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Accelerated GWT – a review
By Jeremy | January 25, 2009
Accelerated GWT from Apress by Vipul Gupta has shown me that you can’t judge a book by its cover but you can judge a book by its title. As clearly indicated by the title, this book isn’t professional GWT or advanced, it is accelerated, which when you really stop to think about it means ” to cause faster or greater activity, development, progress, advancement.” (Dictionary.com) Acceleration is exactly what this book is about: it covers pretty much every topic that is basic to GWT and it covers them very well.
That being said, the back cover caused me to judge this book incorrectly. The “Apress Roadmap” on the back indicates that Accelerated GWT should come after Beginning Google Web Toolkit and I disagree. I think Accelerating GWT should be on par with a beginning book. While the topics it covers are very diverse and dispersed it is only 300 pages long and thus doesn’t cover any of the chosen topics in depth.
Overall I really enjoyed the book’s content even if it was sparse at times. I think this book is a great tool to get up and running using GWT in no time but if you are looking for advanced information on any topics then consider purchasing another book.
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August 7th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Jeremy,
How about putting this review on amazon as well. It will be a great help for readers like me.
Best,
Chris
August 21st, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Done! I think it is waiting for approval.