A Brief History of J2EE
How J2EE came about is quite interesting. Java, originally named Oak, was conceived as a software language for developing applications for household appliances and other such devices. With the Internet revolution, Java gradually evolved into a language for client-side development with capabilities such as applets and JavaBeans. Along the way, several Java APIs, such as Java Database Connectivity (JDBC), were developed to address market needs for generic access and usage of resources typically required by enterprise software applications.
It was clear soon after Java's introduction that the use of Java on the client side in a browser-based systems environment faced some serious challenges, such as the latency involved in ...
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