A pretty solid book with a lot of breadth and fair bit of depth

This book tries to be a compendium of best practices across a lot of Enterprise Java (JMX, Servlets, JSPs, XML, EJB etc.) and it does succeed quite well. With different authors writing different chapters you get quite an expert view into each area.
Nothing earth shattering here - a good book for those making the transition from programmer to developer or senior developer: stuff you really should know as you write and design your own modules.

Other Reviews

• A pretty solid book with a lot of breadth and fair bit of depth
• Just what the doctor ordered !!
• The Servlet chapter rocks!!!
• excellent source when time is not on your side
• Good reference for Java architects and sys. designers.