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Posted to users@tomcat.apache.org by Juergen Nickelsen <ni...@strato-rz.de> on 2007/08/07 16:30:45 UTC
Tomcat books (was Re: Tomcat and servlet the nightmare)
David Smith wrote:
> <rant mode="venting">I have to tell you guy, true nightmares exist in
> answering questions from people who obviously haven't made any attempt
> at learning the technology before throwing stuff together and asking
> questions. Please do us a favor and get a recently written book on
> tomcat.</rant>
What book(s) would you recommend? A fast-paced book that is not just a
gentle introduction, but covers a lot of details besides the general
principles would probably be best suited for me.
I see there is an O'Reilly book (Tomcat. The Definitive Guide. By Jason
Brittain and Ian F. Darwin); most of theirs fit the above description
and are quite good, but there are exceptions. How about this one?
Regards, Juergen.
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Re: Tomcat books (was Re: Tomcat and servlet the nightmare)
Posted by Juergen Nickelsen <ni...@strato-rz.de>.
David Smith wrote:
> I have no doubt Tomcat: The Definitive Guide is very good although I
> would suspect it's targeted to the tomcat servlet container specifically
> rather than java servlets and jsp.
> At the point you are at, a book that targets java servlets and jsp is
> better than a book that target's tomcat.
Oh, I should have mentioned that my task at the moment is installing and
administrating an existing Tomcat-based application. There are a few
problems with that, and often I do not understand if these are problems
with the application configuration or with the Tomcat configuration.
Part of that is that I have, to say the least, very little understanding
of basic Tomcat concepts yet.
So, I am less interested in how to make servlets and JSPs at the moment,
and much more in understanding Tomcat concepts and how they are
reflected in the Tomcat configuration.
Anyway, thanks for your help and Gregor's; I think I'll get the
Brittain/Darwin book and see what I can make of it. The faster the
better, considering the meeting I just emerged from. :-/
Regards, Juergen.
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Re: Tomcat books (was Re: Tomcat and servlet the nightmare)
Posted by David Smith <dn...@cornell.edu>.
I have no doubt Tomcat: The Definitive Guide is very good although I
would suspect it's targeted to the tomcat servlet container specifically
rather than java servlets and jsp.
At the point you are at, a book that targets java servlets and jsp is
better than a book that target's tomcat. And when looking at books on
the subject, look specifically for the servet version they cover.
Tomcat 5 and 5.5 are servlet spec 2.4 while Tomcat 6 is servlet spec
2.5. Given Servlet spec 2.4 and 2.5 are from the same JSR-154, you
should see only minor differences in the API between the two.
Lastly, I think you should eventually read the servlet specification
itself downloadable from http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/details?id=154. As a
spec, it's not a bad read and can clear a lot of confusion. I have it
printed here in my office and constantly refer to it.
I don't personally have a favorite book as I've been using tomcat since
version 3.3 and any recommendation I could give is horribly outdated.
--David
Juergen Nickelsen wrote:
> David Smith wrote:
>
>> <rant mode="venting">I have to tell you guy, true nightmares exist in
>> answering questions from people who obviously haven't made any
>> attempt at learning the technology before throwing stuff together and
>> asking questions. Please do us a favor and get a recently written
>> book on tomcat.</rant>
>
>
> What book(s) would you recommend? A fast-paced book that is not just a
> gentle introduction, but covers a lot of details besides the general
> principles would probably be best suited for me.
>
> I see there is an O'Reilly book (Tomcat. The Definitive Guide. By
> Jason Brittain and Ian F. Darwin); most of theirs fit the above
> description and are quite good, but there are exceptions. How about
> this one?
>
> Regards, Juergen.
>
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Re: Tomcat books (was Re: Tomcat and servlet the nightmare)
Posted by Gregor Schneider <rc...@googlemail.com>.
Forgot to mention:
Tomcat. The Definitive Guide. By Jason Brittain and Ian F. Darwin
might also be a *very* good catch since Jason is a well known
contributor to the Jakarta projects and definately knows his ways
around Tomcat - if I ever had to buy a book, I guess I'd go for the
O'Reilly...
Cheers
Gregor
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Re: Tomcat books (was Re: Tomcat and servlet the nightmare)
Posted by Gregor Schneider <rc...@googlemail.com>.
Professional Apache Tomcat 5:
http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTitle/productCd-0764559028.html
There's also a Tomcat 6-version available
However, I've used the really good documentation on the
Tomcat-Website, started with their examples and read the mailinglist,
which altogether gave me a pretty good start.
Cheers
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