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Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:42:22 -0400
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?= <arne@vajhoej.dk>
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On 9/6/2011 8:30 PM, markspace wrote:
> On 9/6/2011 4:06 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> I do have "Core J2EE Patterns, 2nd Ed." and "Core JavaServer Faces"
>>> from the business's bookshelf.
>>
>> Core J2EE Patterns is old.
>>
>> Core JSF is good if you will be using JSF - otherwise it is
>> irrelevant (and there are a ton of Java web framework out
>> there).
>
>
> Actually, Core JavaServer Faces is in its third edition. I've got the
> 3rd ed. sitting right here next to me on the desk. So unless by CJSF he
> means a later edition, then that too is quite old.

If it is JSF 2.x then 3rd edition is necessary.

But for 1.x I would say that both 1st and 2nd edition would
be useful. JSF 1.2 introduced a lot of useful stuff, but
the concepts did not change much.

 > But as you say irrelevant unless the app is using JSF.

If it is old stuff then a Struts book may be needed.

Arne