- The first book that shows how to harness the full power of open-source tools to build a free J2EE development platform without using any commercial products
- Tools covered include Apache Tomcat, Struts, Jetspeed, MySQL, Joram, and jBoss
- Shows developers how to integrate all of the most popular open-source tools into a single, integrated platform
- Companion Web site provides source code plus a fully working example of the development platform created in the book
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments. About the Authors.
Introduction.
Part 1: At the Starting Gate.
Chapter 1: Leveraging Open Source Software.
Chapter 2: Java Enterprise Architecture.
Chapter 3: Selecting the Right Platform Components.
Part 2: Integrating the Web Tier.
Chapter 5: Powering the Web Tier with a Server Container.
Chapter 6: Creating Dynamic Content Using Template Engines.
Chapter 7: Adding a Web Application Framework.
Part 3: Building the Infrastructure.
Chapter 8: Managing Data Using JDBC and Databases.
Chapter 9: Messaging with JMS.
Chapter 10: Implementing an EJB Container.
Chapter 11: Providing Web Services.
Chapter 12: Adding XML Power Tools.
Part 4: Test Driving the Platform.
Chapter 13: Building an Application: Assembling the Back End.
Chapter 14: Building an Application: Assembling the Front End.
Chapter 15: Deploying and Running Your Application.
Index.