Beginning with expert guidance tier web technology, including JavaServer Faces and Facelets, this book also covers building web services using JAX-WS and JAX-RS, developing business logic with Enterprise JavaBeans components, access the database using the Java Persistence API, secure web and enterprise application, and Context Dependency Injection use and for the Java EE platform. This edition contains extensive new material throughout, including detailed introductions to the latest API and platform features, and instructions for using the latest version of GlassFish Server Open Source Edition and the NetBeans IDE. The main platform features covered include Convention over configuration, so developers only need to specify the aspects of different application of the Convention Annotated POJOs (Plain Old Java Objects) with optional XML configuration Simple yet more flexible packaging Lightweight Web Profile that is ideal for developing web applications Java Series? From the Source Since 1996, when Addison-Wesley published the first edition of the Java Programming Language by Ken Arnold and James Gosling, this series has become the place to go for complete, expert, and definitive information on Java technology.