(Ebook) Seam Framework: Experience the Evolution of Java EE by Michael Juntao Yuan, Jacob Orshalick, Thomas Heute ISBN 9780137129393, 0137129394

(Ebook) Seam Framework: Experience the Evolution of Java EE by Michael Juntao Yuan, Jacob Orshalick, Thomas Heute ISBN 9780137129393, 0137129394

Not a bad book, to be fair, but from an advanced developer's point of view, I must say: "just another tutorial". The authors take us on the usual trip from easy to medium advanced examples, covering some ground which is mainly interesting for developers who are just beginning with Seam.
What they are (almost) NOT doing is to take the reader behind the scenes and cover some advanced topics. Many chapters seemed like a blown content of the available online documentation to me, nothing really new, nothing really unique.
"Seam in Action" by Dan Allen is the far better deal. He gives an insight from a Seam core developer's point of view, which is by far more interesting.
If I wouldn't know "Seam in Action", I would recommend this book to beginners in Seam.
I definitely do not recommend the book to anyone in hope of finding answers to advanced topics (architectures, patterns, cross cutting concerns in complex enterprise scenarios).