Java EE 8 Recipes - A Problem-Solution Approach

Quickly find solutions to dozens of common programming problems with the Java Enterprise Edition Platform for small business web applications, enterprise database applications, and microservices solutions. Content is presented in the popular problem-solution format. Look up the programming problem that you want to solve. Read the solution. Apply the solution directly in your own code. Problem solved!

Java EE 8 Recipes provides you with effective and proven solutions that can be used to accomplish just about any task that you may encounter. You can feel confident using the reliable solutions that are demonstrated in this book in your personal or corporate environment.

Java is a mature programming language that has been refined over the years into a productive and lucrative language for those with the skills to wield it. One result of this years-long refining process is that that the language carries forward many older feature sets that no longer represent the best way of getting work accomplished. You can rest assured that Java EE 8 Recipes provides solutions using the most current approaches implemented in the most current Java Enterprise technologies, including JSON-P 1.1, JSF 2.3, and JAX-RS 2.1. 
Build a streamlined and reliable application that uses the latest in Java technologies, and develop it much faster than you did with the older technologies. Rejuvenate your Java expertise to use the freshest capabilities, or perhaps learn Java Enterprise development for the first time and discover one of the most widely used and most powerful technologies available for application development today. Develop productively. Develop with proven technology. Develop with Java Enterprise Edition. The book: 

• Teaches how to develop RESTful enterprise applications quickly using the most current Java EE technologies
  
• Explores different solutions for developing sophisticated web user interfaces
  
• Walks you through a myriad of different concepts to apply while working with databases using Java technologies

What You'll Learn

• Develop Java Enterprise applications using the latest in Java EE technologies
  
• Build great-looking user interfaces using Java Server Faces
  
• Employ Java Servlet technology and standard frameworks in developing professional web applications
  
• Create enterprise-level database applications using Enterprise Java Beans and JAX-RS RESTFul web services
  
• Make use of Arquillian to build a cohesive test suite for Java EE applications
  
• Manage Java EE application security through Java EE's container feature set

Who This Book Is For

Java developers who want to develop effective and proven solutions without reading a lengthy manual and scrubbing for techniques. A beginning Java programmer will find the book handy for learning a variety of different solutions for the platform, while advanced developers will enjoy the ease of the problem-solution approach to quickly broaden their knowledge of the platform's latest technologies.

Josh Juneau has been developing software and database systems for several years. Database application development and sophisticated web apps have been the focus of his career since the beginning. Early in his career, he became an Oracle database administrator and adopted the PL/SQL language for performing administrative tasks and developing applications for Oracle database. In an effort to build more complex solutions, he began to incorporate Java into his PL/SQL applications and later developed stand-alone and web applications with Java. Josh wrote his early Java web applications utilizing JDBC to work with back-end databases. Later, he incorporated frameworks into his enterprise solutions, including Java EE, Spring, and JBoss Seam. Today, he primarily develops enterprise web solutions utilizing Java EE.

Josh extended his knowledge of the JVM by developing applications with other JVM languages such as Jython and Groovy. In 2006, Josh became the editor and publisher for the Jython Monthly newsletter. In late 2008, he began a podcast dedicated to the Jython programming language. Josh was the lead author for The Definitive Guide to Jython, Oracle PL/SQL Recipes, and Java 7 Recipes, which were published by Apress. Since then, he has continued to author Java-related books for Apress, including his most recent work entitled Java 9 Recipes. He is an avid contributor to Oracle's Java Magazine, and he speaks at Java User Groups and conferences when has the opportunity. 

Josh works as an application developer and systems analyst, and he is a contributor to the Chicago Java User Group. He is an Apache NetBeans committer, and a Java Champion. He participates in the JCP and had been a part of the JSF expert group for the development of Java EE 8. Josh has a wonderful wife and five children with whom he loves to spend time. To hear more from Josh, follow his blog, jj-blogger, which can be found at blogspot. You can also follow him on Twitter via @javajuneau.