Disappointing read

I can save you money on the purchase of this book. If you can answer "yes" to the questions below, there is no need to buy this book:

* Do you know what JSP and servlets are?
* Do you know how to separate presentation and business logic with JavaBeans and custom tags?
* Are you familiar with MVC?

If so, no need for the book. I was expecting much more. It's less best practice, and more typical web app development. What disappointed me further was various comments in the text that displayed poor practices in areas outside of JSP web development, e.g. "the first step in developing a jsp web application is designing the user interface."

My one-star rating can be summarized as follows:

* Poor typesetting and book formatting: -1
* Very few "best practices" -2
* Below average writing, low content-to-price tag ratio -1

Other Reviews

• Good Intermediate JSP Book
• The best book on JSP / Web application development
• Disappointing read
• Fills an important niche
• Not bad, but could be better