Authors Spielman and Kunnumpurath have spent hours coding the new features of J2EE 1.4—so that you can catapult the examples into your own development projects without spinning extra cycles. This book will shape your understanding of intricate, complex J2EE 1.4 development. It is packed with real-world experience, best practices, and plenty of code, so you can move forward with your project, using the latest and greatest J2EE 1.4 functionality.

Pro J2EE 1.4 runs the gamut, from building industrial-strength Web applications with advanced Servlets 2.4, to using custom actions in JSP 2.0. The authors also provide details on all aspects of EJBs, like session, entity, message beans, and container services. Once you’ve built a J2EE application using this book, you’ll look at managing applications, components and resources, as well as J2EE deployment issues. Eventually, this book will become your well-worn reference guide, kept open continually upon your desk.

Author Information

Sue Spielman - Sue Spielman is president and senior consulting engineer for Switchback Software LLC http://www.switchbacksoftware.com. Switchback Software provides a full range of software development and consulting services for enterprise business, web, and wireless applications. Sue frequently speaks at industry conferences around the United States and is the author of The Struts Framework: Practical Guide for Java Programmers, JSTL: Practical Guide for JSP Programmers, and The Web Conferencing Book.

Meeraj Kunnumpurath - Meeraj Kunnumpurath works as a senior information specialist at Electronic Data Systems. He has been using Enterprise Java for more than 4 years. He is a Sun Certified Java Programmer and Web Component Developer. Meeraj also writes for popular websites and journals.