Although the long-winded title, Professional Java 2 Enterprise Edition with BEA WebLogic Server is actually one of the better books that you can get to learn JSP-based programming with Java and Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs). By highlighting the practical things - including setting up and running BEA WebLogic Server popular, and benchmarking performance - the author manages to cover up the essence of EJB-based development in a friendly and intelligent style that is ideal for any Java EJB developers aim high. Focus on hands-on things starting with the installation and configuration of BEA WebLogic Server, one of the more widely used platform to run EJB applications. A benchmark (called Grinder) performance measures, with various options for EJBs running on WebLogic. The result is a solid glimpse into the choices that give the best performance in WebLogic. Besides covering the basics of building e-commerce applications by JSPS and EJBs, this book has a practical side that is really Dragan. - Richard Topics covered: Introduction to Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) Starting with BEA WebLogic Server: features and administration "Webifying" Introduction to an existing application for JavaServer Pages (JSPS) Overview of BEA dbKona and htmlKona for simple JSP / servlet, JSP development architecture (Model 1 and Model 2) Using Session beans Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs), including stateless session bean Agency (container-managed persistence and bean-managed) Convert ASP to JSPS Sending e-mail and Java Message Service Security issues for Web applications, including authentication, SSL, and the introduction of authorization for the Wireless Markup Language (WML) and wireless applications for Stress-testing the performance of Web applications Grinder (custom benchmarks to test performance) benchmark score comparison (comparing JVMs, stateful and stateless beans, entity beans, and choice of clustering up to 400 users) Case studies for the chain pizza stores with features of e-commerce and call center JSP syntax reference