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Title: Doesn't do the job
Review: I am an experienced programmer who wants to learn Java. Every time I reach for this book I am disappointed. Today I wanted to learn about servlets, but the chapter on servlets is so confusing that I'm going to look for an on-line tutorial instead. The authors completely skip the very important fact that most servlets are invoked when the user first displays an HTML file. Instead, they jump right into showing the code of a very simple servlet instead of taking things from the top, which would be an HTML file.The writing is very wordy and technical. The authors need to use other writing techniques such as step-by-step lists instead of relying on these long paragraphs of text.In general, I find that these authors try to cover every topic on the sun, and end up only touching the high points in the most superficial way, leaving out important aspects of their topics.
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