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Preface

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Preface

Preface
This tutorial is a guide to developing enterprise applications for the Java
TM
Platform, Enterprise
Edition 5 (Java EE 5).
This preface contains information about and conventions for the entire Sun Java System
Application Server documentation set.
Before You Read This Book
Before proceeding with this tutorial, you should have a good knowledge of the Java
programming language. A good way to get to that point is to work through The Java Tutorial,
Fourth Edition, Sharon Zakhour et al. (Addison-Wesley, 2006). You should also be familiar with
the Java DataBase Connectivity (JDBC
TM
) and relational database features described in JDBC
API Tutorial and Reference, Third Edition, Maydene Fisher et al. (Addison-Wesley, 2003).
How This Book Is Organized
The Java EE 5 platform is quite large, and this tutorial reflects this. However, you don't have to
digest everything in it at once. The tutorial has been divided into parts to help you navigate the
content more easily.
This tutorial opens with an introductory chapter, which you should read before proceeding to
any specific technology area.
Chapter 1, "Overview"
covers the Java EE 5 platform architecture
and APIs, the Sun Java System Application Server 9.1, and how to use the this tutorial's
examples.
When you have digested the basics, you can delve into one or more of the five main technology
areas listed next. Because there are dependencies between some of the chapters,
Figure P­1
contains a roadmap for navigating through the tutorial.
The web-tier technology chapters in
Part II
cover the components used in developing the
presentation layer of a Java EE 5 or stand-alone web application:
Java Servlet
JavaServer Pages
TM
(JSP
TM
)
JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library (JSTL)
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