Java EE 5 Development using GlassFish Application Server

Dan Renfroe has been a technology professional for over ten years, working in diverse environments such as higher education, public safety, and federal government. He has a broad range of technical experience, including systems administration and analysis, multimedia development, technical writing and quality assurance. He is currently a consultant for OST, Inc., a management consulting firm based in Washington, DC. He has authored multiple mobile and wireless technology articles for Network Computing magazine on topics ranging from mobile e-mail servers and mobile VPN applications to WLAN infrastructure and analysis tools. Mitesh Desai is a 29 year-old IT Consultant from London, UK. He has completed Blackberry projects for numerous clients in many different network infrastructures. He also operates an IT consultant company IT-Problems He enjoys a busy lifestyle supporting many prestigious companies in the heart of Central London, but makes time to enjoy sports and writing music. He is also at hand on IT-Problems to help budding Blackberry technicians.

Chapter 1 provides an overview of Glassfish, including how to install it, configure it, and verify the installation. Chapter 2 covers how to develop server-side web applications using the Servlet API. Chapter 3 explains how to develop web applications using JavaServer Pages (JSPs), including how to develop and use JSP custom tags. Chapter 4 discusses how to develop Java EE applications that interact with a relational database system through the Java Persistence API (JPA) and through the Java Database Connectivity API (JDBC). Chapter 5 explains how to use the JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL) when developing JavaServer Pages. Chapter 6 covers how to develop applications using the JavaServer Faces (JSF) component framework to build web applications. Chapter 7 explains how to develop messaging applications though the Java Messaging Service (JMS) API. Chapter 8 covers securing J2EE applications through the Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS). Chapter 9 discusses how to develop Enterprise Java Beans that adhere to the EJB 3 specification. Chapter 10 explains how to develop and deploy web services that conform to the JAX-WS 2.1 specification. Chapter 11 covers frameworks that build on top of the Java EE 5 specification, including Seam, Facelets, and Ajax4Jsf. The appendices cover some of the advanced features of the GlassFish server.