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Citation
Hutton, D.M. (2005), "Art of Java Web Development", Kybernetes, Vol. 34 No. 9/10, pp. 1661-1661. https://doi.org/10.1108/03684920510614902
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2005, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
This is a book that traces the background to Java web development and also looks at other web development frameworks. Its approach is a historical one that works its way to the current Model2/MVC2 pattern of web based development. As the stages of progress unfold, the reader gets a feel of the system and a good understanding of the web frameworks that have emerged since.
Although the reviewed book was published in 2003, it still merits attention, particularly as the background details are not likely to be interpreted in any other way and are, of course, historical by nature. What is likable about this text is the manner in which it is written. The author takes one example to illustrate the stage that is being introduced and describes the way in which the developed technology would have been implemented. This forms the first part of the book and subsequent parts two and three examine particular frameworks and the writer's opinions about building web applications and the most suitable techniques to use.
Obviously, the book is designed for reasonably knowledgeable Java web developers and is hardly readable by anyone without a good knowledge of software design and implementation. It does however, give an insight into the problems encountered in such software endeavours and the discussions on web development will be of much interest to cybernetics researchers who need to understand and perhaps implement such structures. For the systems software developer the book does provide references to a range of allied topics. It is also useful to know that the book provides the reader with the opportunity of downloading all the codes used from the internet, although this has the disadvantage of requiring some 153 MB.
This is a useful and desirable book for many readers, but of course, these developments are most unlikely to standstill and no doubt a second updated edition is already being planned.