The first book that shows how to harness the full power of open-source tools to build a free J2EE development platform without using any commercial products Tools covered include Apache Tomcat, Struts, Jetspeed, MySQL, Joram, and jBoss Shows developers how to integrate all of the most popular open-source tools into a single, integrated platform Companion Web site provides source code plus a fully working example of the development platform created in the book

Discover how to develop full-scale J2EE?TM applications quickly and efficiently using the best Open Source tools Written by leading authorities in the field, this book shows you how to leverage a suite of best-of-breed Open Source development tools to take the pain out of J2EE and build a complete Web-based application. You'll combine these tools to actually reduce the points of failure in your application, while increasing overall system stability and robustness. Along with the tools introduced here, you'll develop the PetSoar application, which follows the PetStore application used by Sun Microsystems to demonstrate features of J2EE. With PetSoar, the authors focus on developing a maintainable and flexible application, rather than showcasing the end result, so that you can apply the material in your own projects. In addition, the authors provide methods for utilizing Open Source software components for each stage of the development process. The Open Source products covered include: * Hibernate to aid with simple,flexible, and speedy transparent object persistence * OpenSymphony WebWork to allow for pluggable view technologies and extensible configuration * JUnit and Mock Objects to assist with rapid and robust unit testing * XDoclet to assist with generating code and configuration files automatically * Jakarta Lucene to add Google-style smart search capabilities to data stores * OpenSymphony SiteMesh to aid in the creation of large sites with a common look and feel * OpenSymphony OSCache to easily cache slow dynamic sections of Web sites resulting in faster-loading pages

"This book covers strategies on using and evaluating open source products for online teaching and learning systems"--Provided by publisher.

"Packed with real-world code examples and in-depth case studies accompanied by fully working applications, this book introduces the many new features of JSP 2.0 while emphasizing good Web development practices. - Along the way, you'll examine how JSP interacts with other Enterprise Java technologies and you'll be challenged to apply your new JSP programming skills to real-world projects. - "This book is for novice programmers who have basic programming experience either in Java or a Web scripting language and want to become fluent in JSP."--BOOK JACKET.

What is this book about? Open source technology enables you to build customizedenterprise portal frameworks with more flexibility and fewerlimitations. This book explains the fundamentals of a powerful setof open source tools and shows you how to use them. An outstanding team of authors provides a complete tutorial andreference guide to Java Portlet API, Lucene, James, and Slide,taking you step-by-step through constructing and deploying portalapplications. You trace the anatomy of a search engine andunderstand the Lucene query syntax, set up Apache Jamesconfiguration for a variety of servers, explore object torelational mapping concepts with Jakarta OJB, and acquire manyother skills necessary to create J2EE portals uniquely suited tothe needs of your organization. Loaded with code-intensive examples of portal applications, thisbook offers you the know-how to free your development process fromthe restrictions of pre-packaged solutions. What does this book cover? Here's what you will learn in this book: How to evaluate business requirements and plan the portal How to develop an effective browser environment How to provide a search engine, messaging, database inquiry,and content management services in an integrated portalapplication How to develop Web services for the portal How to monitor, test, and administer the portal How to create portlet applications compliant with the JavaPortlet API How to reduce the possibility of errors while managing theportal to accommodate change How to plan for the next generation application portal Who is this book for? This book is for professional Java developers who have someexperience in portal development and want to take advantage of theoptions offered by open source tools.

What is this book about? The Extreme Programming (XP) methodology enables you to build and test enterprise systems quickly without sacrificing quality. In the last few years, open source developers have created or significantly improved a host of Java XP tools, from XDoclet, Maven, AntHill, and Eclipse to Ant, JUnit, and Cactus. This practical, code-intensive guide shows you how to put these tools to work — and capitalize on the benefits of Extreme Programming. Using an example pet store application, our expert Java developers demonstrate how to harness the latest versions of Ant and XDoclet for automated building and continuous integration. They then explain how to automate the testing process using JUnit, Cactus, and other tools, and to enhance project management and continuous integration through Maven and AntHill. Finally, they show you how to work with XP tools in the new Eclipse IDE. Complete with real-world advice on how to implement the principles and practices of effective developers, this book delivers everything you need to harness the power of Extreme Programming in your own projects. What does this book cover? Here are some of the things you'll find out about in this book: How to automate the building of J2EE apps and components with Ant and XDoclet Techniques for automating Java testing using JUnit Procedures for automating servlet, JSP, and other J2EE testing using Cactus Ways to automate Swing testing with Jemmy, JFCUnit, and Abbot How to manage projects using Maven Techniques for automating continuous integration with AntHill and Cruise Control How to harness plugins for JUnit, Cactus, and Ant in the Eclipse IDE Ways to implement Extreme Programming best practices Who is this book for? This book is for enterprise Java developers who have a general familiarity with the XP methodology and want to put leading Java XP tools to work in the development process.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computer Aided Systems Theory, EUROCAST 2007. Coverage in the 144 revised full papers presented includes formal approaches, computation and simulation in modeling biological systems, intelligent information processing, heuristic problem solving, signal processing architectures, robotics and robotic soccer, cybercars and intelligent vehicles and artificial intelligence components.