Press Release
January 6, 2005
"AspectJ Cookbook": Even Lazy Developers Can Write and Design Better Software
Sebastopol, CA--"I'm a lazy software engineer in the best possible way,"
AspectJ expert Russ Miles admits shamelessly. "I hate doing something more
than once. Ironically, this leads me to be a good designer because a good
design is modular and flexible in the right places in order to support
re-use and avoid writing software more than once. Aspect-oriented
programming (AOP), and in particular AspectJ, allows me to design great
software in ways that I never could before." Miles' new AspectJ
Cookbook (O'Reilly, US $44.95) is for even the laziest of developers who
want to get into AOP and write and design better software with less effort.
Many developers are interested in AOP, especially in AspectJ, the open
source extension of the Java programming language that explicitly supports
the AOP approach. "Early adopters of AOP and AspectJ are beginning to come
out of the proverbial closet," reports Miles, "and as the techniques hit
the mainstream, there is a definite need for an easy-to-read, practical
guide to AspectJ."
Ideal for all levels of experience, "AspectJ Cookbook" shows readers how
AOP is changing the way software is developed, and how they can use
AspectJ to make code more modular, easier to develop, maintain, evolve,
and deploy. Quick but in-depth and practical recipes deliver hands-on
solutions to day-to-day design and programming problems using AOP's unique
approach. Covering everything from pointcut declaration syntax right
through to complex design pattern issues, the book includes:
Getting started with AOP
Integrating AspectJ with Eclipse, Ant, and the Java command-line tools
Deploying aspect-oriented applications as servlets, JSPs, web services, and more
Recipes on every facet of aspects, pointcuts, advice, and the core AOP constructs
Employing aspects in Java and J2EE design pattern implementations
Using AOP-specific design patterns to enhance existing Java applications
"I think it's quite likely that if AOP is not on your resume in the next
couple of years, you most certainly will be struggling in the enterprise
software development marketplace," warns Miles. "Truth be told, you may
also be feeling a little left behind right across the software design and
development board. But if you get up to speed with the theory and
especially the practicalities right now, then you will have a definite
advantage in the future. Plus your software will just work smarter--and
who wouldn't want that?"
"This book is the one that I would have wanted on my desk when I first
picked up AspectJ, and it's also the one that I still use," says Miles. "I
use these recipes on a daily basis."
Additional Resources:
AspectJ Cookbook
Russ Miles
ISBN: 0-596-00654-3, 331 pages, $44.95 US, $69.95 CA
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