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Building Java Enterprise Applications

By Brett McLaughlin
March 2002
Pages: 318
ISBN 10: 0-596-00123-1 | ISBN 13: 9780596001230
(Average of 6 Customer Reviews)

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This isn't just a book about Entity Beans and JNDI. It takes you step by step through building the back end, designing the data store so that it gives you convenient access to the data your application needs; designing a directory; figuring out how to handle security and where to store security credentials you need; and so on.
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What are the key decisions and tradeoffs you face as you design and develop enterprise applications? How do you build the back end so that it not only handles your current needs but is flexible enough to allow your system to evolve as your needs expand? Answer these questions and many more with Building Java Enterprise Applications, an advanced guide to building complex Java Enterprise Applications from the ground up that addresses design issues along the way. These practical books take a step back from detailed examination of the APIs and focus on the entire picture, so you can put the pieces together and build something that works! This book explores the infrastructure issues so important to good application design. It isn't just a book about doing things with Entity Beans, JDBC and JMS and JNDI. It takes you step by step through building the back end, designing the data store so that it gives you convenient access to the data your application needs; designing a directory; figuring out how to handle security and where to store security credentials you need; and so on. On top of this, it shows -- as easily as possible --how to build the entity bean layer that makes information available to the rest of the application. Throughout this guide, author Brett McLaughlin uses his wealth of real-world experience with enterprise development to show you one step at a time how to design and build a comprehensive enterprise application from the ground up, starting with the back end.

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First Edition: March 2002
ISBN: 0-596-00123-1
Pages: 318
Average Customer Reviews: (Based on 6 Reviews)

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Very good book to tie everything together!, November 10 2006

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Submitted by Anonymous Reader [Respond | View]

Most books cover just one, specialized, topic. This book, however, shows how to tie seeminlg disparate subjects together to actually make aworking enterprise application. I hope volumes 2 & 3 are actually being worked on. The complete set would be a defacto requirement for developers!

Building Java Enterprise Applications Volume I: Architecture Review, April 02 2004

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Submitted by Emur [Respond | View]

Hi, I have this book and ead a few pages of it. My first impression is good. It isn't just a book about Entity Beans and JNDI. It takes you step by step through building Java apps...

Emur

Building Java Enterprise Applications Volume I: Architecture Review, January 14 2004

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Submitted by Markus [Respond | View]

I found the book quite helpful. Unfortunately it seems like the other 2 books in the serie are never coming out. What a petty to "wait" almost two years and nothing seems to happen. Is there anybody out there who heard rumours about when Volume 2/3 is coming out ?

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Building Java Enterprise Applications Volume I: Architecture Review, June 30 2002

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Submitted by hongwei [Respond | View]

I like this book because it tell me how to use J2EE to design Application. In the book store we can find lots of books about the J2EE and EJB, which are realy enough for us to study the theory of them, but we can rarely get a book about how to use these new stuff, especially from the view of designer. This book tell the reader from the data layer to presentation layer absolutely necessary consideration when implementing application functions. I got lots from it.

Building Java Enterprise Applications Volume I: Architecture Review, June 03 2002

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Submitted by Sam Al-Dokanji [Respond | View]

I read a few chapters of the book when they were posted on onjava.com. I liked what I read and just ordered the book.

Building Java Enterprise Applications Volume I: Architecture Review, May 05 2002

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Submitted by Muralidhara Subbaraya [Respond | View]

This book helped me a lot to understand how J2EE to be used. After we learn j2ee and having a question what else to read, this will be the best bet. The book starts with an imaginary brokerage in need of computerization. The author starts with the explanation of the problem and continues with data modelling and directory service and usage of EJB and an example of JMS usage. The author illustrates various design considerations and pitfalls and keep changing the code to reflect newer design considerations. I am eager to see the other two volumes in the series.

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"This book clears up a lot of the mystery around how the J2EE APIs interrelate. Not too deep on the background, the book provides a solid overview of how the APIs work and gives some basic best practices to guide developers towards enterprise level applications. This reviewer had difficulty following some of the examples, particularly in the LDAP area, but found the book overall to be a handy reference in assessing which strategies to consider out of various J2EE possibilities."--GameJUG, Feb 2003

"Brett McLaughlin's 'Building Java Enterprise Applications' series aims to be the must read set of books for all Java enterprise architects, both experienced and novice...Anyone providing the architecture for a Java-based system should read this book, and then eagerly await the rest of the series. While the architecture described by Brett McLaughlin is not going to solve every system problem and convince every architect, it is not a bad one for a budding architect to start with. It provides many ideas for experienced architects to mull over and debate. The focus on LDAP/JNDI is excellent; it opened my eyes to possibilities that I hadn't previously considered. In the end, 'Building Java Enterprise Applications Volume I' is a book that will make you think, so keep a pen and paper handy for ideas."
--Henri Yandell, Builder.com, Oct 2, 2002

"a practical guide to building maintainable scalable, and secure J2EE applications...an enlightening and enjoyable read. It's clearly written and illustrated with plenty of example code. The J2EE novice will find it an invaluable guide to avoiding the pitfalls that can trap the inexperienced developer, while there is still much to use to the more experienced hand."
--Richard Drummond, LinuxFormat, September 2002

"'Building Java Enterprise Applications' is an excellent book, and ought to be on the bookshelf of every J2EE programmer working on the mid- and back-tier. If you are like me, then you then have a series of books on various parts of the J2EE alphabet soup--a few on EJB/JNDIs, one on JMS, one on RMI, one on JDBC, a database/SQL primer, a J2EE patterns book (I recommend Depur et al. by the way), maybe even some hyped-up case studies from Sun's press etc--but nothing on how to design an entire J2EE application from scratch. There is nothing scarier than a blank piece of paper at the beginning of a project--this book provides a combination of a tutorial and worked example, along with an insight into the thought processes of the designer."
--David Kennedy, slashdot.org, October 2, 2002

"an outstanding book...I found this book to be very informative and very well written. I am really looking forward to the next two volumes in the set."
--Tracy Pope, Fort Worth Java Users Group, July 2002

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