Designed to show experienced developers how to become power developers with BEA WebLogic Covers BEA WebLogic Server version 8.1 and earlier versions A perfect companion to the bestselling book, Mastering Enterprise JavaBeans, Second Edition (0471-41711-4) Companion Web site includes technology updates and links to related sites

Authoritative guide to Oracle WebLogic Server-from Oracle insiders If you're an experienced Java developer who wants to expand your skills, Professional Oracle WebLogic Server is the perfect guide for you. This book is written by a top-notch author team that that includes one of the lead architects from Oracle’s Fusion Middleware Development Architects team. Follow their best practices, workarounds, and sound techniques and confidently develop even the most mission-critical applications with WebLogic Server. This book fully covers WebLogic Server 11g, including the new features of both JEE 5 and WebLogic Server, as well as JEE 5 annotations, Spring, JPA, JAX-WS, JMS Store-And-Forward, SAML support, and the WLST administrative scripting tool. This book is the authoritative guide to Choosing a Web application architecture Best practices for development and production environments Designing an Java EE application Building Enterprise JavaBeans in WebLogic Server Building an EJB application Packaging and deploying WebLogic web applications Developing and deploying web services Using WebLogic JMS Using WebLogic security Administering and deploying applications in WebLogic Server Optimizing WebLogic Server performance

* A comprehensive, hands-on guide to the nuts and bolts of installing, administering, and troubleshooting the latest version of WebLogic Server * Extensive coverage of building enterprise applications with this popular J2EE application server * Updated edition includes new coverage of BEA's WebLogic Workshop tool with WebLogic Server, expanded coverage of security and clustering, WebLogic Integration, and WebLogic Portal * BEA leads the J2EE application server market, and its market share continues to grow * Companion Web site features additional code, examples, and updates

XML provides a way of structuring data so that it can be exchanged between Web sites running on different platforms. This text contains information on aspects of XML development including XHTML, XSLT, SMIL (multimedia XML), SAX, SOAP, and Microsoft BizTalk.

Master the Techniques for Creating Data-Driven Websites with Dreamweaver MX Harness the power of Dreamweaver MX to build dynamic, database-driven websites. Mastering Dreamweaver MX Databases equips you with all the coding and database skills you need. You'll find focused coverage of key Dreamweaver MX features, plus highly practical instruction relating to the most important scripting languages and databases supported by Dreamweaver MX. Topics include: Creating ASP, JSP, ColdFusion, ASP.NET, and PHP pages Connecting to SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, Access, and other ODBC databases Capturing, storing, retrieving, and updating data Choosing the language and database combination that's right for your purpose Mastering the Dreamweaver MX data view, insert, and update features Creating recordsets and queries in Dreamweaver MX-supported languages and databases Securing your site and database using Dreamweaver MX features and best practices Designing pages using live data from your database with Dreamweaver's Live Data view Saving time using master/detail forms and templates Creating search pages for your database Using the extensions available to Dreamweaver MX to aid database development Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) has proven to be wildly successful and is fast becoming the dominant technology for building server-side applications, including most Web applications. In this much-anticipated new edition, bestselling author Ed Roman teams up with noted software development experts Scott Ambler and Tyler Jewell to once again deliver the definitive guide to all things EJB. Geared toward Web site developers, enterprise application developers, and developers of software components for resale, this book has been updated to cover the latest features of version 2.0--including container services, transactions, design strategies, complex persistence, clustering, project management, and choosing an EJB server--as well as to add new, more advanced programming tips and techniques.

This book is written with Solaris and Windows as target implementation operating systems. A case study will be methodically developed to ensure the reader can learn through examples. Each section will geared to help readers prepare for real-world EJB development and the BEA WebLogic Certification Test.

"This book is a must-have for developers who want to jumpstart their EJB development process. Ed Roman shows the right way to use the J2EE technology with in-depth examples and coding patterns from the real world. We recommend this book as part of our education materials for both in-house staff and customer engagements." - William W. Lee, Chief Technology Officer, The Theory Center What some are calling the best thing to happen to enterprise programming since Java itself, Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) radically streamlines the server-side application development process. In this book, you'll learn EJB from a developer's perspective---the author cuts through the marketing hype and shows you both the good and the bad in developing real-world EJB applications. You'll learn everything you need to jumpstart your EJB development, --from understanding the basics of the EJB architecture, to developing transactional, scalable, and secure multi-user enterprise applications. After reading this book, you'll know how to: * Develop with both EJB 1.0 as well as the new EJB 1.1 standard * Master the technologies that complement EJB: Java RMI, RMI-IIOP, JTA, JNDI, CORBA, and XML. E(each of these topics is covered in full) * Develop with both bean types: session beans (stateful and stateless), and entity beans (bean-managed and container-managed persistent) * Design, implement, and deploy a real-world e-commerce system, with a total of nine enterprise beans and seven Java servlets * Avoid pitfalls that could make your code non-portable across EJB servers * Make an educated EJB server purchase decision The CD-ROM provides you with: * An immense amount of sample code that you can extend for your own needs * A trial of the BEA WebLogic EJB server for getting started right away On the companion Web site you'll find: * Updates to the book * A treasure trove of links to EJB and J2EE resources