Java Idea Help Guid: J2EE Resources Links

J2EE^TM Links

Application Servers: JBoss, WebLogic, WebSphere Articles Books EAI EJBs EJB QL IDEs: Eclipse, WebSphere Studio JCA JMS	JNDI JSF JSPs JSTL Patterns: Catalog Performance Portals Projects Resources Security Servlets Specifications	Struts TagLibs TeaServlet Testing Tomcat Tools Turbine Tutorials Web Application Frameworks Web Applications WebServices

Articles	Books	Projects	Resources	Technologies	Tools	Tutorials
EJB	EJB	EJB	AntiPatterns	App Codegen	EJB	EJB
J2EE	J2EE	J2EE	EJB	EAI	IDEs	J2EE
JCA	JMS	JBoss	J2EE	EJB	J2EE	JMS
JNDI	JSP	JMS	JMS	Grid Computing	JMS	JNDI
JMS	JSTL	JSP	JNDI	JCA	JNDI	JSP
JSP	Patterns	Servlet	JSTL	JSF	JSP	JSTL
JSTL	Performance	Struts	Patterns	JMS	Performance	Servlet
Patterns	Servlet	Tag Libraries	Performance	JNDI	Servlet	Struts
Performance	Struts	TeaServlet	Servlet	JSP	Struts	Tag Libraries
Servlet	Tag Libraries	Tomcat	Struts	JSTL	Tag Libraries	Tomcat
Struts		Turbine	Tag Libraries	MDA	Tiles	Web Apps
Tag Libraries		Velocity	Tomcat	Servlet
Tomcat		Web Apps	Web Apps	Spring
Web Apps		XDoclet		Struts
WebServices				Tag Libraries
Wireless				WebServices
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J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition): Specifications (1.3: JSR 58; 1.4: JSR 151)

Application Code Generation
- Articles
- Books
  - Code Generation in Action
- Projects/Products
  - AndroMDA, generates J2EE classes and deploy components from UML models
  - EJBGen, EJB 2.0 code generator
  - FireStorm, DAO code generator for persistence tier
  - ModelJ, code generator for EJBs and Struts
  - XDoclets
- Resources
  - Model Driven Architecture (MDA)
Application Servers
- Application Server Reviews
- Articles/Papers
  - Add a JAC to your toolshed
  - Enterprise Application Server Development Environments
  - Middleware that beats the budget, Open source Java and J2EE application servers
  - Spilling the Beans on Java Application Servers
  - What Influences the Performance of Application Servers?
- Comparison
  - Comparison Matrix
  - EJB Comparison Project
- Enhydra, Open Source Java/XML Application Server
- Geronimo
- iPlanet Integration Server enables e-commerce from the Web to the mainframe: whitepapers
- JBoss Open Source EJB application sever:
  - Articles
    - Customized EJB security in JBoss
    - Get Started with JBoss Application Server
    - Integrate security infrastructures with JBossSX
    - JBoss Cache as a POJO Cache
    - Managing and Monitoring JBoss, Part 1, 2
    - On the road to simplicity: JBoss 4.0 simplifies middleware development
  - Documentation
    - JBoss AS documentation
    - JBoss Messaging
  - JBossDO, Transparent Persistence For POJOs
  - JBoss-IDE
  - JBoss PortletSwap
  - Tutorials
- JOnAS in Open Source
- Next Generation Application Server (NGASI)
- Netscape Application Server
- Oracle Application Server
  - Articles
    - Best Practices for Availability of Java Applications using the Oracle 9i Internet Application Server
    - 9i Best Practices
- Orion
- Pramati Server 3.0, certified J2EE 1.3 app server
- Resources
- Sun One Application Server
- Sybase Enterprise Application Server
- WebLogic
  - Articles/Papers
  - Books
    - J2EE Performance Testing with the BEA WebLogic Server
    - WebLogic: The Definitive Guide
  - Products
    - WebLogic Express - provides applets and applications database access
      - htmlKona - Java objects for programmic generation of dynamic HTML documents
    - WebLogic Integration: eLink
  - Resources
    - BEA Weblogic Server EJBs 1.1
    - WebLogic Server J2EE newsgroups
- WebSphere Application Server
Articles: @Developer.com; @developers.sun.com; @JavaWorld
- Applications
  - A Java case study: The power of J2EE
  - Add XML to your J2EE applications
  - Extending the Reach of Enterprise Applications With Transcoding and Machine Translation
  - J2EE technologies for the stateful network
  - Resource Management System: a J2EE Sample Application
  - US Department of Energy signs on to J2EE
  - Working with J2EE Application Clients
- App Server
  - Serve it up with J2EE 1.4 - Extending the App Server using JCA 1.5 and EJB 2.1
- Architecture
  - J2EE Reference Architectures: A Foundation for Robust J2EE Systems
  - Modeling Web Application Architectures with UML
  - The Naked Object Architecture Series
  - Tree Oriented Perspective for Software Architecture and Design
- Basics
  - A walking tour of J2EE
  - Introduction to the J2EE Platform
  - Overview
  - What Is the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition?
- Business Rules
  - Business process automation made easy with Java: Part 1, 2
- Class Loading
  - Classloaders in Orion
  - EJB and J2EE Packaging, Part I, II
  - J2EE Class Loading Demystified
  - Understanding Class.forName()
  - Understanding J2EE Application Server Class Loading Architectures
  - WebLogic 6.1 packaging and class loader documentation
  - WebSphere 4.0 classloading material: WebSphere Application Server classloaders
- Database
  - Accessing Federated Databases with Application Server Components
- Deployment
  - Behind the Scenes of J2EE Deployment
  - Challenges and Strategies for Building and Deploying J2EE Applications
  - Deploying multiple applications in J2EE 1.2
  - Get the app out, J2EE application assembly and deployment process
  - J2EE Packaging and Deployment (pdf), Ch. 24 of Professional Java Server Programming J2EE 1.3 Edition
  - Manually Creating a Simple Web ARchive (WAR) File
- Design
  - Choosing the Right EJB Type: Some Design Criteria
  - Develop n-tier applications using J2EE
  - J2EE project dangers!
  - One, two, three, or n tiers?
- Development
  - Accelerating J2EE development with Rational XDE
  - Asynchronous queries in J2EE
  - Build a highly available application platform for J2EE, Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
  - Build to Spec!
  - Coaxing J2EE out of the container
  - e-business on demand: A developer's roadmap
  - Effective logging practices ease enterprise development
  - Exception management and error tracking in J2EE
  - Improve availability in Java enterprise applications
  - Improve the quality of your J2EE-based projects
  - J2EE project execution: Some best practices
  - Redirect after Get
  - Roll your own distributed management solution
  - Step into the J2EE architecture and process
  - Ten Best Practices for J2EE Development
  - The top 10 (more or less) J2EE best practices
- Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
- Frameworks
  - Build distributed object management frameworks for J2EE apps
  - Design an MVC framework using annotations
  - Frameworks save the day
  - Mentawai MVC framework: No XML, please!
  - Simpler Java
- Graphics
- Internationalization
  - Building Internationalized J2EE Web Applications for Disparate Clients
  - Internationalize JSP-based Websites
- J2EE Pathfinder column
- Optimization
  - Optimizing Java Applications
- Oracle Magazine: Special J2EE issue
- .NET
  - Choosing Between the .Net and J2EE Frameworks
  - Comparing J2EE With .NET
  - Decide Between J2EE and .NET Web Services
  - Distributed Web Application Development: A Comparison of .Net and J2EE
  - J2EE vs. Microsoft.NET, A comparison of building XML-based web services
  - J2EE and .NET from a Security Standpoint: Languages
  - J2EE and .NET Security
  - J2EE fundamentals for .NET developers
  - J2EE versus .Net: Part 1, 2
  - Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) versus The .NET Platform: Two Visions for eBusiness
  - Microsoft .NET vs. J2EE: How Do They Stack Up?
  - .NET Interop. with J2EE
  - .NET versus J2EE Web Services: A Comparison of Approaches
  - Picking a Winner: .NET vs. J2EE
  - The great debate: .Net vs. J2EE
  - The Management of J2EE (and .NET) Applications
- Networks
- Patterns
- Performance
- Persistence
  - Simplifying Domain Model Persistence in a J2EE Application using JDO
- Portability
  - Portability Verification of Applications for the J2EE Platform
- Presentation
  - Enhance your J2EE presentation layer
- Rules Engines: Drools
  - An Introduction to the Drools Project
  - Give Your Business Logic a Framework with Drools
  - Using Drools in Your Enterprise Java Application
- Security
  - Create an anonymous authentication module
  - J2EE Form-based Authentication
  - Securing systems: Using Java technology in high-stakes systems
  - Simplify enterprise Java authentication with single sign-on
- Scalability
  - Scaling J2EE Technology Applications Based on Application Infrastructure Techniques - Part 1, 2, 3, 4
- Score big with JSR 77, the J2EE Management Specification
- Transactions
  - Bean-Managed Transaction Suspension in J2EE
  - Understanding JTS, Part 1, 2, 3
  - XA Exposed, Part I, II, III how the innards of 2 Phase Commit works in a J2EE environment
- Value Objects
  - Coarse Grained BMP beans with Dependent Value Objects
  - Dynamic Value Objects using CMP2 and XML
  - How to Implement Collections of Value Objects for MVC Apps with BC4J
  - Using Value Objects
- WebServices
- Whitepapers
  - Ace: A Better Way to Build Enterprise Applications
  - JCrew.com Emerges as a Benchmark in the Evolution of the J2EE Platform
- Wireless
- Workflow Management Systems (WFMS)
  - The State of Workflow
- XML
Blueprints
- Designing Enterprise Applications with the J2EE Platform, 2nd Ed
- J2EE Blueprints Digest
Books
- Applying Enterprise JavaBeans: Component-Based Development For The J2EE Platform: Ch. 8, Entity Bean Application Example; Ch 10, Understanding Transactions
- Building Java Enterprise Applications Volume I: Architecture; Ch 2, Blueprints; Ch 5, Advanced Entities
- J2EE and XML Development (free)
- Java Enterprise Best Practices
- Java Enterprise in a Nutshell; Ch 5, Java Servlets; Ch 14, IDL Reference
- Java for the Web with Servlets, JSP, and EJB: Ch 1, The Servlet Technology; Ch 2, Inside Servlets; Ch. 3, Writing Servlet Applications; Appendix A: Remotely monitor Tomcat clusters using MC4J Installation and Configuration
- Naked Objects
Compatibility and Java Verification: Java Application Verification Kit (AVK)
Development Environments
- Eclipse, an open extensible IDE
  - Articles
    - Build a Web service using the Eclipse Web Tools Platform+
    - Configuring Eclipse for Remote Debugging
    - Developing Struts with Easy Struts for Eclipse
    - Eclipse IDE for J2EE 1.3 Development (Tomcat 4.x, JBoss 3.x, MySQL 3.x)
    - Eclipse Plugins Exposed, Part 1, 2, 3
    - Eclipse plug-ins using templates
    - Eclipse's Rich Client Platform, Part 1
    - JBoss Meets Eclipse: Introducing the JBoss IDE
    - Sharing code with the Eclipse Platform
  - Plug-ins
    - ClearCase
    - Easy Struts
    - EASIE, user controls for managing an application server instance (WebLogic, JBoss, WebSphere, Orion/Oracle 9iAS)
    - HiberClipse
    - Hibernator
    - IBM Availability Monitoring Toolkit: an Eclipse plug-in for finding the availability of various services used by enterprise applications
    - IBM Web Tools for Eclipse
    - JettyLauncher, support for running web application in Jetty
    - Lomboz, J2EE development environment: Installation and Configuration; Tutorial
    - Log4E
    - RMI plug-in for Eclipse
    - SolarEclipse, XML and Web app development
    - Spindle, for Tapestry development
    - Spring-IDE
    - STRECL, for Struts development
    - Tomcat for Eclipse Plugin
    - W4T, visual Web UI development
    - Web Data Access Developer
    - XML editors: X-Men
    - XtremeJ Management Console, monitors the JMX based services within a JMX-enabled application server
  - Projects
  - Tutorials
    - Building J2EE Applications using JBoss and Eclipse
- MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench: Help, Rich Client Platform (RCP)Rich Client Platform (RCP)Rich Client Platform (RCP)Rich Client Platform (RCP)Rich Client Platform (RCP), Tutorials and Visual Tours
- WebSphere Studio Application Developer
  - Articles
    - Application modeling with WebSphere Studio V5.1
    - Build JCA-compliant resource adapters
    - Creating and Testing Message Driven Beans using WebSphere Studio Application Developer 5.0
    - Developing and Deploying Modular J2EE Applications with WebSphere Studio Application
    - Developing and Testing a Complete "Hello World" J2EE Application
    - Developing portlets that use JavaBeans and JSP components
    - Implement business processes using WebSphere Studio Application Developer Integration Edition, Part 1, 2, 3, 4
    - Implementing portlet messaging using WebSphere Studio Application Developer V5 and the Portal Toolkit V5
    - Integrating EJBs into J2EE apps in WebSphere Studio
    - Integrating Message-Driven Beans into Enterprise Applications with WebSphere Studio, Part 1, 2, 3
    - J2EE Application Profiling in WebSphere Studio
    - Using Local and Remote EJB Interfaces to Achieve Deployment Flexibility and Optimal Performance
    - Using JAXB to Develop Enterprise Applications with WebSphere Studio Application Developer V5.1
    - Using the Java Cryptography Extension in WebSphere Studio Application Developer V5
    - Using the Struts Framework with WebSphere Studio V5 -- Part 1: Using Struts with Tiles
    - Using WebSphere MQ in WebSphere Application Server Version 4.x, Part 1, 2
    - Writing Java Message Service programs using WebSphere MQ and WebSphere Studio Application Developer: Part 1, 2
    - XML and WebSphere Studio Application Developer Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
  - Plug-ins
    - J2EE Code Validation Preview for WebSphere Studio
    - Visual Application Builder
    - Web Application Development Support Tool, provides design-time support for Web applications based on Struts
  - Resources
    - WebSphere Studio Application Developer for Windows
  - Tools
    - Edge-Computing Toolkit
  - Tutorials
DTDs: 1.2; 1.3
Documentation
- API documentation
- Developers Guide
- Overview
- Simplified Guide to the J2EE Platform
Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)
- Articles
  - Enterprise Application Integration: The Problem that Won't Go Away
  - Enterprise application integration using J2EE
  - Integrate enterprise applications with Web Services and J2EE
  - Stretching middleware
  - Web Services: A Fit for EAI: Part 1, 2
- Books
  - Integrating with the Enterprise Information System Tier from the J2EE Blueprints
  - Professional J2EE EAI: Ch. 3 - The J2EE Platform for EAI; Ch. 9 - Business-level Integration
  - So many J2EE books, so little time
- Resources
  - EAI Journal
- Tools
  - Sunopsis
Model Driven Architecture (MDA)
- Articles
  - An introduction to Model Driven Architecture, Part I, II, III
  - Choosing MDA tools
  - MDA from a Developer's Perspective
- Code Generation Frameworks
  - AndroMDA
  - ArcStyler
  - Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF)
  - iQgen
  - MDE
  - OptimalJ
- Resources
  - @Code Generation Networks
  - @OMG
Projects/Products
- AOP Alliance
- Beehive, an application framework for J2EE- and SOA-based applications
- Caching
  - EHCACHE, easy Hibernate cache
  - Java Caching System (JCS), a distributed caching system for server-side Java apps
  - JCACHE, Java Temporary Caching API (JSR 107)
  - Tangosol, a clustered cache manager
- Enterprise Object Broker (EOB)
- DesignViewer, generates a visual model from the source code (free)
- Flex, an XML-based presentation tier
- Naked Objects Framework
- OpenSymphony, a suite of components for rapid development of enterprise class Java applications
  - OSCache, a J2EE caching system
  - OSWorkflow (alt)
  - SiteMesh, a web-page layout system and web-application integration system
  - WebWork, a J2EE HMVC framework
- Out-of-theBox for Java Developers, 50+ open source projects
- Rave at Sun
- Roller Weblogger: Building an Open Source J2EE Weblogger
- Slide, a transactional storage system
  - Articles
    - Jakarta Slide's Transactional Storage System
- Spif (Simplest Possible Infrastructure Framework)
- The Edge Computing Project
- UploadBean
- Web-2-Database, automates and organizes the Java servlet-based process of taking incoming HTML form data, validating it, and writing it to a database
- Weblets
- XDoclet
Resources
- A Guide to J2EE APIs and reference implementations
- Configuration Management
  - Configuration Management Wiki-Web
  - CmWiki
- DevChannel, resources for Enterprise Developers
- Enterprise Developer
- Enterprise Java @JavaWorld
- Enterprise Java Archives
- Enterprise Java Technologies Newsletter @JDC
- Enterprise Java Technologies Tech Tips @JDC
- J2EE Dallas SIG
- J2EE hosting, expertise to manage and host J2EE application services
- J2EE Advisor
- J2EE Compatibility Test Suite (CTS)
- J2EE Downloads & Specifications
- J2EE-Interest archive
- J2EE news @Flashline.com
- J2EE Olympus
- J2EE Technology Center
- J2EE vs .NET
  - Compare Microsoft .NET to J2EE Technology
- J2EEWorld
- Java201, resources for Java server-side developers
- Java Enterprise Incubator
- Java in the Enterprise Newsletter Archive
- Java Transaction API (JTA)
- Java Transaction Service (JTS)
- Learn More About J2EE
- ObjectWeb, open source project of distributed middleware; ObjectWeb Forge
- Server-Side Java Programming forum @IBM
- TheServerSide.com, portal for J2EE Middleware Technologies
- Tomcat, JBoss, Struts, iText and JDOM archives
Specifications
- J2EE Management (JSR 77)
- EJBs: 2.0
- J2EE Platform
- JSPs
- Servlets
Tools
- AppFuse, an application for starting Web applications: Wiki; AppFuse: Start Your J2EE Web Apps
- eXtend Workbench @Novell, IDE for J2EE and Web Services apps
- Enterprise Media Beans
- J2J, a web development tool to use server-side Java objects in JavaScripts
- Jamon, a typed template engine
- Lightweight Services (LWS) @IBM
- Log4Web, a J2EE Web app for Log4J
- Middlegen, generates XDoclet @tags for EJBs, JDO, JSP/Struts
- SearchBlox, a J2EE Search Component
- Super, a set of J2EE tools for J2EE servers
Tutorials/Training
- Deployathon Online!
- Enhance J2EE component reuse with XDoclets
- Enterprise Java Tutorial, Part 1: Architecture and Analysis; Part 2: Business Object Design and Implementation; Part 3: Controller Design and Implementation @IBM
- Introduction to the J2EE Connector Architecture
- J2EE Developer's Guide
- J2EE Programming (with Passion!) course schedule
- J2EE Tutorial for the Sun ONE Platform
- LaLiLuna tutorials for Struts, JSP, MyEclipse, JSF, Hibernate
- Simplifying J2EE and EJB Development with BC4J
- The Advanced Java/J2EE Tutorial
- The J2EE Tutorial for J2EE 1.3 (alt)
- The J2EE 1.4 Tutorial
- Orion Tutorials
- @Sun
- Writing Enterprise Applications for the J2EE Reference Implementation

Web Application Frameworks

Articles
- Building with WebWork2
- IBM Application Framework for e-business
- Hello World the WebWork way
- Introduction to Maverick
- Working with the Echo Web framework, Part 1, 2
Brazil
- Articles: Serve Clients' Specific Protocol Requirements with Brazil Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Bellvue
Expresso Framework, an open-source Web Application Development (AD) Framework (free): Expresso Developer's Guide; Expresso's Struts Integration
- Articles
  - Getting the most out of Expresso 5.0

Application Components Layer

Expresso Framework Layer

Caching	Configuration Values	Controller Objects
Database Objects	DB Connection Pooling	Email Connectivity
Event Notification and Error Handling	Health Check	Job Control
Logging	Registration & Login	Security
Taglibs	Unit Testing	Workflow
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