Front end EJB ..release date?

[HariVignesh Padmanaban]

hello everyone,
does anyone know the release date of Front end EJB? (I found out by some research that it is in October :-)
Does anyone know the exact date ?
I have registered for the exam on oct 30 and would not want to take it without going through this book!!! I am entirley new to EJB and I have already ordered the book thro amazon one month back:-)

Eagerly waiting to know the exact date :-)
thanks

[Pradeep bhatt]

Front end EJB

[HariVignesh Padmanaban]

Sorry guys!!!
its " head first ejb :-) "
Guess I was working on EJB's for 2 long ;-)
Sorry for the typo
Does anyone know the release date for " Head first EJB"
by Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates ?

[Ed Tse]

wow, Oct 30? that's pretty tight, the book is scheduled for release in oct but it can be Oct31 that they are releasing it.
What did u schedule your exam before you finish your studies?

[HariVignesh Padmanaban]

Hi edward,
As I had ordered the book in september 3, I thought that I would get it by sept 15 (thats what amazon told me :-)) ..
I thought 30-40 days should be good enough to prepare for teh exam!!!
And fixing an exam date would also acclerate my studying process!!! It did so for SCWCD ..
Hope the boook is released asap !!!
tahnks

[Ed Tse]

That's very true, when I wrote my scjp, by not fixing my exam date, I postpone my exam date by 1.5 months later than I originally planned.
I am also looking forward for that book too. Right now, I am just reading Mastering EJB R2

[Billy Tsai]

I am reading the EJB2.0 spec and hoping to be able to take the exam end of this month and pass it

[Ed Tse]

You are super, I find those spec long and extremely boring, can't stand them.

[Bert Bates]

We are scheduled to talk to the publisher / printer on Mondat or Tuesday - they should be able to give us dates, and we'll let you know.
-Bert

[Steve Agarwal]

I wasnt getting interest in spec. So I thought of learning EJB from Haefel. And I am enjoying the concept and the reasoning. Matering EJB is for beginers. But the O Reilly is real something.
I havent read spec after some chapters but I believe reading them after O reilley would be pretty simple.
steve
PS I dont know when is 'head first' gonna hit the market.

[Anonymous]

Bert,
Any word on the release date? Waiting anxiously w/ book on order thru Amazon...

[Hari Vignesh Padmanaban]

Me 2:-) with amzon

[Ed Tse]

I have good experience with bookpool.com and it is a bit cheaper but it's still only accept pre-order.

[Anonymous]

bookpool is perfect for tech books. made order for head first ejb along with bunch of non-tech items. if the order is all tech, bookpool is better bet.

[Kanth Kris]

Last week when I enquired with the local B&N, I was told that the release date is about 27th or 28th this month......may not be true for all the stores though.....

[Sainudheen Mydeen]

Hi Bert Bates
Any Reply?
-Sainudheen

[Matt Gaunt]

I too am dead keen to learn when this book will be released. Waiting in anticipation!!
Matt

[Hari Vignesh Padmanaban]

27 th or 28 th :-( ..hoped it would be released by mid of October
seems like I have to postpone my exam !!!

[Ed Tse]

Does this book have mock exams, or exam simulator cd attached?
I am still thinking whether I should buy this book or the whizlab simulator.
[ October 09, 2003: Message edited by: Edward Tse ]

[Kelvin Chan]

Do not know if it comes with any software. However I have help review the book's question pool and I think the question DO you help understand EJB technologies. (They are difficult)
I fail at the beta (200 questions) but pass it yesterday (70 questions). Though I passed the eaxm but I still pre-order the book at bookpool ... simply becuase I think the book is good ... so as the head first java and head first SCWCD.
I passed both exam but still want to have those books ... just want to learn more.

[Bert Bates]

Hi -
Got an update... we're not in control of this schedule, but we *believe* the book will be available late October... as I said earlier, O'reilly does an amazingly quick job of turning our PDFs into a real book.
As for the mocks, there are about 207 (I think) mock questions in the book. Some are at the end of each chapter and some are at the end of the book. No CD, but there will be additional free downloads at the wickedlysmart site.
Sorry for the delay, but I'm thinking Kathy did a GREAT job with this book!
-Bert

[Anonymous]

Bert,
Thanks for the update. Once O'Reilly does their thing, there will probably be some delay for shipments on back orders held in Amazon or BookPool. Early November sound reasonable?

[Sainudheen Mydeen]

Thanks Bert.

Originally posted by Bert Bates:

but we *believe* the book will be available late October...
-Bert

No problem. I will wait.
-Sainudheen