Reviews for Ajax on Java

1. Very good introduction

   Rated 4 out of 5 stars, November 12th, 2007

   This is an introduction to ajax using java, its not a complicated book just a sinmple read thats helps get your head around the concept of how it works.
   Very easy and quicK read, read it in about 4 hours...and I was completely new to Ajax. However I do recommend buying another book if you want further information and more complex examples.

2. should have been called "AJAX on JSP"

   Rated 1 out of 5 stars, August 12th, 2007

   A badly named book... should have been called "AJAX on JSP", because 90% of the book is only relevant to Java Enterprise Edition frameworks and the JavaBean approach.
   
   The quality of the Java code is poor and the book takes no time at all to offer hints at server-side principles. The examples are riddled with both security, performance and scalability holes.
   
   One thing the book does make very clear is that there are a lot of frameworks for doing AJAX on Java, and they are all ugly as sin. However, you won't be able to use any of them after reading this book because it simply skims over them... it points the author to the download pages and suggests reading the documentation. I'll save you the effort of reading the book and list the libraries here:-
   
   - Dojo
   - Rico
   - DWR
   - Scriptaculous and Prototype
   - TLDs in JSP
   - Struts-Layout
   - JavaWebParts
   - JSFs
   - Google Web Toolkit
   
   you'll learn just as much by looking at their websites and reading the documentation. In fact, that's pretty much all the book will ask you to do anyway.

3. Coprehensive, practical and brief - good introduction to AJAX for Java developers

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, May 12th, 2007

   This is an excellent book for Java developers with simple code examples that give a comprehensive feeling of how one can exploit the power of AJAX in Java applications. It covers the most popular opensource AJAX toolkits/libraries/approaches and discusses integration with JSF and Struts. The level of detail is quite introductory and I would definitely recommend it to Java developers that have limited experience or have not worked at all with AJAX. Well written, enjoyable to read and fun to experiment with the code examples.