Rich Client Programming: Plugging into the NetBeans(TM) Platform

The open-source NetBeans Platform is an extraordinarily powerful framework for building “write once, run anywhere” rich client applications. Now, for the first time since the release of NetBeans IDE 5.0, there’s a comprehensive guide to rich client development on the NetBeans Platform.

Written for Java developers and architects who have discovered that basic Swing components are not enough for them, this book will help you get started with NetBeans module development, master NetBeans’ key APIs, and learn proven techniques for building reliable desktop software. Each chapter is filled with practical, step-by-step instructions for creating complete rich client applications on top of the NetBeans Platform and plugins for NetBeans IDE.

SOA Using Java(TM) Web Services

SOA Using Java™ Web Services is a hands-on guide to implementing Web services and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) with today’s Java EE 5 and Java SE 6 platforms. Author Mark Hansen presents in explicit detail the information that enterprise developers and architects need to succeed, from best-practice design techniques to state-of-the-art code samples.

Hansen covers creating, deploying, and invoking Web services that can be composed into loosely coupled SOA applications. He begins by reviewing the “big picture,” including the challenges of Java-based SOA development and the limitations of traditional approaches. Next, he systematically introduces the latest Java Web Services (JWS) APIs and walks through creating Web services that integrate into a comprehensive SOA solution. Finally, he shows how application frameworks based on JWS can streamline the entire SOA development process and introduces one such framework: SOA-J.

Pro JSF and Ajax: Building Rich Internet Components

Pro JSF and Ajax shows you how to leverage the full potential of JavaServer Faces (JSF) and Ajax. This is not an entry-level tutorial, but a book about building Ajax-enabled JSF components for sophisticated, enterprise-level Rich Internet Applications. Written by JSF experts and verified by established community figuresincluding Adam Winer (member of the JSF Expert Group, Java Champion), Kito D. Mann (JSFCentral.com and JSF in Action), and Matthias Weßendorf (MyFaces)this JSF 1.2-compatible book provides reliable and groundbreaking JSF components to help you exploit the power of JSF in your Java web applications.

The Definitive Guide to Grails

The Definitive Guide to Grails, by Grails lead Graeme Rocher, is for anyone
looking for a more agile approach to web development with a dynamic
scripting language such as Groovy. It will show you the new direction web
frameworks are taking and specifically how a dynamic scripting language
like Groovy can be harnessed on the JavaTM platform for productive Grails
development.
This book takes you through the Grails development life cycle, including
its project infrastructure, screen generation, full automatic object
mapping to relational database systems, and a flexible, easy-to-use web
layer.

The Definitive Guide to Grails

The Definitive Guide to Grails, by Grails lead Graeme Rocher, is for anyone
looking for a more agile approach to web development with a dynamic
scripting language such as Groovy. It will show you the new direction web
frameworks are taking and specifically how a dynamic scripting language
like Groovy can be harnessed on the JavaTM platform for productive Grails
development.
This book takes you through the Grails development life cycle, including
its project infrastructure, screen generation, full automatic object
mapping to relational database systems, and a flexible, easy-to-use web
layer.

Ajax on Java

This practical guide shows you how to make your Java web applications more responsive and dynamic by incorporating new Ajaxian features, including suggestion lists, drag-and-drop, and more. Java developers can choose between many different ways of incorporating Ajax, from building JavaScript into your applications “by hand” to using the new Google Web Toolkit (GWT).

Ajax on Java starts with an introduction to Ajax, showing you how to write some basic applications that use client-side JavaScript to request information from a Java servlet and display it without doing a full page reload. It also presents several strategies for communicating between the client and the server, including sending raw data, and using XML or JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) for sending more complex collections of data.