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AppFuse is a web application that can be used to jump-start web application development. AppFuse employs the latest Java technologies and provides various options for data persistence and web action control. The AppFuse application is a running prototype that can be used as-is to create a new web...
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Java Portlets 101 is designed for users who have not deployed portlet technology before. Throughout the book, you will develop a real-world JSR 168-compliant portlet application and deploy it using Apache Pluto.
Developing portlets can be easy. For people new to portlets, think of them as...
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The Java Persistence API (JPA) was introduced as part of the Java EE 5 platform to simplify the development of Java applications using data persistence and to unify the community behind a standard lightweight persistence API. The JPA specification was based on the best ideas from existing...
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Tapestry is an open-source web application framework written in Java. This framework is different from "standard" MVC frameworks (like Struts or WebWork) in that it is more of a component-oriented framework. A component-oriented framework (like JavaServer Faces) allows you to create re-usable...
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JOnAS is the Open Source implementation by the ObjectWeb Consortium (www.objectweb.org) of the J2EE specification. JOnAS is a pure Java implementation of this specification that relies on the JDK. JOnAS is part of the ObjectWeb Open Source initiative, which was launched in collaboration with...
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The Eclipse Platform is a Java
application designed for building Integrated Development Environments
(IDEs) that can be used to create a broad array of applications using
languages ranging from PHP, C++ programs, to Java. The Eclipse IDE has
become one of the most popular development tools in...
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The Spring Primer(formerly Spring Live) is the most complete book on the Spring Framework. It is for users who are familiar with Java development but have never used Spring. As you read this title, you will learn how Spring reduces the amount of code you have to write and why it receives so much...
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Plone is an out-of-the-box ready content management system that is built on the powerful and free Zope Application server. It requires minimal effort to set up, is deeply flexible, and provides you with a system for managing web content that is ideal for project groups, communities and...
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Desktop Java Live is written for Java developers that have some
experience with desktop development and now want to take their skills to
the next level. The first seven chapters of the book cover core open
source libraries in areas such as threading, layout, data binding, and
validation,...
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Munwar Shariff is CTO and VP of Business Development at CIGNEX. He has worked as the chief architect and manager of engineering teams for several years in the areas of Open Source Technologies and Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE) architecture. For the past 15 years, he has been leading projects in the areas of Enterprise Content Management, Web Applications and mobile applications for customers in the United States, Japan, Germany, and India. He has architected solutions for clients such as Epson, BroadVision, Circuit City, Wal mart, Mitsubishi, and Compaq to name a few. Munwar earned his MS in Digital Electronics and Advanced Communications from REC Surathkal, India.