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Title: high in ambitions, low in substance
Review: you might think that a book titled "java application frameworks" would give you practical insights and techniques for designing applications.the book runs through the idea of frameworks, patterns, beans punctuated by "THOUGHTS", "NOTES" "design guidelines" boxes, cartoon figures.the material lacks depth, coverage and cohesion and possesses all the features of wordy contrivance.the cartoons are completely superfluous to the material, the notes talk of "spacerestrictions, references to other books" and the thoughts jump around like those of dosteyevsky's characters. Many go like "if you think you need two rather than one , then use two..."there is some code - definitely not very practical examples - i am not sure what it illustrates - but you can find it on wiley's site ... if you are considering.don't throw away that purchase receipt.
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