| New To This Edition:
- Updated: with new Java Standard Edition 6 (aka Mustang) coverage;
- New: object-oriented web programming case studies;
- New: Chapter 26, Web Applications: Parts 1, which introduce JavaServer Faces (JSF) technology and use it with Sun Java Studio Creator 2 to build web applications quickly & easily. Chapter 26 includes examples on building web application GUIs, handling events, validating forms and session tracking. The JSF material replaces our previous chapters on servlets and JavaServer Pages (JSP);
- New: Chapter 27, Web Applications: Part 2, that discusses developing Ajax-enabled web applications, using JavaServer Faces & Java BluePrints technology. Chapter features a database-driven multitier web address book application that allows users to add contacts, search for contacts and display contacts' addresses on Google Maps. This Ajax-enabled application gives the reader a real sense of Web 2.0 development. The application uses Ajax-enabled JSF components to suggest contact names while the user types a name to locate, and to display a located address on a Google Map;
- New: Chapter 28, JAX-WS Web Services, which uses a tools-based approach to creating & consuming web services - a signature Web 2.0 capability. Case studies include developing blackjack & airline reservation web services;
- Updated: Chapter 25, Accessing Databases with JDBC, to include JDBC 4 and to use the new Java DB/Apache Derby database management system, in addition to MySQL; Updated: Chapter 23, Multithreading: the new SwingWorker class for developing multithreaded user interfaces;
- New: tools-based approach for rapid web applications development; the tools are available free for download; & more.
On the CD: Examples (Windows and Linux). | |
