<p>GlassFish is a free, open-source Java EE 5-compliant application server that is quickly gaining massive popularity.<br /><br />This book explains GlassFish installation and configuration, and then moves on to Java EE 5 application development, covering all major Java EE 5 APIs.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chapter 1</span> provides an overview of Glassfish, including how to install it, configure it, and verify the installation.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chapter 2</span> covers how to develop server-side web applications using the Servlet API. &nbsp;<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chapter 3</span> explains how to develop web applications using JavaServer Pages (JSPs), including how to develop and use JSP custom tags.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chapter 4</span> discusses how to develop Java EE applications that interact with a relational database system through the Java Persistence API (JPA) and through the Java Database Connectivity API (JDBC).<br /><br style="font-weight: bold;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chapter 5</span> explains how to use the JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL) when developing JavaServer Pages.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chapter 6</span> covers how to develop applications using the JavaServer Faces (JSF) component framework to build web applications.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chapter 7</span> explains how to develop messaging applications though the Java Messaging Service (JMS) API.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chapter 8</span> covers securing J2EE applications through the Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chapter 9</span> discusses how to develop Enterprise Java Beans that adhere to the EJB 3 specification.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chapter 10</span> explains how to develop and deploy web services that conform to the JAX-WS 2.1 specification.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chapter 11</span> covers frameworks that build on top of the Java EE 5 specification, including Seam, Facelets, and Ajax4Jsf.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The appendices</span> cover some of the advanced features of the GlassFish server.</p>