[...]... gratitude to my editor Steve Anglin for pushing me to write and finish the work you’re holding Along with Steve, I would like to send a million thanks to the tireless team at Apress, including project manager Kylie Johnston, production editor Katie Stence, copy editor Hastings Hart, and fellow author and technical reviewer Dilip Thomas I’d also like to thank Joseph Nusairat for his contributions to the... learn about the lightweight frameworks and tools that I use in my day -to- day work and that I only not need but enjoy using Who This Book Is For This book targets beginning to intermediate Java developers looking to build enterprise Web applications with the latest offerings from the open source Java community In this book you’ll explore different approaches to building a Java Web application using a... reasons for this is the lack of tools that cover the many aspects of Java EE development It is in this area that open source enterprise Java tools and frameworks are emerging to help bridge the gap Learning how to build enterprise applications with a combination of open source frameworks and tools provides a low-cost, low-risk, ideal prototyping environment in which to master distributed computing... presentations From the collected documents, content must be created and also maintained as the source documents change Aside from the document management needs, facilities must be provided for attendees to register and manage the schedule of events they plan to attend At this time it’s also crucial to provide information in a timely manner to make the process of registering and getting to the conference... to obtain driving directions or information about special conference rates for travel and hotel accommodations Conference The information needs at conference time are crucial to the success of the conference Satisfied attendees are more likely to return the following year Being able to cut through the noise, pinpoint areas of interest, and choose sessions to attend are factors of great importance to. .. execution, and maintenance of technology conferences These products are to be sold as a collection of components or subsystems that can be adapted to the particular needs of a customer The separation of roles and functionality needs to be clear in order to have a system that can be easily customized and enhanced It’s important for the system to account for the fact that attendees and presenters are geographically... provided for conference administrators to gather statistics and performance indicators for the conference These tools should be able to provide a snapshot view of the overall health and success indicators of the conference 7 Sam-Bodden_596-3 C01.fm Page 8 Wednesday, February 22, 2006 6:01 AM 8 CHAPTER 1 ■ INTRODUCTION Architectural Requirements Architectural requirements refer to the infrastructure needs... departments, it started to face fierce competition in the wild It had to run on Pearls, fight Pythons and lately tried to avoid the red light at the end of the tunnel (is that a Ruby on Rails?) Fortunately for us the elephant went on a diet by staying away from the Sun ;-) Today we can build Java applications with a similar level of agility as that showcased by the scripting language camps POJOs are not a... with the heartbeat of the conference At the beginning of the conference, attendees need to be checked in and given conference badges Changes or updates to any sessions or presentations need to be communicated effectively in order for attendees to manage their schedules Postconference Once the conference has closed its doors, a large amount of work remains to be performed Attendees are now alumni, and... important to alumni and future attendees of a technology conference There should be a bridge from the topics and content of previous conferences to ongoing and future conferences Sam-Bodden_596-3 C01.fm Page 5 Wednesday, February 22, 2006 6:01 AM CHAPTER 1 ■ INTRODUCTION In the realm of document management, these requirements translate to the management of the transition of dynamic documents into static . h0" alt="" Beginning POJOs From Novice to Professional ■■■ Brian Sam-Bodden Sam-Bodden_596-3 FRONT.fm Page i Friday, February 24, 2006 9:59 AM Beginning POJOs: From Novice to Professional. I would like to extend my gratitude to my editor Steve Anglin for pushing me to write and finish the work you’re holding. Along with Steve, I would like to send a million thanks to the tireless. Johnston, production editor Katie Stence, copy editor Hastings Hart, and fellow author and technical reviewer Dilip Thomas. I’d also like to thank Joseph Nusairat for his contributions to the