Professional Java Server Programming J2EE Edition

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Sun's Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE), provides all of the APIs that are needed to build world-class enterprise applications. Written by over a dozen experts, this new edition of Professional Java Server Programming provides a truly massive and authoritative guide to the latest standards and APIs that are available in J2EE. This title is a must-have for anyone who's serious about enterprise development in Java.

Weighing in at over 1,400 pages, Professional Java Server Programming provides a wide-reaching resource of all of the APIs that are required for J2EE development that centers on servlets and JSPs for creating UIs and Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs), XML, and JDBC for getting to data on the server. Besides being a practical guide to how to combine these standards (with plenty of useful examples of these APIs in action), it also delivers a healthy dose of the design philosophy that's recommended by Sun for building scalable and robust enterprise Web applications.

Throughout, this text does a good job of merging theory with practice. Almost every chapter has a useful working example that shows how APIs work, with sample code for such Web applications as an e-commerce shopping cart, tech support pages, and a front end for a manufacturing database. The core of this volume is its treatment of servlets and JSPs for building Web-based front ends in Java. This new edition also highlights EJBs in excellent detail, with a thorough tour of designing, programming, and deploying EJBs effectively. (There's also notable coverage of the emerging EJB 2.0 standard, which adds several important features, like a query language for more powerful database access.)

The practical focus here is reflected also in chapters that are devoted to debugging, testing, and deploying J2EE applications--critical issues for any aspiring enterprise developer. While no single book can make you an expert, this one can get you started with a superb tour of the APIs and technologies that you'll need to tackle large-scale development in Java. --Richard Dragan

Topics covered:

Introduction to enterprise computing with the Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) platform (technologies, APIs, architectures; development roles)
Introduction to RMI (including security, parameter passing, and distributed garbage collection)
JDBC tutorial (including prepared statements, updateable result sets, batch updates, connection pooling, and distributed transactions)
JNDI and LDAP
XML basics (including XML parsers, XSLT, and CSS)
Servlet tutorial (servlet APIs, the servlet life cycle, requests and responses, and maintaining session information)
Shopping cart servlet example
JavaServer Pages (JSPs) tutorial (directives, scripting elements, custom tags, and tag libraries)
JSP coding standards
Using JSP and XML together
JavaMail
Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs) tutorial
EJB containers
Design guidelines for EJBs
Session and entity beans
Container vs. bean-managed persistence
New EJB 2.0 features (including the EJB 2 0 Query Language)
Sun's Model-View-Controller architecture for designing enterprise-level applications
Performance and scalability hints
Debugging and testing techniques
The Java Message Service (JMS) and message queuing
Integrating J2EE with CORBA
Deploying J2EE applications

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Rather than a simple update of the existing Professional Java Server Programming book, the J2EE edition represents an evolution of the content to reflect the changing state of server-side Java development. Whereas the first edition can be seen as an introduction to Java on the server, the new edition is a more tightly integrated vision of how to combine the Java technologies to develop n-tier applications in Java based primarily around J2EE. Since the release of the first edition in the fall of '99, probably the single most significant change in the Java server-side landscape has been the release of the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE). Although we covered many of the elements of J2EE in the first edition of the book, many things have changed.

J2EE represents a serious attempt by Sun to make Java not just a viable language, but more importantly a viable platform for enterprise development. This book is about how to use Java for enterprise development, using the J2EE runtime architecture.

Wide range of technologies including: J2EE, RMI, JDBC, JNDI, LDAP, XML, XSLT, Servlets, JSP, EJB, JMS, JavaMail, CORBA, Performance, Scalability, Unit Testing, and Debugging

Benefits and limits of the typical real-world vendor implementations of the J2EE specification

The resulting practical aspects of real-word design using the J2EE technologies

Customer Reviews:

This is an into book.......2002-12-05

This is a "intro" book from several authors. If you don't know the j2ee technology at all or you intend to know any part of the j2ee then this is a good start point. But if you liked to dig into a specific area or to develop an j2ee application then this book is not sufficient.
Moreover this j2ee book is a bit obsolate, the 1.3 edition is a better choice though the j2ee tech goes to the 1.4 edition.

Most complete J2EE book I've seen.......2002-11-24

This is a great book for people wanting to learn more about the many features, services, packages and nuances of Enterprise Java. I have yet to see another book that as much breadth of information on J2EE. It explains what each part is, how it works, and how it integrates with other parts. While you would have to buy some additional books if you needed more in-depth information on a particular topic, this book will help you know which questions to ask. Granted, with so many authors there isn't much continuity, and being a Wrox book there will be errors in the examples. But as a reference book, especially for newbies, this one is hard to top.

Great book.......2002-08-30

This book is one the most comprehensive ones that I've bought. It provides you with most of the possible technologies that you could use in a basic J2EE application. I love the section on the J2EE architecture. For newbies I typcially request that they read that section first. It does justice to basic topics like JDBC & Servlets & tag libraries, and the concepts about them. As well as introduces EJBs and other technologies. I am a long time java developer and I use it as a constant reference. Great job WROX!

Professional J2EE is good reference materialý.......2001-10-25

Overall the book is ok as a reference material. But not a really good as a teaching material. I found it to be not very concise in delivering the intended information. At times it feels that the authors are wondering aimlessly. However, the book is packed with good information making it a rather decent source of reference material...

Great Overview, but needs an editor.......2001-08-28

The content of the book is a great way for Java programmers to get an overview of the J2EE APIs and Java-based Web applications with reasonable hands-on depth. I can't say enough in that regard. More depth requires more specific books, but that's just due to the size of J2EE. However, the editing on this book is just short of awful. There are numerous typos and non-grammatical sentences. Part of this is obviously insufficient attention given to the writing of non-native speakers. The approach differs radically from chapter to chapter, ranging from elaborated regurgitation of the documentation (useful due to its experienced commentary) to teaching almost solely by example. In one chapter, the author's coding style is full of distracting peculiarities. If he were consistent in their use, it may not be so distracting, and his at time really strange departures from common control structure idioms leaves you guessing. If the chapter weren't so strong from an architecture and design perspective, you would wonder about his command of Java. All in all, I recommend this book as in introductory cram course on J2EE, but the Wrox multi-team approach broke down somewhat here.

Professional Java Server Programming J2EE, 1.3 Edition

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Still The Best Around
Dated but worthwhile if you can pick it up cheap
Two steps forward, One step backward
Two steps forward, One step backward
A great beginner's guide

Professional Java Server Programming J2EE, 1.3 Edition
Subrahmanyam Allamaraju , Cedric Beust , Marc Wilcox , Sameer Tyagi , Rod Johnson , Gary Watson , Alan Williamson , John Davies , Ramesh Nagappan , Andy Longshaw , P. G. Sarang , Tyler Jewell , and Alex Toussaint
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ASIN: 1861005377

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Aimed at the working developer or IT manager tackling server-side and Web-based enterprise Java applications, Professional Java Server Programming J2EE 1.3 Edition offers a truly excellent guide to the fast-changing world of today's Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) APIs and programming techniques. Filled with the practical details and advice for using real Java tools in actual projects, this book offers one of the best available resources to the current state of the Java used on the enterprise.

If anything, the new edition of this title (without the massive hard-cover format of its predecessor) gains in being streamlined. Although some readers might quibble with the ordering of topics here (it's hard to see why JNDI and RMI begin the tour of J2EE), the range of topics and coverage offers a superior mix of APIs without getting bogged down in excessive detail. Better yet, the authors are careful to distinguish between different flavors of specific APIs on such topics as JDBC (they cover features of versions 1.0 through 3.0 separately), new servlet and custom tag library standards, and EJB 2.0 standards. J2EE is several years old and its APIs have grown by leaps and bounds. The authors are careful to cover the older material while highlighting what's new and improved. At each juncture, they do a fine job of listing relevant APIs, making this book an excellent reference for everyday programming.

It's an old saw that the genius is in the details, but perhaps never more so than with J2EE, where finicky application servers can waste countless hours of your time. This volume will increase your productivity with its exacting presentation of Web and EJB deployment (using freeware Java deployment tools) and the league-leading BEA WebLogic Server 6.x, which is used here for deploying components. Working Java developers will also appreciate the full tour of deployment descriptor options for servlets and EJBs.

Other excellent material looks at the ways of designing truly scalable and maintainable enterprise systems with Java mixing JSPs, servlets, and EJBs. This guide to "best practices" includes a useful discussion of software patterns (like the front controller pattern) illustrated with real code. Coverage of custom tag libraries, plus the evolving JSP Standard Tag Library (JSPTL) from Sun and Apache, will help you master this very important emerging technology.

With its extensive coverage of today's rich and complex J2EE platform, and practical focus on real-world design and deployment, the new edition of this book succeeds as an almost indispensable resource for any enterprise Java developer. It will serve as both a reference and tutorial to the latest in high-end Java for your next large-scale project. --Richard Dragan

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The release of the 1.3 version of the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) represents the evolution of Sun Microsystems' server-side development platform into a more mature and sophisticated specification. Servlets 2.3 gain events and filtering; JavaServer Pages (JSP) 1.2 gain a new XML syntax and enhancements to the custom tag mechanisms; and Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) 2.0 has some significant changes to its container-managed persistence model, as well as support for asynchronous processing with the new message-driven beans.

This book demonstrates how to design and construct secure and scalable n-tier J2EE applications, using JSP and servlets for the web tier and EJBs for the business logic. It also covers J2EE Connector Architecture that allows you to easily integrate your J2EE applications to enterprise information systems.

This book covers:

The J2EE container architecture and runtime services

Web component development with Servlets 2.3 and JavaServer Pages 1.2

Business logic components with EJB 2.0, including container-managed persistence, EJB QL, and message-driven beans

Underlying J2EE technologies for distributed development - RMI, JDBC and JNDI

Introduction to Web Services covering SOAP, SwA, WSDL, and UDDI

Customer Reviews:

Still The Best Around.......2006-10-27

Although it's several years out of print, I haven't found a better introduction to J2EE textbook and thus, am still using it in my classes. Think it's not worth it? ... better buy one fast because the price of the used ones is going up instead of down.

Another remarkable feature of the book is that the original code still runs fine on Tomcat 5.

Multi-author? yes, but since one of them is Rod Johnson, it also has historical relevance. No, I'm not associated with Interface21.

Dated but worthwhile if you can pick it up cheap.......2006-07-14

I got mine for $5.99 at a "Building #19" store in MA. Although it's quite dated (J2EE 1.3 - EJB 2.0, JSP 1.2 and Servlet 2.3) there's not been too many changes to J2EE 1.4 (1.5 though is a whole different matter with annotations and the "back-to-POJOs" approach). I'd still pick up a copy if you can get it cheap and before J2EE 1.5 goes mainstream.

Two steps forward, One step backward.......2003-05-18

This is overall a good book. The earlier version of the same book was better because it had more diagrams, more examples, more chapters, etc. This book lacks the meat contained in the previous version, including fewer pages and smaller font size. Don't know why these enlightened authors have taken this step... So, think twice before you buy this book...

Two steps forward, One step backward.......2003-05-18

A great beginner's guide.......2003-05-02

This is a very good discussion of J2EE concepts especially for beginners. The topics were logically arranged and it was easy reading for a technical book. This makes a good reference for programmers as well. I am not a big fan of the examples but they're usually enough to guide you. I will definitely keep this book in my personal library.

Professional Java Server Programming J2Ee 1.4 Edition (Professional)

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For the recorded history of management, the world has managed value creation according to what can be seen, touched and proven. In today's knowledge-based economy, value creation is derived primarily from how well firms manage intangibles (knowledge, service, expectations, response time, innovation, change management, etc). The large capital outlays that signified the manufacturing economy are no longer required. In fact, such 'tangibles' now explain less than 20% of the value of most publicly listed firms. For example, Time Warner has only 6.49% of its value attributable to tangibles. As such, for every $1 of true value, only $0.065 cents is being measured and managed by conventional management practices. For Oracle Corporation, tangibles account for only 4% of its value. For General Electric (worth over US$450 billion), tangibles account for less than 11% of its value.
Intention, context, emotional intelligence, escalation, and sustainability are words that are generally absent from the operational management techniques of managers worldwide. They form, however, the basis of skills required to manage organizations in today's knowledge-based economy. The authors investigate the ways that intangible values can be identified, measured, and managed. Their revolutionary and innovative taxonomy not only reveals fundamental differences between a manufacturing economy and one which creates value through knowledge, relationships, and time. By using case studies, a compelling mixture of theory and applications, and a set of accounting tools, the authors demonstrates how a new value framework can protect investors while giving companies the ability to generate long-term growth.

*Shows how intangible values can be identified, measured, and managed
*Presents a revolutionary and innovative taxonomy with a new set of accounting tools
*Demonstrates with case studies how a new value framework can protect investors while enabling companies to generate long-term growth

Customer Reviews:

The next evolution in management thinking.......2004-05-13

This book changes the rules. Academic Press has long been regarded as the world's leading Academic Publisher and now I know why. This book is a masterpiece. It proves that there is a new way of managing value that is completely different from the old. It is a well thought-out and researched book with good practical examples. In my senior executive roles at various multinational corporations I have needed to implement numerous methods from knowledge management, to intellectual capital management, and knowledge capital. I see intangible management as the upgrade to those techniques. I am now applying IM into the organization I work for. I was particularly impressed by the worked through examples in the book which guided me step by step through the process of how various branches of intangible management theory could be practically applied. It's a book filled with new ideas, innovation, and out-of-box thinking. After researching intangible management on the net, I found that this book was acknowledged by the Association of American Publishers in their 2002 Outstanding Professional and Scholarly Titles Award. The book received an honorable mention as a work of exemplary scholarship as one of the two outstanding business, management & accounting books of 2002. After reading the book, I know why this book received the recognition it did. It's well worth adding to your library.

Not very helpful and practical.......2004-05-10

It doesn't provide details on how to value intangibles. It promotes a stock approach for intangible asset measuring but lacks the comprehensiveness of methodologies that use a flow approach. I didn't find this much help in my line of work as a business manager for a multinational organisation. I needed more practical examples and found the arguments weak and unsubstantiated. There seemed to be a lack in practical application and his arguments seemed not to be tested.

Brilliant.......2002-08-31

One of the Most Important Management breakthroughs in the Past 1000 years.

Research by Arthur Andersen of 3500 companies revealed that on the balance sheet the following percentages reflected market value for the representative years: 95% in 1978, 28% in 1998, and 15% in 2002. The International Intangible Management Standards Institute predicts it will be 5% in 2005 based on these trends. This means that conventional accounting reports will fail to capture 95% of the value of business and its operations by 2005, unless there is a change. From an investor perspective, things are not much better. According to the (USA) National Academy of Sciences Task Force on Intellectual Property Management (Sept. 1999), more than 75% of the capitalization of the S&P 500 reflects the value placed on knowledge and other intangible assets.

In the book Intangible Management: Tools for Solving the Accounting and Management Crisis, Ken Stanfield explains the value of intangibles (intangible assets, intangible liabilities, intangible revenues, and intangible expenses) and most importantly how to measure, track and record them on the new financial reports - referred to Intangible Corporate Reports. As our greatest assets today are Knowledge, Relationships, Emotional Intelligence and Time - these value drivers must be measured and managed.

This book needs to be the new standard (Bible) for Business Management and Accounting. This book should be essential reading in every School and University as learning is the only true sustainable competitive advantage we have, and this knowledge needs to be known.

Amazing! This is a must read book........2002-08-28

The greatest thing I learnt from this book is that soft intangibles (decisions, tacit knowledge, relationships, emotions, trust, etc) actually create financial performance (sales, expenses, etc). This notion fundamentally reverses the concepts that traditional management is based upon.

Instead of focussing on the traditional short-term "profit at any cost" mentality, Intangible Management take a sustainable viewpoint and explores how managers can manage a completely new set of value drivers in order to create a workplace where people want to work, and customers want to buy.

Sustainability, social responsibility and ethical behavior are have long been missing from traditional management theory. With Intangible Management, these issues are now back on center stage - where they belong.

This book is an excellent read and a must buy if you are interested in keeping up to date with the latest thinking in management science.

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Law and the State provides a political economy analysis of the legal functioning of a democratic state, illustrating how it builds on informational and legal constraints. It explains, in an organized and thematic fashion, how competitive information enhances democracy while strategic information endangers it, and discusses how legal constraints stress the dilemma of independence versus discretion for judges as well as the elusive role of administrators and experts. Throughout the book, empirical evidence and comparative studies illuminate sometimes provocative theoretical views on issues such as: the place of the rule of law in constitutional and banking systems; regulation of copyright, art and heritage; innovations and technologies of communication and information; terrorism and media manipulation. Both private and public law, applied and theoretical issues are covered comprehensively. Academics and researchers of law and economics and public choice will find much to challenge and inform them within this book.

The Regulated Economy: A Historical Approach to Political Economy (National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report)

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How has the United States government grown? What political and economic factors have given rise to its regulation of the economy? These eight case studies explore the late-nineteenth- and early twentieth-century origins of government intervention in the United States economy, focusing on the political influence of special interest groups in the development of economic regulation.

The Regulated Economy examines how constituent groups emerged and demanded government action to solve perceived economic problems, such as exorbitant railroad and utility rates, bank failure, falling agricultural prices, the immigration of low-skilled workers, workplace injury, and the financing of government. The contributors look at how preexisting policies, institutions, and market structures shaped regulatory activity; the origins of regulatory movements at the state and local levels; the effects of consensus-building on the timing and content of legislation; and how well government policies reflect constituency interests.

A wide-ranging historical view of the way interest group demands and political bargaining have influenced the growth of economic regulation in the United States, this book is important reading for economists, political scientists, and public policy experts.

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