Chapter 1. Overview

Today, more and more developers want to write distributed transactional applications for the enterprise and thereby leverage the speed, security, and reliability of server-side technology. If you are already working in this area, you know that in the fast-moving and demanding world of e-commerce and information technology, enterprise applications must be designed, built, and produced for less money, with greater speed, and with fewer resources than ever before.

To reduce costs and fast-track application design and development, the Java™ 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE™) provides a component-based approach to the design, development, assembly, and deployment of enterprise applications. The J2EE platform offers a multitiered ...

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