Re: books for getting started?
Re: books for getting started?
- Subject: Re: books for getting started?
- From: Chuck Hill <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 10:26:55 -0700
Hi,
On Oct 26, 2004, at 9:46 AM, Stephen Charles Huey wrote:
I currently don't do any development on the Mac platform, but it looks
like WebObjects is fine for Windows and maybe even Linux (will it
install fine for development on a Windows XP machine?).
I *think* it should work fine if you use Eclipse on WinXP. I think the
Apple IDE requires a bit of force on WinXP as it was targeted at Win2K.
No loss - the Apple IDE is horrid. I use WIn2K so I don't really
know.
I currently do J2EE development,
We alI feel sorry for you.
and my understanding of WebObjects is
that it would help me develop applications more quickly, especially
when
the level of complexity of EJB is not necessary.
That part of J2EE is a horrid, nasty mess. WO does (or can) use many
other parts of the J2EE architecture.
It sounds like we should attempt to use this platform for our next
project!
It _does_ have a steep learning curve, especially if you have been
doing it the EJB way for a while.
I see on Amazon that there's a 600-page book published in 2002 by Sams
called WebObjects Developer's Guide, but there are no user reviews. Do
any of you know if this is a good book for picking up the concepts
quickly?
Actually, there are no user reviews for the Practical WebObjects
(2004) book, either.
Actually, there are two. Only two? OK, come on people, no one else
out there wants to scrawl a few words about the book on Amazon? I'd
appreciate it if some other people would throw in their two cents,
good, bad, or indifferent.
I wrote (part of) that book so I am biased. That said, *I* use it.
Frequently. It is better than my memory. :-) It is not an
introduction but you will find it well worth the money judging from the
private responses that I have received.
Another old but potentially good option
on there is Professional WebObjects with Java which also doesn't have
any user reviews.
Where are you looking for user reviews? I see several for this book:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1861004311/102-2442306-6865756
For learning WO, this got good reviews, but is probably OS X centric:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/032111549X/102-2442306-6865756
http://www.webobjects.com also has documentation and tutorials well
worth your time to go through.
Finally, consider OSX - at least for deployment if not development.
Based on BSD it is a rock solid platform for deployment with a great UI
and support. The server machines have a most impressive price to
performance ratio. It is also a very nice development platform. Hey!
MacOS doesn't suck any more!
Chuck
--
Practical WebObjects - a book for intermediate WebObjects developers
who want to increase their overall knowledge of WebObjects, or those
who are trying to solve specific application development problems.
http://www.global-village.net/products/practical_webobjects
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