WebSphere Version 4 Application Development Handbook

WebSphere Version 4 Application Development Handbook is the first systematic and authoritative guide to application development using IBM's WebSphere Version 4.0 platform. From advanced frameworks to automated testing, the authors present comprehensive best practices for streamlining and accelerating WebSphere development. Written by IBM's own WebSphere experts, it covers the entire development lifecycle: installation and configuration, application analysis and design, coding, security, testing, packaging, deployment, and administration.

The team that wrote this redbook

This redbook was produced by a team of specialists from around the worldworking at the International Technical Support Organization, San Jose Center.

Ueli Wahli is a Consultant IT Specialist at the IBM International TechnicalSupport Organization in San Jose, California. Before joining the ITSO 17 yearsago, Ueli worked in technical support at IBM Switzerland. He writes extensivelyand teaches IBM classes worldwide on application development, objecttechnology, VisualAge products, data dictionaries, and library management. Ueliholds a degree in Mathematics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.

Alex Matthews is a Consulting IT Specialist in the IBM Software Business,based in London, United Kingdom (UK). He has spent the last two and a halfyears providing post-sales services to customers who have purchasedWebSphere products and related tools. Alex has seven years experience buildingdistributed systems using a variety of middleware products. He holds a degree inComputing Science from Aston University, Birmingham, UK.

Paula Coll Lapido works as an IT Specialist in the e-business Innovation Centerat Madrid, Spain. Her current area of expertise focuses on developing e-businessapplications using the WebSphere platform. She has been working at IBM forone year and a half. She holds a degree in Physics from the ComplutenseUniversity of Madrid.

Jean-Pierre Norguet is an IT Specialist, Team Leader and Coach in the IBMe-business department in Belgium. He has been working at IBM for three years.His areas of expertise include the entire application development life cycle. Heholds a 5-year Engineering degree in Computer Science from the UniversiteLibre de Bruxelles and a Socrates European master's degree from the EcoleCentrale Paris.