The J2EE Tutorial. : The Java Series. Enterprise Edition.

The 36 chapters in this guide are divided into four sections on developing applications that process XML documents, the components used in developing the presentation layer of a J2EE application, the components used in developing the business logic of a J2EE application, and the system services used by all the J2EE component technologies. The second edition is based on the Sun Java system application server and adds a chapter on J2EE 1.4 web services. The CD-ROM contains the J2EE 1.4 SDK and example code. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Stephanie Bodoff is a staff writer at Sun Microsystems. In previous positions she worked as a software engineer on distributed computing and telecommunications systems and object-oriented software development methods. Since her conversion to technical writing, Stephanie has documented object-oriented databases, application servers, and enterprise application development methods.

Dale Green is a staff writer with Sun Microsystems, where he documents the J2EE platform. In previous positions he programmed business applications, designed databases, taught technical classes, and documented RDBMS products. In his current position he writes about Enterprise JavaBeans technology and the J2EE SDK.

Kim Haase is a staff writer with Sun Microsystems, where she documents the J2EE platform. In previous positions she has documented compilers, debuggers, and floating-point programming. She currently writes about the Java Message Service and J2EE SDK tools.

Eric Jendrock is a staff writer with Sun Microsystems, where he documents the J2EE platform. Previously, he documented middleware products and standards. Currently, he writes about the J2EE Compatibility Test Suite and J2EE security.