Comprehensive Tomcat, terse and code heavy
In classic Wrox fashion this book is rich with code examples and a little light on exposition. It's a rocket ride through installing Tomcat, building servlets and extensions, and then into web application security.
It's comprehensive in it's coverage of Tomcat, and rarely strays from that mark. There is a small foray into database development, but that is mainly around connection pooling, which is a related topic.
Overall an excellent introduction to Tomcat. My only complaints are that the book could have relied less on code itself for exposition, and that the reference value could have been expanded on a little bit.
So-called cryptic tomcat documentation is a better read.
I purchased the book literally "fooled" by the title. There is nothing professional about this book. All this book tells you is the documentation that comes with tomcat! It does not even provide some naive examples (forget "professional" ones). (Does not explain jk2 installation, hardly any detailed configuration routines!)The only other purpose this book can serve to anyone, is to save paper while printing tomcat documentation.
Good for non-developers too
I'm not a software developer but need to know about Tomcat - detail on what it can do and how it relates to web servers and applications servers. Before picking up this book I had no direct experience of running either Tomcat or even the Apache Server. This book provides an excellent introduction to the subject as well as having a wealth of detail for the more demanding reader. Highly recommended.
Good coverage of the basics, but...
This book covers the basics including code snippets for the vast majority of files showing how a basic configuration might look.
This book covers the directory layouts required for a successful installation and the corresponding files which need to be in those directories. Fairly good coverage is given to each of the elements (with examples) contained in those files. Generally, the book helped me breeze through installation of java and Tomcat. The book provides separate examples for a windows installation and linux installation, which was most appreciated. However, I did struggle mightily when it came time to configuring Tomcat with Apache. As mine was not a "standard" setup. At the point where I needed a broader understanding of how these components meshed, I realized the book offers a well written, nicely organized description of the basics. Providing a holistic understanding of the interactions wasn't included.
Good, but want more
Very good book, especially as an introduction to tomcat.Would like to see more on:
1. Running tomcat emdebbed.
2. Connector configuration (jni, unixsocket) pluss the new configuration style/format used with jk2.
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