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Publisher: Wiley
Author: Peter Zadrozny
ISBN: 1861002998
Release Date: 30 October 2000

eBook Description
Despite its wordy title, Professional Java 2 Enterprise Edition with BEA WebLogic Server actually is one of the better books that you can get for learning JSP-based programming with Java and Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs). By highlighting practical matters–including setting up and running the popular BEA WebLogic Server, and benchmarking performance–the authors manage to cover the essentials of EJB-based development in a friendly and intelligent style that’s ideal for any aspiring Java EJB developer.

The focus on hands-on matters begins with installation and configuration of BEA WebLogic Server, one of the more widely used platforms for running EJB applications. Most books cover EJBs more theoretically and leave deployment by the wayside. By focusing on an actual EJB product, the authors can talk about what works and what doesn’t work in real applications. For examples, a single case study for a chain of pizza shops gets enhanced in stages, first with a Web front end for ordering pizzas, then with other features–including call-center support, e-mail, and XML. A section on converting an ASP version of a front end for this sample application into a JSP version is a highlight.

The latter half of this text turns into a primer on benchmarking. A benchmark (called the Grinder) measures performance, with a wide range of choices for EJBs that run on WebLogic. Different Java Virtual Machines (JVMs) and choices for implementing the applications (for example, stateful vs. stateless EJBs) are tested, and the numbers of concurrent users (up to 400) are varied. The result is a solid glimpse into the choices that give the best performance on WebLogic.

Besides covering the basics of building e-commerce applications with JSPs and EJBs, this book has a genuinely practical side. The case study is very useful, as is the plentiful performance advice. Smart, friendly, and well organized, this title strikes an excellent balance between presenting information on some of the latest Java technology and APIs, and showing just how to do it on a real EJB platform and with real code. –Richard Dragan

Topics covered:

• Introduction to Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
• Getting started with BEA WebLogic Server: features and administration
• “Webifying” existing applications
• Introduction to JavaServer Pages (JSPs)
• Overview of BEA dbKona and htmlKona for simpler JSP/servlet development
• JSP architectures (Model 1 and Model 2)
• Using Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs)
• Session beans, including stateless session beans
• Entity beans (container-managed and bean-managed persistence)
• Converting ASPs to JSPs
• Sending e-mail and the Java Message Service
• Security issues for Web applications, including authentication, SSL, and authorization
• Introduction to Wireless Markup Language (WML) and wireless applications
• Stress-testing performance for Web applications
• Grinder (custom benchmark for performance testing)
• Comparative benchmark scores (comparing JVMs, stateful and stateless beans, entity beans, and clustering options for up to 400 users)
• Case study for chain of pizza shops with e-commerce features and call centers
• JSP syntax reference

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Professional J2EE Programming with BEA WebLogic Server

Publisher: O’Reilly
Author: James Duncan Davidson
ISBN: 0596009135
Release Date: 01 December 2005

eBook Description
Running Mac OS X Tiger is the ideal resource for power users and system administrators like you who want to tweak Tiger, the new release of Mac OS X, to run faster, better, or just differently.
If you areready to dig deep into your Mac, this book expertly guides you to the core of Mac OS X. It helps you understand the inner workings of the operating system so you can know how to get the most out of it. And it gives you countless ideas–and step-by-step instruction–for customizing and revving up Tiger to your specific needs and your liking.

Completely revised and updated for Mac OS X Tiger, Running Mac OS X Tiger covers all the new features and functionality of Tiger. You can count on authors Jason Deraleau and James Duncan Davidson to give what you need–and not bother with what you don’t. They don’t spend time on Finder tips and keyboard shortcuts; they focus on showing you what makes a Mac tick and, more importantly, how you can make it tick just the way you want it to.

Easy to follow and intuitively organized, Running Mac OS X Tiger is divided into three parts: “Getting Started” introduces Mac OS X and explains how it’s put together and why it works; “Administration Essentials” gives you the tools you need to examine how your system is running and adjust all the knobs behind its operation; and “Networking and Network Services” covers the ways Mac OS X interfaces with the world around it, including wireless and spontaneous networking. Developer Tools for Mac OS X, including Xcode, are discussed throughout the book as appropriate.

For the growing number of intermediate to advanced users who are ready and eager to customize Mac OS X, Running Mac OS X Tiger delivers everything you need to become master of your Mac.

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Running Mac OS X Tiger : A No-Compromise Power User’s Guide to the Mac (Animal Guide)

Publisher: O’Reilly
Author: Daniel Steinberg
ISBN: 0596101007
Release Date: 14 December 2005

eBook Description
It used to be that two laptops, sitting side by side, couldn’t communicate with each other; they may as well have been a thousand miles apart. But that was then, before the advent of Zero Configuration Networking technology. This amazing cross-platform open source technology automatically connects electronic devices on a network, allowing them to interoperate seamlessly-without any user configuration. So now you don’t have to lift a finger! Needless to say, it has completely changed the way people connect to devices and programs for printing, file sharing, and other activities.
Zero Configuration Networking: The Definitive Guide walks you through this groundbreaking network technology, with a complete description of the protocols and ways to implement network-aware applications and devices.

Written by two Zero Configuration Networking experts, including one of Apple’s own computer scientists, the book covers more than just file sharing and printing. Zero Configuration Networking also enables activities such as music and photo sharing and automatic buddy discovery on Instant Messaging applications. In fact, Zero Configuration Networking can be used for virtually any device that can be controlled by a computer. And this handy guide has the inside scoop on all of its capabilities-and how you can easily apply them in your own environment.

For the technically advanced, Zero Configuration Networking: The Definitive Guide examines the three core technologies that make up Zero Configuration Networking: Link-Local Addressing, Multicast DNS, and DNS Service Discovery. It also reviews a series of APIs, including C-API, Java API, CFNetServices, and Cocoa’s NSNetServices.

Whether you want to understand how iTunes works, or you want to network a series of laptops and other devices at your office for maximum efficiency, you’ll find all the answers in this authoritative guide.

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Zero Configuration Networking: The Definitive Guide

Publisher: Sams
Author: Paul Bertucci
ISBN: 0672324679
Release Date: 18 December 2002

eBook Description
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Unleashed, 2E offers a variety of topics for system and database administrators to help them learn new features of the product and to solve problems they face on a daily basis. It shows them how to build upon their working knowledge of the product and take their experience and knowledge to a higher level. This new edition of Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Unleashed covers the latest updates and service packs to SQL Server 2000, including full support for XML, notification services, and SQL Server CE.

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Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Unleashed (2nd Edition)

Publisher: Que
Author: John Gravely
ISBN: 0789728826
Release Date: 12 August 2003

eBook Description
A sophisticated yet easy-to-use software program, Microsoft CRM handles the full range of Sales and Customer Service functions, and allows the user to access key customer and sales information from Microsoft Outlook and the Web. It is designed for rapid deployment, ease of use, and integration with Microsoft Office and Microsoft Great Plains’ back-office solutions, increasing information reliability, employee usage and productivity.

Special Edition Using Microsoft CRM shows sales, service, and business development specialists how to manage small businesses with the sophisticated technology that, until now, has been reserved for large corporations. Based on the author’s real-world experience building CRM systems, this book provides the expert advice that MS CRM users need. To make the move to customer-centric operations using MS CRM, companies need an in-depth guide to managing the process, using the software, and making the implementation decisions that are required.

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Special Edition Using Microsoft CRM

Publisher: Idea Group Publishing
Author: Kai Jakobs
ISBN: 1591409381
Release Date: 13 December 2005

eBook Description
Advanced Topics in Information Technology Standards and Standardization Research is a series of books which features the most current research findings in all aspects of IT standardization research, from a diversity of angles, traversing the traditional boundaries between individual disciplines. Advanced Topics in Information Technology Standards and Standardization Research, Volume 1 is a part of this series.

Advanced Topics in Information Technology Standards and Standardization Research, Volume 1 presents a collection of chapters addressing a variety of aspects related to IT standards and the setting of standards. This book covers a variety of topics, such as economic aspects of standards, alliances in standardization and the relation between ‘formal’ standards bodies and industry consortia. It also offers a glimpse inside a standards working group, as well as a look at applications of standards in different sectors.

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Advanced Topics in Information Technology Standards And Standardization Research (Advanced Topics in Information Technology Standards and Standardization … and Standardization Research Series)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Author: T. John
ISBN: 3540257810
Release Date: 08 August 2005

eBook Description
Characteristics are used in SAP as attributes, e.g. to specify the configuration of products or the properties of batches. In many industries – engineering, automotive, mill, pharmaceutical and foods to name the most typical – supply chain planning has to consider these characteristics. APO offers many different functionalities for planning with characteristics, where each of the functionalities has some prerequisites and incompatibilities. This book offers help and advice for the basic design of the implementation by explaining the processes and scenarios (process chains) for planning with characteristics, the functionalities for planning with characteristics in APO including their prerequisites and incompatibilities and the entities, dependencies and system configuration determinants for planning with characteristics in R/3 and APO. This book is based on the releases R/3 4.7 and mySAP SCM 4.1.

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Characteristic Based Planning with mySAP SCM : Scenarios, Processes, and Functions (SAP Excellence)

Publisher: Idea Group Publishing
Author: Anton Polgar
ISBN: 1591406617
Release Date: 22 December 2005

eBook Description
Building and Managing Enterprise-Wide Portals discusses the technology behind portals and grid networks, gives information to the history behind grid technology evolution, and supplies the reader with the knowledge to make qualified managerial decisions. This book looks at next-generation computing platforms and global cyber-infrastructure for solving large-scale problems in science, engineering, and business.

Building and Managing Enterprise-Wide Portals includes a diverse range of topics, such as deployment considerations, facilities and tools for creating and managing grid and portal applications, including tools for visually linking corporate databases into grid or portal applications. This book also provides an overview of other web technologies such as EJB and servlets, while comparing them to portals and grids and suggesting how to approach various analysis and design challenges.

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Building and Managing Enterprise-Wide Portals

Publisher: Manning Publications Company
Author: Craig Walls, Ryan Breidenbach
ISBN: 1932394354
Release Date: 28 January 2005

eBook Description
Written for enterprise Java developers who have become disillusioned with the complexity and bulk involved with EJB development, this programming tool demonstrates how the Spring framework can make coupled code easy to manage, understand, reuse, and unit-test. Spring’s employment of inversion control and aspect-oriented programming techniques to encourage loosely coupled code is explained, providing programmers with the ability to use JavaBeans with the power and enterprise services only previously available in the heavier Enterprise JavaBeans.

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Spring in Action

Publisher: Manning Publications Company
Author: J. B. Rainsberger
ISBN: 1932394230
Release Date: 28 September 2004

eBook Description
A cookbook for building better Java applications, this book contains 150 recipes for better code, using JUnit as both a testing and design tool. Each recipe is a short, self-contained article that answers questions about how to use JUnit, from taking the first steps to testing complex J2EE applications, including servlets, JSPs, EJBs, and JMS components. For developers that want to use JUnit on a new project, information on how to design easy-to-test applications is provided, helping avoid the design pitfalls of many legacy applications. For those that need to start testing an existing application, recipes dedicated to testing even the most difficult legacy components, such as EJBs and JDBC code, are also provided.

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JUnit Recipes : Practical Methods for Programmer Testing