Java EE 8 Cookbook

Foreword

It is a measure of the penetration, longevity, and quality of Java EE technology that in 2018 my friend Elder Moraes asked me to write the foreword for his book about Java EE 8. My personal involvement with Java EE goes back to the days preceding J2EE 1.4 in 2001. Since then, I have had the great honor of leading or co-leading the community teams that have developed JavaServer Faces and, later, servlet, two of the technologies Elder covers in this book. During that time, I tried to follow the model of servant-leader, and I think the result has been a very engaged community that has a real stake in the continued success of Java EE. When writing this foreword, I want to focus on four Cs: Curation, Cohesion, Current, and Completeness. ...