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Jakarta Commons Online Bookshelf Vikram Goyal 2005 | 402 pages ISBN: |
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Acknowledgements
Writing a book isn’t an easy task. When I first proposed the schedule for this book to Ben Sullins, my acquisitions editor, he wisely pointed out that my estimates for completing the manuscripts were grossly underestimated. I replied with false bravado that I was going to be very focused on writing this book, and I wanted to stick to my schedule.
Yeah, right!
One and a half years later (more than a year over my initial estimate), I’m writing these acknowledgements. During this period, I have changed houses three times, changed my day job once, survived two computer crashes, gone on an overseas trip, and remembered innumerable birthdays and anniversaries.
Throughout, my wife—my friend—stood by me. She encouraged me to continue when I felt I couldn’t finish the book, and she threatened me with dire consequences when I said I would quit writing. She complained less about the time we couldn’t spend together, and she tried to make most of the time that we did spend together.
She stood by me all this time and didn’t carry out the threat to divorce me. I proudly dedicate this book to her.
Several other people helped me with the book-writing process. First, Marjan Bace had the vision to agree to publish a book on a not-so-hot topic from a not-so-known author. Ben Sullins, my acquisitions editor, gets a special nod for helping me settle into the writing process.
Bruce Byfield was my initial development editor and provided some valuable insight into my first review chapter. Jackie Carter took the initial work done by Bruce and guided me through the rest of the chapters with considerable ease. She provided lots of input, and I hope I was able to apply most of them in my writing. David Roberson started the review process for the book, and Karen Tegtmeyer took it to completion; both of them did a fine job of organizing the best possible group of people to review the book. Karen did an exceptional job in the last few weeks of the book’s production by organizing and collating all the information from the reviewers. She further helped by providing essential copy for the book’s web site.
Many thanks to all the reviewers: Jack Herrington, Oliver Zeigermann, Yoav Shapira, Glen Smith, Doug Warren, John Keyes, Dirk Verbeeck, Robert Burrell Donkin, Henri Yandell, Cos DiFazio, and Wahid Sadik. This book has benefited many times over because of your input.
Doug Warren also agreed to be the technical proofreader for the book and was exceptionally thorough.
In the production stage, Mary Piergies, my project editor, made sure every little detail was on track and that all the necessary people were on board. Leslie Haimes provided the cover design and spoilt me for choice. At the moment, I’m working with Helen Trimes in promoting this book, and I’m confident in her ability to provide the maximum possible coverage.
Finally, I would like to thank Tiffany Taylor, who, as a copy editor, made an infinite number of corrections to my manuscript. I didn’t realize that in spite of my best efforts to say things the correct way, there was always a better way, and I’m thankful to Tiffany for making me realize this. I will endeavor to make fewer mistakes in my next book.
DESCRIPTION
Written for developers and architects with real work to do, the Jakarta Commons Online Bookshelf is a collection of 14 PDF modules, each focused on one of the main Commons components. Commons is a collection of over twenty open-source Java tools broadly ranging from logging, validation, bean utilities and XML parsing. The Jakarta Commons Online Bookshelf summarizes the rationale behind each component and then provides expert explanations and hands-on examples of their use. You will learn to easily incorporate the Jakarta Commons components into your existing Java applications.
Why spend countless hours writing thousands of lines of code, when you can use the Jakarta Commons re-usable components instead? Each of the packages is independent of the others, and Manning lets you pick which of the Commons components you want to learn about. Each Module can be purchased separately or purchased together in the entire Jakarta Commons Online Bookshelf.
Why is Jakarta Commons so popular? Because it provides re-usable solutions to your everyday development tasks. Make your work life better starting today. Purchase one of the modules or the entire Bookshelf and get the guidance of an experienced Jakarta Commons pro.
WHAT THE READERS SAY ABOUT THIS BOOK...
"Great stuff! This is the ultimate missing manual to Jakarta Commons."
--Glen Smith, J2EE Consultant, Bytecode Pty Ltd
"...this manuscript is packed with incredibly useful information."
--Dirk Verbeeck, Jakarta Project Management Committee
"...has something for every developer. Well organized and structured."
--Robert Burrell Donkin, Apache Jakarta Commons Committer
"It is extremely well written, has outstanding examples that work, and provides excellent documentation."
--Doug Warren, Software Architect, Leading diversified financial services company
"Vikram's articles for O'Reilly mean that he's got as high visibility as
anyone for Commons literature. The articles are linked from the Commons site
itself."
--Henri Yandell, Jakarta PMC Chair
"Chapter 4 is on Digester, which I always think is a hard one to understand
and Vikram does a solid job there."
--Henri Yandell, Jakarta PMC Chair
"There is ample background, context, and in-depth information to complement
freely available materials."
--Yoav Shapira, Jakarta Commons Committer
"Very well written. Interesting, engaging, sometimes humorous in a good
way"
--Yoav Shapira, Jakarta Commons Committer
ABOUT THE AUTHOR...
Vikram Goyal, author of Beginning JSP 2.0 and Professional JSP Site Design, regularly writes how-to articles on open source projects. His series of articles on Jakarta Commons was the first such effort to make sense out of the chaotic world of Jakarta Commons. His article series is still reflected in the official main entry page of Jakarta Commons as the only online series covering these components. Vikram is a Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform. Vikram lives in Brisbane, Australia.