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Rapid J2EE Development: An Adaptive Foundation for Enterprise Applications
By Alan Monnox
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Publisher: Pearson PTR
Pub Date: March 10, 2005
Print ISBN: 0-13-147220-8
Pages: 432

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		Praise for Rapid J2EE Development
		Hewlett-Packard® Professional Books
		Preface
			What Is This Book About?
			Who Should Read This Book?
			How This Book Is Organized
			About the Software
			What This Book Contains
		Acknowledgments
		About the Author
		Part I:  Adaptive Processes
			Chapter 1.  A J2EE Adaptive Foundation
				The Need for Rapid Development
				The Enterprise Challenge
				The J2EE Platform
				Defining an Adaptive Foundation
				Laying the Foundations for Rapid Development
				Foundation Investment Benefits
				Critical Success Factors
				Summary
			Chapter 2.  Rapid Application Development
				Common Elements of RAD
				Working with Prototypes
				Summary
			Chapter 3.  Embracing Adaptive Methods
				Why Use a Methodology?
				The Waterfall Lifecycle Model
				Iterative Development
				Introducing RUP
				Agile Methods
				Introducing XP
				Summary
		Part II:  Agile Architectures
			Chapter 4.  Designing for Rapidity
				Architecture and Design Objectives
				RAD Architecture and Design
				Approaches to J2EE Architecture
				Summary
			Chapter 5.  Modeling Software
				Why Model?
				Multiple Views of Architecture
				The Unified Modeling Language
				Common Failings
				Modeling Tools
				Why Modeling Tools Fail
				Succeeding with Modeling Tools
				Summary
			Chapter 6.  Code Generation
				What Is Code Generation?
				Passive Code Generators
				Active Code Generators
				Attribute-Oriented Programming
				Introducing XDoclet
				Working with Actively Generated Code
				Summary
			Chapter 7.  Rapidity and the Database
				The Database Dilemma
				Data Access Options
				Code Generation and O/R Mapping
				Setting Up the Database
				Generating the Persistence Layer
				Summary
			Chapter 8.  Model-Driven Architecture
				The Promise of MDA
				MDA Explained
				MDA Versus Traditional Modeling
				MDA Compliant Tools
				MDA with AndroMDA
				Summary
		Part III:  Rapid Languages
			Chapter 9.  Scripting
				Why Use a Scripting Language?
				Features of a Scripting Language
				Introducing Jython
				A Groovy Alternative
				Summary
			Chapter 10.  Working to Rule
				Business Rules
				Business Rules in Software
				Rule Engines
				Introducing Jess
				The Java Rule-Engine API
				Enterprise-Level Rule Engines
				Summary
			Chapter 11.  Aspect-Oriented Programming
				Why AOP?
				AOP Explained
				Introducing AspectJ
				Language Versus Framework
				Introducing AspectWerkz
				Adopting Aspects
				Summary
		Part IV:  Dynamic Environments
			Chapter 12.  Optimal Builds
				Time and Motion
				The Build Process
				Introducing Ant
				Minimal Builds with Ant
				Working with Subprojects
				Viewing Build Dependencies
				Standard Build Targets
				Project Organization
				Integration with IDEs
				Extending Ant with Jython
				Summary
			Chapter 13.  The Integrated Development Environment
				Why Use an IDE?
				Introducing Eclipse
				IDE Features for Enterprise Development
				Debugging J2EE Applications with Eclipse
				Summary
			Chapter 14.  Test-Driven Development
				Testing as a Development Paradigm
				Introducing JUnit
				Generating Unit Tests
				Testing from the Inside Out
				Summary
			Chapter 15.  Efficient Quality Assurance
				Quality Assurance
				Automated Testing
				Functional Testing
				Introducing HttpUnit
				Load and Stress Testing
				Introducing JMeter
				JMeter Guidelines
				Summary
		Appendix A.  Acronyms
		Appendix B.  Bibliography
		Index