XDoclet in Action (In Action series)11 reviews
Craig Walls, Norman Richards

Manning Publications, 2003

A superbly accessible and useful primer

+ Excellent Book
+ Excellent
+ All cool stuff, serious book to serious Java developer
+ XDoclet in Action is an in-depth start at learning XDoclet
  
  











  



  
Enterprise Integration Patterns: Designing, Building, and Deploying Messaging Solutions (Addison-Wesley ...34 reviews
Gregor Hohpe, Bobby Woolf

Addison-Wesley Professional, 2003

Excellent book for Software Architect and Software Engineer

+ The essential messaging pattern reference and referee for enterprise architects
+ JMS mostly
+ Imperative for integration projects
+ Like the Ragu Spaghetti Sauce Commercial said ... "It's in there"
  
  











  



  
Java Concurrency in Practice51 reviews
Brian Goetz, Tim Peierls, ...

Addison-Wesley Professional, 2006

The best book on Java concurrency out there.

+ Superb book.
+ Excellent primer for an oft overlooked and misunderstood topic
+ Excellent book for Java 1.5 Concurrency
+ Best Java Concurrency Book -must read.
  
  











  



  
Expert One-on-One J2EE Design and Development (Programmer to Programmer)34 reviews
Rod Johnson

Wrox, 2002

Excellent book - Needs updated code samples and J2EE 1.4 support

+ VERY GOOD BOOK FOR J2EE DESIGN
+ The best J2EE Design Book
+ Ignore the publication date
+ Great book !
  
  











  



  
Test Driven: TDD and Acceptance TDD for Java Developers14 reviews
Lasse Koskela

Manning Publications, 2007

TDD and ATDD: a very well-written primer

+ How to do Test Driven Development in Java
+ Useful primer
+ Test Test Test
  
  











  



  
Ant in Action (Manning)7 reviews
Steve Loughran, Erik Hatcher

Manning Publications, 2007

Excellent reference so far

+ very usefull reference for web developers as well
+ creating a good build process
+ Very thorough update to a classic!
+ The best and most complete book on Apache Ant
  
  











  



  
Effective Java (2nd Edition) (Java Series)19 reviews
Joshua Bloch

Prentice Hall PTR, 2008

Excellent book

+ Fixing your programming style
+ Essential Java
+ All Java programmers should read this book
+ The best general Java book I've read so far
  
  











  



  
Building Web Services with Java: Making Sense of XML, SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI (2nd Edition) (Developer's Library)36 reviews
Steve Graham, Doug Davis, ...

Sams, 2004

An excellent book

+ The Bridge Less Travelled..

This book has helped me immensely in implementing some really intense production quality data interchange across systems using web services. This book will quickly help you understand the entire XML stack of technologies that you will need for Web Services. The authors have uniquely enabled ...
  
  











  



  
Java Transaction Design Strategies3 reviews
Mark Richards

Lulu.com, 2006

please ignore the troll

+ Clear and helpful
+ Excellent Book!

I am writing this review to counterbalance the previous review, which is absurd. Java Transaction Design Strategies explains how to use transactions in Java and J2EE, with specific recommendations based on extensive real-world experience. See for yourself. Or, trust the irrelevant grammar advice ...
  
  











  



  
Java(TM) Puzzlers: Traps, Pitfalls, and Corner Cases28 reviews
Joshua Bloch, Neal Gafter

Addison-Wesley Professional, 2005

Was so much Fun

+ I loved it - I must be a Geek!
+ one of my best for Java
+ Interesting and funny
+ Great Book!
  
  











  



  
Java Concurrency in Practice51 reviews
Brian Goetz, Tim Peierls, ...

Addison-Wesley Professional, 2006

The best book on Java concurrency out there.

+ Superb book.
+ Excellent primer for an oft overlooked and misunderstood topic
+ Excellent book for Java 1.5 Concurrency
+ Best Java Concurrency Book -must read.
  
  











  



  
Effective Java (2nd Edition) (Java Series)19 reviews
Joshua Bloch

Prentice Hall PTR, 2008

Excellent book

+ Fixing your programming style
+ Essential Java
+ All Java programmers should read this book
+ The best general Java book I've read so far
  
  











  



  
Test Driven: TDD and Acceptance TDD for Java Developers14 reviews
Lasse Koskela

Manning Publications, 2007

TDD and ATDD: a very well-written primer

+ How to do Test Driven Development in Java
+ Useful primer
+ Test Test Test
  
  











  



  
Enterprise Integration Patterns: Designing, Building, and Deploying Messaging Solutions (Addison-Wesley ...34 reviews
Gregor Hohpe, Bobby Woolf

Addison-Wesley Professional, 2003

Excellent book for Software Architect and Software Engineer

+ The essential messaging pattern reference and referee for enterprise architects
+ JMS mostly
+ Imperative for integration projects
+ Like the Ragu Spaghetti Sauce Commercial said ... "It's in there"
  
  











  



  
Java(TM) Puzzlers: Traps, Pitfalls, and Corner Cases28 reviews
Joshua Bloch, Neal Gafter

Addison-Wesley Professional, 2005

Was so much Fun

+ I loved it - I must be a Geek!
+ one of my best for Java
+ Interesting and funny
+ Great Book!
  
  











  



  
Java Transaction Design Strategies3 reviews
Mark Richards

Lulu.com, 2006

please ignore the troll

+ Clear and helpful
+ Excellent Book!

I am writing this review to counterbalance the previous review, which is absurd. Java Transaction Design Strategies explains how to use transactions in Java and J2EE, with specific recommendations based on extensive real-world experience. See for yourself. Or, trust the irrelevant grammar advice ...
  
  











  



  
Expert One-on-One J2EE Design and Development (Programmer to Programmer)34 reviews
Rod Johnson

Wrox, 2002

Excellent book - Needs updated code samples and J2EE 1.4 support

+ VERY GOOD BOOK FOR J2EE DESIGN
+ The best J2EE Design Book
+ Ignore the publication date
+ Great book !
  
  











  



  
XDoclet in Action (In Action series)11 reviews
Craig Walls, Norman Richards

Manning Publications, 2003

A superbly accessible and useful primer

+ Excellent Book
+ Excellent
+ All cool stuff, serious book to serious Java developer
+ XDoclet in Action is an in-depth start at learning XDoclet
  
  











  



  
Building Web Services with Java: Making Sense of XML, SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI (2nd Edition) (Developer's Library)36 reviews
Steve Graham, Doug Davis, ...

Sams, 2004

An excellent book

+ The Bridge Less Travelled..

This book has helped me immensely in implementing some really intense production quality data interchange across systems using web services. This book will quickly help you understand the entire XML stack of technologies that you will need for Web Services. The authors have uniquely enabled ...
  
  











  



  
Ant in Action (Manning)7 reviews
Steve Loughran, Erik Hatcher

Manning Publications, 2007

Excellent reference so far

+ very usefull reference for web developers as well
+ creating a good build process
+ Very thorough update to a classic!
+ The best and most complete book on Apache Ant