Beginning database-driven application development in Java EE using GlassFish

Name: Beginning database-driven application development in Java EE using GlassFish
ISBN: 9781430209638

3/5

(3 votes)

Beginning Database-Driven Application Development in Java(TM) EE: Using GlassFish(TM) focuses on the open source GlassFish persistence engine.

This book shows Java programmers how to develop applications utilizing relational database technologies.

First published: 2008
Publishers: Apress
Language: English

We needed to bootstrap ourselves into the J2EE world, and were already using NetBeans for other small tasks. Our project was simple enough, but we needed a high quality message queueing system, so we decided to look into JMS.

While the layout of the book is sporadic and jumps around a bit, the content walks you carefully through getting up and running on Glassfish, including an good introduction to J2EE Web Applications. The first couple of chapters walk you through downloading and installing / configuring mySQL and the Oracle Database XE (Express Edition).

The theory in the book on Java persistence is good, however the examples are incomplete and even the downloaded source from the publishers web site does not work. I am pretty sure this book was first to market as a Glassfish resource ...