Manning releases Jakarta Commons Online Bookshelf
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Manning releases Jakarta Commons Online Bookshelf
Fourteen Modules on the Most Popular Components
Greenwich, CT, March 17, 2005 -- Jakarta Commons is a collection of open-source Java components broadly ranging from logging, validation, bean utilities and XML parsing. Jakarta Commons provides re-usable solutions to everyday development tasks and is extremely popular.
Written for developers and architects, the Jakarta Commons Online Bookshelf is an electronic collection of fourteen modules covering the most popular Commons components.With it at their fingertips, readers have instant access to the in-depth coverage of the Jakarta Commons components they need to get the job done. They will quickly and easily learn to incorporate the right components into their existing Java applications, avoiding countless hours writing thousands of lines of code.
The author, an experienced Jakarta Commons pro, points out the rationale behind each component and then provides his expert explanation and hands-on examples of its use. Each module goes deep into detail on the technology behind the components. An early reader called this book, "The ultimate missing manual to Jakarta Commons."
Jakarta Commons Online Bookshelf covers these highly popular components:
- Chain - recently released and on its way to replace Struts' RequestProcessor!
- Learn how to integrate it with Struts.
- HttpClient - needed by anyone who is building embedded web clients or browsers.
- FileUpload - popular with Struts users.
- Validator - how to use it from the ground up, with Struts and non-Struts applications as well.
- Collections, BeanUtils and Lang - popular enhancements to the core Java libraries.
- Digester - very popular with developers who need to learn how to parse XML configuration files.
- Plus, Utilities such as Pool, DBCP, and the only credible information on Codec, and Modeler.
And more!
The Jakarta Commons Online Bookshelf is a new concept in Manning's product line. It is availableas a complete bundled guide to Jakarta Commons or as individual modules for those who need to solve specific problems with particular components. To learn more and check out module samples, visit http://www.manning.com/goyal
About the Author -- Vikram Goyal's series of articles on Jakarta Commons was the first such effort to make sense out of Jakarta Commons components. It remains the only online coverage and is referenced on the Jakarta Commons website. The author regularly writes how-to articles on other open source projects. Vikram is a Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform and is the author of Beginning JSP 2.0 and Professional JSP Site Design.
About Manning Publications -- Manning Publications Co. is an independent publisher of high quality technical books for software developers and managers. The company is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. Manning is an innovator in electronic publishing. Electronic review copies are available by request to Helen Trimes hetr@manning.com.
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Jakarta Commons Online Bookshelf
ISBN 1932394-524
By Vikram Goyal
PDF Ebook (402 pages), $39.95
Individual Modules, $4.00 to $7.00 each.
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