Bea Weblogic Platform 7

As a novice on BEA Weblogic Platform 7.0, I found this book to be a very comprehensive and clear treatment of the material. I experienced a quantum leap in my hands-on knowledge after reading the book and working through the examples.The sections on Web Services and Web Logic Server were particularly helpful in clearing up some unanswered questions that have been tormenting me for some time.Technical books that are both comprehensive and clear are a rarity. This book is one of them.

As someone new to J2EE and WebLogic, this book provided all the fundamental knowledge I needed to get a good grip on developing server-side Java applications on the WebLogic App Server.Unlike other J2EE/WebLogic books, the chapters are very concise and easy to read. Most importantly, all examples relate to their chapter. I read chapters as I pleased without stress and carrying the burden of an on-going example that spans the entire book. I just hate that don't you.Great book for WebLogic newbie's like me

In a nutshell, this book creates a very comfortable read for WebLogic Administrators/Developers who need technical depth in understanding how to develop, deploy, manage and integrate J2EE/Web Service applications on the WebLogic Platform. I found that this book fills the voids most other J2EE books leave behind by answering many of my questiions, for example: What do I need to ensure to be successful using the WebLogic Application Infrastructure - What Methodologies are applicable to J2EE/WebLogic projects - and Why is it important to have a robust Application Infrastructure? The examples provided in this book I have so far read all work and really explain the technologies very well. The EJB section in this book, I personally found really useful as it explained the technology very well with examples that gave me a kick start to explore more technical applications of the technology. That's all I needed, not a brain drain on the technology, just enough very useful information to get going in a structured and well informed manner. After reading the Part I - VI, I can clearly say I am more confident talking and being hands-on with the WebLogic Server than ever before. I am in the process of becoming familiar with WebLogic's implementation of Web Services and Integration at the moment and will provide a final feedback later. At the BEA eWorld 2003 conference I picked up a signed freebie WebLogic Platform book by this author - J. Prem, after I laboriously collected numerous coupons in the Exhibit Hall. The book, even though it was a mere 300 plus pages, was extremely well written and provided me an insight into the WebLogic Server, from a technical product and administration perspective, that I could not find in any other published WebLogic Server book. Trust me I have them all starting from WebLogic Server 6.1. For example, I did not clearly understand the subsystems that comprised the WebLogic Server as it was never discussed in any other book, or even how to easily and methodically implement a distributed or clustered WebLogic Server environment. The freebie eWorld book by this author was so good that I picked up 5 more copies for my colleagues. So let me just say I was eagerly awaiting the publication of this full blown book on the WebLogic Platform 7.0, and now I have it and have read most of it, it was well worth the wait. I am excited this book came along and I just had to give my satisfied point of view.