Originally posted by Robert J Pitman:
Bummer, the book wasn't too bad a few years ago. Probably not what you wanted to hear, the good news is I might be able to offer a solution. If you go to www.middleware-company.com/library/libraryIndex.shtml you will see that Ed Roman offers the II addition as a downloadable PDF. Since you had this problem I'll also give you permission to down load the "EJB Design Patterns" PDF you find at that site. Once you are comfortable with EJBs read the pattern book to see ways to improve on their use.
Thanks! Although I already joined the serverside, and downloading the pdf is how I discovered that my copy was an outdated one. I even asked Wiley if I could at least get a printable copy of it (although I'd probably use up a $30 print cartridge anyway).
I am trying to use the PDF, although it is really slowing down the learning process flipping back and forth between the PDF, my
IDE, command line, app-server admin screen, and xml editor. Uggh. And then seeing a 49.99 block of useless wood-pulp. I could really use that 49.99 right now.
Although unrelated (more rant), this whole situation really has made me re-think why I got into programming in the first place. I love it because it's challenging, yet there's a pretty reliable ratio of time spent vs. what you get out of it.
EJB's themselves contradict all the things I like about programming!