Question

I have been working as a Java developer for past 5 years with products completely developed in core Java and Java Swings. Now I have moved to a new company where I would be doing similar work at the back end , but the client I would have to learn web services, EJB , Seam and other web related stuffs. I would like to know where to get started, any useful books , tutorials both for in depth understanding and quick start as of now . Please help me.

Answer 1

IDE

Get yourself the Netbeans IDE with the EE / Glassfish Bundle @
“http://netbeans.org/”

There is an EE and Web Tutorial section @ “http://netbeans.org/kb/trails/java-ee.html”

Oracle Java EE Technologies (All Free)

I find the JSR’s are really good reference material and explanation of the technologies

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javaee/tech/index.html

• JSR 250 – Common Annotations
  For EJB and web services you are going to need to get to grips with annotations
• JSR 315 – Servlet 3 Specification
  This is a good read to get up to spec with servlets
• JSR 318 – Enterprise JavaBeans 3.1 (Covers stateless, timers, singletons)
  Also excellent read for EJB’s
• JSR 224 – JAX-WS – This is the technology used for defining web services

Packt Publishing (E-Books are really affordable)
Here are some good books (Just search for Java EE)

• Java EE 6 Development with NetBeans 7
• Java EE 6 Cookbook for Securing, Tuning, and Extending Enterprise Applications
• Seam 2 Web Development: LITE

JBOSS.org
“http://www.jboss.org”

• Seam project documentation

Red-Hat Access Portal

If you have a subscription to any JBoss / Red-hat product, there are good document for EAS (Enterprise Application Server) including a Seam reference