J2EE, however, also has a strong following, particularly amongst large companies that years ago learned their lessons about the need for open software after forking over exorbitant maintenance fees ...

The dirty little secret behind the success of J2EE is that Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs) can be devilishly hard to create, deploy, and manage. True, EJBs aren't the only way to build useful Java ...

J2EE Web services: A marriage of convenience As specified in the following snippet taken from the J2EE specification, the J2EE platform contains details on the implementation, assembly, deployment and ...

The packaging mechanisms defined in Chapter 8 of the J2EE 1.3 specification provide a framework for pulling together all the pieces of a J2EE application. However, application server vendors are free ...

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Thirteen years ago, 13 Sun Microsystems employees took on the daunting task of figuring out the "next wave of computing." The question had certainly been asked before--but rarely has it been answered ...

Since its inception, J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) has simplified enterprise application construction in Java. As J2EE becomes more broadly adopted, however, developers are realizing the ...

When it comes to J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition), you don’t know a hill of Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs). Don’t worry, you’ll find plenty of reading material to give you a hand. In fact, you ...

Typically, dot.com Internet forward engineering is characterized as being "green field," with virtually no in-place environments that tend to bias technology decisions. From an architectural ...

You delivered the application to the users and they are now using it every day. Early feedback has indicated that the performance of the application does not meet the requirements. The service level ...

As more companies utilize the Internet in their business, Web applications have come into widespread use. These Web applications are typically delivered via tools such as load balancers, HTTP Web ...

You’d have to be living in a vacuum not to be aware of the debate that rages between proponents of the two dominant development platform contenders: Java 2 Enterprise Edition and .Net. Many articles ...