Pro J2EE 1.4: From Professional to Expert [Paperback]

Sue Spielman (Author), Meeraj Kunnumpurath (Author), Neil Ellis (Author), James L. Weaver (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1590593405 | ISBN-13: 978-1590593400 | Publication Date: June 21, 2004

This new edition is a complete rewrite of the book and will be a completely cohesive book that covers the new version of J2EE: 1.4.

Pro J2EE 1.4: From Professional to Expert is for experienced Java developers who are looking to get quickly up to speed with the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE). Version 1.4 is the latest release of Sun's standards-based platform for enterprise development. This new edition contains revisions to all the major sub-specification J2EE incorporates (JSP, Servlets, EJB) and also incorporates a series of new specifications for building web services into J2EE.

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About the Author

Meeraj Kunnumpurath works as a senior information specialist at Electronic Data Systems. He has been using Enterprise Java for more than 4 years. He is a Sun Certified Java Programmer and Web Component Developer. Meeraj also writes for popular websites and journals.

Sue Spielman is president and senior consulting engineer for Switchback Software LLC http://www.switchbacksoftware.com. Switchback Software provides a full range of software development and consulting services for enterprise business, web, and wireless applications. Sue frequently speaks at industry conferences around the United States and is the author of The Struts Framework: Practical Guide for Java Programmers, JSTL: Practical Guide for JSP Programmers, and The Web Conferencing Book.

Product Details

• Paperback: 950 pages
• Publisher: A-Press (June 21, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590593405
• ISBN-13: 978-1590593400
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,947,738 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a massive overlayer, December 7, 2004

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This review is from: Pro J2EE 1.4: From Professional to Expert (Paperback)

Regular Java is at version 1.4 going onto 1.5. But from the earliest versions, many optional classes were added to the core Java to form J2EE. Now this book gives you a lengthy description of the bulk of J2EE 1.4. You can see that J2EE revolves around the Web, not the Internet. For the latter, the low level network communications classes in the core Java suffice. But at the level of the Web, we have web servers, often making dynamic web pages using JSPs and Servlets. The importance of these is shown in how the authors devote 5 chapters to these two intertwined ideas. One cannot be adequately explained without describing the other.

But the authors show that for practical, commercial websites, that is not enough. Often, the Web servers must hook up to a backend database, using EJBs - entity, session and message beans that act as an intermediate layer. Another 4 chapters here.

And you get explanations of how to handle XML documents, which are now the standard for data interchange. Leading right into Web Services, which may be the Next Big Thing. Perhaps.

Each of these topics is often discussed in more detail in other books specifically devoted to each. But under one cover, you can get a good understanding here.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Surprising front-end centric balance, November 10, 2004

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Jack D. Herrington "engineer and author" (Silicon Valley, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pro J2EE 1.4: From Professional to Expert (Paperback)

I was surprised by how much material there is on the front-end of the J2EE equation. About half the book is spent on the front end with excellent chapters on JSP 2.0, JSTL, Servlets and front-end security.

Attention is also paid to the back end. Chapter 11, which weighs in at 50 pages out of 900, is on EJBs and the various O/R mapping and persistence objects. The back end coverage then continues on with chapters on messaging, XML processing, and web services.

This is not an all-in-one book. The coverage, with perhaps the exception of the front end, is not thorough enough to replace a full book on any one of these topics. In particular the chapter on persistence is far too brief for any thorough explanation of the topic. That being said this does act as a solid field guide to provide an end-to-end view of the landscape of J2EE development.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very simple, July 28, 2004

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This review is from: Pro J2EE 1.4: From Professional to Expert (Paperback)

Professional to Expert? Only an overview on the j2ee.
I am wondering about the contents of the "beginner to professional" book...
Give it a try if u want to have a light explanation on j2ee key tecs.
Example: the chapter Using EJB Container Services starts from page 621 and ends at page 653. Everyone knows that arguments like Security services, Transaction Services, Scheduling, Instance pooling and caching worth more than 30 pages...

J2EE bible is still the best tutorial/reference for a professional.