Seam Framework: Experience the Evolution of Java EE (JBoss Series) by Michael Juntao Yuan, Thomas Heute, Jacob Orshalick

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Synopsis

The #1 Guide to Seam Web Development–Now Fully Updated for Seam 2.x’s Major Enhancements

Since its introduction, the Seam Framework has simplified Java enterprise Web development for thousands of programmers and significantly influenced the broader Java Enterprise Edition platform. Now, the authors of the leading guide to Seam programming have systematically updated it to reflect the major improvements introduced with Seam 2.x.

The authors–all key Seam project contributors–teach Seam 2.x through detailed example applications that reveal how Seam simplifies many tasks that were previously difficult or impractical. Their robust descriptions are complemented by in-depth feature discussions that demonstrate how to use Seam’s power to the fullest. Whether you’re new to Seam programming or a seasoned Seam developer who wants to achieve deeper mastery of Seam 2.x, this bookwill be an indispensable resource.

Coverage includes

• How Seam integrates standard and leading-edge Java EE technologies into a consistent, unified, programming model

• Deploying Seam with Java EE 5.0, J2EE 1.4, and “plain” Tomcat servers
• Utilizing improvements to Seam’s conversation model, transaction management, and other features
• Enhancing security, performing end-to-end validation, and providing custom exception pages
• Using Quartz to execute timer jobs in your application
• Generating bookmarkable RESTful Web pages the easy way
• Developing highly scalable applications with Seam 2.x’s newmulti-layer caching
• Simplifying development with Groovy, the scripting language that runs directly on the JVM
• Using jBPM business processes to improve page flow
• Previewing Web Beans (JSR-299), the future core of Seam that will transform Java EE Web development

Biography

Michael Yuan currently works at eZee, Inc., developing a large scale mobile marketing system based on the Seam Framework. He contributes code to the Seam project and writes about Seam on his blog. Formerly technical product manager at Red Hat’s JBoss division, Yuan is author of Enterprise J2ME (Addison-Wesley, 2004) and Nokia Smartphone Hacks (O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005).

Jacob Orshalick, an independent consultant on enterprise Java projects, contributes actively to Seam and writes about Seam and Java EE technologies.

Thomas Heute, formerly JBoss Seam Framework co-leader at JBoss, Inc., now works on the JBoss Portal team. He previously worked in advanced research for the National Institute of Standards and Technology and National Security Agency.