CHAPTER1
The Big Picture
A familiar form in the realm of musical composition is that of theme and variations. A theme encapsulates a musical idea; the variations add to the basic structure that the theme establishes, adding new musical ideas, flourishes, and stylistic enhancements often yielding a more elaborate and complex result. The variations never alter the underlying theme on which they build. If you know the theme, you can always discern it in the variations; in the theme, you may see the possibilities for all the variations to come.
In the same way, this first chapter of Java EE 7: The Big Picture establishes a fundamental application ...
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