What this book covers

Chapter 1, Introduction to Java EE, provides a brief introduction to Java EE, explaining how it is developed as a community effort. It also clears some common misconceptions about Java EE.

Chapter 2, JavaServer Faces, covers the development of web applications using JSF, including features such as HTML5 friendly markup and Faces Flows.

Chapter 3, Object Relational Mapping with JPA, discusses how to develop code that interacts with a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) such as Oracle or MySQL through the Java Persistence API.

Chapter 4, Enterprise JavaBeans, explains how to develop applications using both session and message-driven beans. Major EJB features such as transaction management, the EJB timer service, and security are covered.

Chapter 5, Contexts and Dependency Injection,  discusses CDI-named beans, dependency injection using CDI and CDI qualifiers, as well as CDI-event functionality.

Chapter 6, JSON Processing with JSON-B  and JSON-P, explains how to generate and parse JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) data using the JSON-P API, and the new JSON-B API.

Chapter 7, WebSocket, explains how to develop web-based applications featuring full duplex communication between the browser and the server, as opposed to relying on the traditional HTTP request/response cycle.

Chapter 8,  Java Message Service, discusses how to develop messaging applications using the completely revamped JMS 2.0 API.

Chapter 9, Securing Java EE Applications, covers how to secure Java EE applications via the new Java EE 8 security API.

Chapter 10, RESTful Web Services with JAX-RS, discusses how to develop RESTful web services via the Java API for RESTful web services, as well as how to develop RESTful web service clients via the brand new standard JAX-RS client API. The chapter also covers server-sent events, a new JAX-RS feature introduced in Java EE 8.

Chapter 11, Microservices Development with Java EE, explains how to develop microservices by leveraging Java EE 8 APIs.

Chapter 12, Web Services with JAX-WS, explains how to develop SOAP-based web services via the Java API for XML Web Services.

Chapter 13, Servlet Development and Deployment, explains how to develop server-side functionality in Java EE applications via the Servlet API.

Appendix,  Configuring and Deploying to GlassFish, explains how to configure GlassFish so that we can use it to deploy our applications, as well as various methods we can use to deploy our applications to GlassFish.