Which Marty Hall book?

[tony franz]

Hi, I'm looking for a single book to prepare for the
SCWCD exam (along with the two specs). I've seen Marty Hall's "More Servlets and JSPs" recommended several times.
Do I need read his "Core Servlets and JSPs" first?
Thanks.

[R K Singh]

both are must ..as far as I heard ..

[Jessica Sant]

Both are excellent books.
Core Servlets covers JSP 1.1 and Servlet 2.2
More Servlets covers JSP 1.2 and Servlet 2.3 (talks about WEB-INF, web.xml etc)

[Hema Menon]

Get "More Servlets", whereever required the author refers to the chapters in "Core Servlets" and "Core Servlets" is available online
here.
Hema

[tony franz]

Thanks for your help. I think I'll go for the "More" book, only buying "Core" if I really, really have to. Books are costing me too much already.
I've decided I'm going to try and get the SCWCD exam done start to finsh within six weeks. Tell me I'm mad, but I think I can do it!

[Sathya Srinivasan]

Two books are about to be published.
Manning Publishers on July 1, 2002
and
Sybex on June 15, 2002
So it might be worth the wait to have a comprehensive book for the exam.

[Anthony Villanueva]

I've seen Marty Hall's "More Servlets and JSPs" recommended several times. Do I need read his "Core Servlets and JSPs" first?

No you don't have to (see More p.xxi). Core is a bit dated, (specially when he talks about Tomcat 3.0 as a "beta" version) although a lot of the material is still very informative for beginners.

[Chintan Rajyaguru]

http://pdf.coreservlets.com
If I know this right, the URL above has free copy of Core Servlets and JSP.
BUT
Remember that Core.. uses Servlet 2.2 and JSP 1.1 specification whereas exam tests you on Servlet 2.3 and JSP 1.2 specs

[Sumit Amar]

So what's more appropriate? is it a good idea to buy "More Servlets and JSP" in order to prepare for SCWCD?