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Review title: Wide coverage, good reference application
Product review: I too saw many editing errors, but these did not bother me. I've always kept a reference application working using different technologies. This book gave my existing reference application a real boost. I was able to easily integrate many more technologies using the combination of the JavaEdge application as well as the patterns discussed in the book. I thought the authors did a pretty darn good job discussing the patterns/antipatterns. Once I completed the read, I had a good enough overview of each of the technologies to do more in-depth study of each. The approach the authors took by bringing in all these technologies, which I feel work well together is a usefull 'pattern' for books these days; I encourage more like this. Had some challenges with getting the JavaEdge application to deploy/work, but was not too tough.
