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Essential JavaFX

When I first laid my hands on 'Essential JavaFX' I thought that it was a big plus for newbies that the book assumes the reader has a basic knowledge on programming but does not require you...

0 replies - 1012 views - 11/19/09 by gerps in Book Reviews

JavaFX in Action

It is an exciting time to learn JavaFX platform to build desktop, mobile and Set-Top Box applications. JavaFX in Action is a book that will get you up to speed in no time at all. The book strikes a...

0 replies - 2640 views - 11/11/09 by Carl Dea in Book Reviews

Programming Scala: Tackle Multi-Core Complexity on the Java Virtual Machine

When I laid my hands on this book I was delighted to see that it's part of "The Pragmatic Programmers" series. As a developer I have a high respect for books in this series because they...

0 replies - 2258 views - 11/09/09 by gerps in Book Reviews

Groovy Recipes Greasing the Wheels of Java

Groovy is a dynamic language that compiles to bytecode and runs on the JVM, just like Java. Its goals are to remove much of the overhead that Java programmers put up with in their daily coding....

0 replies - 3475 views - 10/06/09 by clark98108 in Book Reviews

Flex 3 with Java Book Review

Flex 3 with Java is a quick read (<300 pages) that immediately gets you up to speed on what Flex is and how you can use it. Having worked with another RIA framework I was keen to see what Flex had...

0 replies - 3317 views - 09/29/09 by bladewheels in Book Reviews

Grails in Action

Since I’ve followed Glen Smith’s blog and Peter Ledbrook’s work for months, I had high expectations for this book. At the end, I experienced no dissatisfaction....

3 replies - 3661 views - 09/03/09 by Alessio Spadaro in Book Reviews

Programming Groovy

I'm very happy to have had the opportunity to have my adventure with Groovy start with this book. It's well written, fun to read and gives a perfect introduction into the language, especially for a...

0 replies - 2693 views - 09/03/09 by Andrzej Grzesik in Book Reviews

Beginning Java EE 6 Platform with GlassFish 3

Recently I had an opportunity to read Beginning Java EE 6 Platform with Glassfish 3 by Antonio Goncalves.  The book has the subtitle "From Novice to Professional" and that's a...

0 replies - 3946 views - 09/02/09 by prozen in Book Reviews

DWR Java AJAX Applications

Chapter Highlights Chapter 1: Introduction The shortest chapter presents information about Ajaxand DWR. Although the chapter is short, it has some important images that reenforce the...

2 replies - 3274 views - 08/28/09 by Manuel Jordan in Book Reviews

Book Review - Programming Clojure

Along with the many screencasts & tutorials already available on the Internet, Programming Clojure provides an invaluable introduction for the first-time Lisp programmer or Java...

0 replies - 2941 views - 08/19/09 by Paul Umbers in Book Reviews

JavaFX: Developing Rich Internet Applications

Getting Started does exactly what you'd expect - it shows you where to get JavaFX, how to use the NetBeans IDE for development, while also showing you the alternatives (Eclipse and command line). The...

0 replies - 3360 views - 06/02/09 by James Sugrue in Book Reviews

Spring 2.5 Aspect-Oriented Programming Book Review

Chapter 1: Understanding AOP Concepts The first chapter is  a wide introduction to all the main concepts that you need to know in approaching AOP. All these components are described with their...

1 replies - 2852 views - 05/11/09 by piergiorgiolucidi in Book Reviews

JBoss Portal Server Development Book Review

In the first chapter, JBoss Portal Server Development provides a good overview about all portal types (B2B,B2C,B2E), and then continues to introduce all the components needed to understand all...

0 replies - 4500 views - 04/21/09 by piergiorgiolucidi in Book Reviews

Win Your Copy: Practical API Design: Confessions of a Java Framework Architect

“Practical API Design” is divided into three parts:In part one, Jaroslav describes the theories underlying his approach to API design and his reasons for writing “another design book.” This...

18 replies - 3577 views - 03/28/09 by Burk Hufnagel in Book Reviews

EMF: Eclipse Modelling Framework (Your Chance to Win a Copy)

While Chapter One gets the unfamiliar acquainted with Eclipse, it's Chapter Two, Introducing EMF, that most people will begin at. Here the Ecore model is explained, along with the different ways to...

29 replies - 9442 views - 01/27/09 by James Sugrue in Book Reviews