this is still an excellent book.

    It's not perfect. IMO it's a bit too specific to the implementation of Sun's appserver, but given the original purpose of the authors that can't hardly be held against it.
 
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