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Java EE 8 Development with Eclipse - Third Edition

By : Ram Kulkarni
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Java EE 8 Development with Eclipse - Third Edition

By: Ram Kulkarni

Overview of this book

Java EE is one of the most popular tools for enterprise application design and development. With recent changes to Java EE 8 specifications, Java EE application development has become a lot simpler with the new specifications, some of which compete with the existing specifications. This guide provides a complete overview of developing highly performant, robust and secure enterprise applications with Java EE with Eclipse. The book begins by exploring different Java EE technologies and how to use them (JSP, JSF, JPA, JDBC, EJB, and more), along with suitable technologies for different scenarios. You will learn how to set up the development environment for Java EE applications and understand Java EE specifications in detail, with an emphasis on examples. The book takes you through deployment of an application in Tomcat, GlassFish Servers, and also in the cloud. It goes beyond the basics and covers topics like debugging, testing, deployment, and securing your Java EE applications. You'll also get to know techniques to develop cloud-ready microservices in Java EE.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Free Chapter
1
Introducing JEE and Eclipse
Index

Summary


Web services are a very useful technology for enterprise application integration. They allow disparate systems to communicate with each other. Web service APIs are typically self-contained and lightweight.

There are broadly two types of web services: SOAP-based and RESTful. SOAP-based web services are XML-based and provide many features such as security, attachments, and transactions. RESTful web services can exchange data by using XML or JSON. RESTful JSON web services are quite popular because they can be easily consumed from JavaScript code.

In this chapter, we learned how to develop and consume RESTful and SOAP-based web services by using the latest Java specifications, JAX-RS and JAX-WS.

In the next chapter, we will take a look at another technology for application integration: asynchronous programming using Java Messaging Service (JMS).