In this article we review some of the most recommended books for Java Enterprise development. The titles include:

• • Head First Servlets & JSP (2n Edition) [Kindle version]
  • Murach's Java Servlets and JSP (2nd Edition)
  • EJB 3 in Action
  • Servlet & JSP: A Tutorial (A Tutorial series)
  • Java EE 6 Development with NetBeans 7

1. Head First Servlets & JSP (2n Edition) [Kindle version]

Author: Bert Bates, Kathy Sierra, Bryan Basham

Publisher: O'Reilly Media

Published Date (Kindle version): September 30^th 2011

File Size (Kindle version): 28323 KB

Print Length: 886 pages

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Content Coverage: Servlet 2.4 and JSP 2.0 (J2EE 1.4)

• • Why use Servlets & JSPs: an Introduction.
  • Web App Architecture: high-level overview.
  • Mini MVC Tutorial: hands-on MVC
  • Being a Servlet: request AND response.
  • Being a Web App: attributes and listeners.
  • Conversational state: session management.
  • Being a JSP: using JSP.
  • Script-free pages: scriptless JSP.
  • Custom tags are powerful: using JSTL.
  • When even JSTL is not enough: custom tag development.
  • Deploying your web app: web app deployment.
  • Keep it secret, keep it safe: web app security.
  • The Power of Filters: wrappers and filters.
  • Enterprise design patterns: patterns and Struts.

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2. Murach's Java Servlets and JSP (2nd Edition)

Author: Andrea Steelman, Joel Murach

Publisher: Mike Murach & Associates

Published Date: January 21^st 2008

Paperback: 758 pages

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Content Coverage:

• • Section 1: Introduction to servlet and JSP programming:

1. • • An introduction to web programming with Java.
     • How to install and use Tomcat.
     • How to use the NetBeans IDE.

• • Section 2: Essential servlet and JSP skills:

1. • • A crash course in HTML.
     • How to develop JavaServer Pages.
     • How to develop servlets.
     • How to structure a web application with the MVC pattern.
     • How to work with sessions and cookies.
     • How to use standard JSP tags with JavaBeans.
     • How to use JSP Expression Language (EL).
     • How to use the JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL).
     • How to use custom JSP tags.

• • Section 3: Essential database skills:

1. • • How to use MySQL as the database management system.
     • How to use JDBC to work with database.

• • Section 4: Advance servlet and JSP skills:

1. 1. • How to use JavaMail to send email.
      • How to use SSL to work with a secure connection.
      • How to restrict access to a web resource.
      • How to work with HTTP requests and responses.
      • How to work with listeners.
      • How to work with filters.

• • Section 5: The Music Store web site:

1. • • An introduction to the Music Store web site.
     • The Download application.
     • The Cart application.
     • The Admin application.

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3. EJB 3 in Action

Author: Debu Panda, Reza Rahman, Derek Lane

Publisher: Manning Publications

Published Date: April 16^th 2007

Paperback: 712 pages

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Content Coverage:

• • Part 1: Overview of the EJB Landscape:

1. • • What’s what in EJB 3.
     • A first taste of EJB.

• • Part 2: Building Business Logic with EJB 3:

1. • • Building business logic with session beans.
     • Messaging and developing MDBs.
     • Learning advanced EJB concepts.
     • Transactions and security.

• • Part 3: Diving into the Java Persistence API (JPA):

1. • • Implementing domain models.
     • Object-relational mapping.
     • Manipulating entities with EntityManager.
     • Using the query API and JPQL to retrieve entities.

• • Part 4: Putting EJB 3 into Action:

1. • • Packaging EJB 3 applications.
     • Effectively integrating EJB 3 across your application tiers.
     • Taming wild EJBs: performance and scalability.

• • Part 5: Migration and Interoperability Issues:

1. • • Migrating to EJB 3.
     • Exposing EJBs as web services.
     • EJB 3 and Spring.

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4. Servlet & JSP: A Tutorial (A Tutorial series)

Author: Budi Kurniawan

Publisher: BrainySoftware

Published Date: February 20^th 2012

Paperback: 452 pages

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Content Coverage: Servlet 3.0 and JSP 2.2

• • The Servlet API
  • JSP syntax and scripting elements.
  • Session management
  • The Expression Language
  • JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library (JSTL)
  • Custom tags and tag files
  • Filters and listeners
  • Application design
  • Connection pooling
  • Dependency injection
  • File upload and programmatic file download
  • Asynchronous processing
  • Security
  • Deployment and the deployment descriptor
  • Dynamic registration
  • Servlet container initializers

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5. Java EE 6 Development with NetBeans 7

Author: David R. Heffelfinger

Publisher: Packt Publishing

Published Date: June 17^th 2011

Paperback: 392 pages

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Content Coverage:

• • Getting Started with NetBeans
  • Developing Web Applications with Servlets and JSPs.
  • Enhancing JSP Functionality with JSTL and Custom Tags.
  • Developing Web Applications using JavaServer Faces 2.0.
  • Elegant Web Applications with PrimeFaces.
  • Interacting with Databases through the Java Persistence API.
  • Implementing the Business Tier with Session Beans.
  • Contexts and Dependency Injection (CDI).
  • Messaging with JMS and Message Driven Beans.
  • SOAP Web Services with JAX-WS.
  • RESTful Web Services with JAX-RS.

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