JBoss in Action

Preface

As a consultant, I worked at many different software shops, and grew tired of seeing people reimplement the same code over and over again. I knew there had to be a faster and better way to write business applications than reimplementing security frameworks and remoting frameworks for every project. Code reuse was the whole appeal of OO programming, right?

I started working with WebSphere in 2001—which led me to learn more about the J2EE specification. I was fascinated by the idea that my knowledge of the standard was portable; I could go to different companies that used J2EE application servers, and focus on learning and programming business code rather than tinkering with mediocre, homemade frameworks that would occupy my time and ...