Beginning J2EE 1.4: From Novice to Professional

The Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) is an extremely powerful platform for developing enterprise-level Java-based applications, primarily for the server. This book shows you how to harness that power, guiding you through the details of how the pieces of the J2EE platform fit together.

This book goes further than just showing you how to code a JSP or an EJB: It explains when and where to use these APIs, what their strengths and weaknesses are, and perhaps most important, how to employ the best practices for using them.

This book also contains hands-on tutorials, clear explanations, and working code examples that will take you to the next stepfrom writing client-side desktop applications to writing enterprise applications. You will learn how to use the individual APIs and tools in the J2EE platform, and how to bring these together to create your own enterprise applications.

The Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) is an extremely powerful platform for developing enterprise-level Java-based applications, primarily for the server. This book shows you how to harness that power, guiding you through the details of how the pieces of the J2EE platform fit together.

This book goes further than just showing you how to code a JSP or an EJB: It explains when and where to use these APIs, what their strengths and weaknesses are, and perhaps most important, how to employ the best practices for using them. Specific topics covered include:

• Creating dynamic clients using JSP and servlets
• Connecting and using databases through Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)
• Implementing business tiers using EJB
• Using Web services and XML in your enterprise applications

This book also contains hands-on tutorials, clear explanations, and working code examples that will take you to the next step from writing client-side desktop applications to writing enterprise applications. You will learn how to use the individual APIs and tools in the J2EE platform, and how to bring these together to create your own enterprise applications.

Jim Crume is a Java architect at Fusion Alliance, an Indianapolis, Indiana-based consulting company that specializes in web application development. Jim has spent many years as a consultant, and specializes in architecting and developing web-based systems, but he particularly enjoys Java.

Kevin Mukhar is a software developer in Colorado Springs, Colorado. For the past 7 years, he has worked on various software systems using different Java Enterprise technologies. He has coauthored several other books, including Beginning Java Databases, and The Ultimate Palm Robot. In addition to developing software during the day, he is working on a master's degree in computer science. Learn more about him on his web page.

James L. (Jim) Weaver is the Senior VP of Technology at Veriana Networks, Inc. He writes books, speaks for groups and conferences, and provides training and consulting services on the subjects of Java and JavaFX. He also posts regularly to his blog at www.JavaFXpert.com whose stated purpose is to help the reader learn JavaFX Script and other JavaFX technologies.