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There are currently 7 known books on Apache Commons. In order of publication:
Wiki Markup - \[http://apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=246 Pro Jakarta Commons\] by Harshad Oak (2004-03), Apress.
Wiki Markup - \[http://www.software-support.biz/sus/sus_buch/psecom,id,63,nodeid,8,_language,de.html Jakarta Commons\] by Torsten Curdt, Stefan Edlich, Henrik Hörning, Reidar Hörning, Software & Support Verlag, in Germanunmigrated-wiki-markup
- \[http://phptr.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0131478303&rl=1 Apache Jakarta Commons: Reusable Java Components\] by Will Iversen, Prentice Hall. The code for this book (and links to reviews) can be found at \[http://www.cascadetg.com/external/commons.php Will's site for the book\].unmigrated-wiki-markup
- \[http://www.sourcebeat.com/TitleAction.do?id=4 Jakarta Commons Live\] by Jonathan Lehr (coming soon), [SourceBeat].unmigrated-wiki-markup
- \[http://www.manning.com/goyal/ Jakarta Commons in Action\] by Vikram Goyal, Manning.
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An important part of the books and articles from the community's point of view, is which versions of the components they cover. Hopefully we can outline these here.
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Third Party Resources
Wiki Markup - \[http://www.nabble.com/Jakarta-Commons-f292.html Mailing list archive\] - \[http://www.nabble.com/ Nabble\] hosts a combined user/dev archive of the commons' lists. The archvie has a clean UI for cross browsing and also a fast search. Users can search here before posting questions to the mailing lists.