What is this book about?
The results of using J2EE in practice are often disappointing:applications are often slow, unduly complex, and take too long todevelop. Rod Johnson believes that the problem lies not in J2EEitself, but in that it is often used badly. Many J2EE publicationsadvocate approaches that, while fine in theory, often fail inreality, or deliver no real business value.
Expert One-on-One: J2EE Design and Development aims todemystify J2EE development. Using a practical focus, it shows howto use J2EE technologies to reduce, rather than increase,complexity. Rod draws on his experience of designing successfulhigh-volume J2EE applications and salvaging failing projects, aswell as intimate knowledge of the J2EE specifications, to offer areal-world, how-to guide on how you too can make J2EE work inpractice.
It will help you to solve common problems with J2EE and avoidthe expensive mistakes often made in J2EE projects. It will guideyou through the complexity of the J2EE services and APIs to enableyou to build the simplest possible solution, on time and on budget.Rod takes a practical, pragmatic approach, questioning J2EEorthodoxy where it has failed to deliver results in practice andinstead suggesting effective, proven approaches.
What does this book cover?
In this book, you will learn
* When to use a distributed architecture
* When and how to use EJB
* How to develop an efficient data access strategy
* How to design a clean and maintainable web interface
* How to design J2EE applications for performance
Who is this book for?
This book would be of value to most enterprise developers.Although some of the discussion (for example, on performance andscalability) would be most relevant to architects and leaddevelopers, the practical focus would make it useful to anyone withsome familiarity with J2EE. Because of the completedesign-deployment coverage, a less advanced developer could workthrough the book along with a more introductory text, andsuccessfully build and understand the sample application. Thiscomprehensive coverage would also be useful to developers insmaller organisations, who might be called upon to fill severalnormally distinct roles.
What is special about this book?
Wondering what differentiates this book from others like it inthe market? Take a look:
* It does not just discuss technology, but stress its practicalapplication. The book is driven from the need to solve commontasks, rather than by the elements of J2EE.
* It discuss risks in J2EE development
* It takes the reader through the entire design, development andbuild process of a non-trivial application. This wouldn't becompressed into one or two chapters, like the Java Pet Store, butwould be a realistic example comparable to the complexity ofapplications readers would need to build.
* At each point in the design, alternative choices would bediscussed. This would be important both where there's a realproblem with the obvious alternative, and where the obviousalternatives are perhaps equally valid.
* It emphasizes the use of OO design and design patterns in J2EE,without becoming a theoretical book
Rod Johnson
Computer Science Informatik Java (Programmiersprache) Object Technologies - Java Objektorientiertes Programmieren / Java Softwareentwicklung