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Book Description

Apache Tomcat (or simply Tomcat) is an open source servlet container developed by the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). The latest major stable release, Apache Tomcat version 7 implements the Servlet 3 and JavaServer Pages 2 specifications from the Java Community Process, and includes many additional features that make it a useful platform for developing and deploying web applications and web services.

Apache Tomcat 7 Essentials follows a practical approach to teach installing, configuring, and maintaining Tomcat. It helps you to understand the middle architecture for hosting multiple websites and also provides the confidence to implement middleware support. It imparts to you the capacity to resolve migration issues and also provides regular maintenance solutions. This is the first and only book to cover upgrading to Tomcat 7 from previous versions.

The journey of the reader starts at the beginner level and ends at the expert level. The content is designed in such a way that it balances the theory and practical approach for understanding concepts related to handling middle ware and web issues.

In this book, you will go through a three-phase life cycle. The first cycle consists of installation, configuration of Tomcat 7 on different OS, and other configurations related to JDBC, port, deployment etc.

The second phase deals with the building of enterprise application setup Download Now »

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Java 7 is a major update that includes a lot of exciting new language improvements such as support for type inference and improved exception handling. Other new features include the ability to work with symbolic links, a greatly simplified directory traversal technique, and the monitoring of file creation and deletion. Improvements in event handling, security, and concurrent processing have also been added

Java 7 New Features Cookbook is your go-to guide to learn about all the new exciting features Java 7 has to offer with a very practical recipe-based approach.

The book starts with coverage of the new language improvements. Subsequent chapters address the new features of Java 7 while incorporating these new language improvements when possible.

The new NIO techniques provide enhanced capabilities which are complemented by the new try-with-resources block and enhanced generic support. The new JLayer decorator and improved window methods enhance the developer’s ability to create GUI applications.

The Java 7 New Features Cookbook provides a comprehensive coverage of the exciting features in Java 7.

What you will learn from this book

• Use new Java language improvements such as improved exception handling techniques and better support for literals Download Now »

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Spring Web Services is a product of the Spring community focused on creating document-driven Web services.

Spring Web Services aims to facilitate contract-first SOAP service development, allowing for the creation of flexible web services using one of the many ways to manipulate XML payloads.

This comprehensive guide — which provides professional expertise on a variety of technical topics right from setting-up a contract-first Web-Service, creating client of a Web-Service to serialization, monitoring, testing and security using Spring-WS — helps you enhance your skills in Spring Web Services.

Spring Web Services 2 Cookbook includes a wide variety of recipes that covers most important topics used in real-world applications. It is a well-rounded guide covering a lot of ground in the Spring Web Services domain using systematic arranged chapters and focused recipes.

The book begins with setting up a contract first Web Service over various protocols such as JMS, XMPP, and Email. The next chapter targets creating clients for SOAP Web Services. We then learn how to test and monitor the Web Service using tools like soapUI and TCPMon. Building on, logging, tracing and exception handling are detailed in the subsequent chapter. The book then covers marshalling and unmarshalling using different technologies like JAXB2, XMLBeans, JibX, XStream, MooseXML etc. Securing WebServices through authentication, authorization, encryption and decryption and digital signature using Spring-WS features based on XWSS and WSS4J Libraries is outlined in the next chapter two chapters. Download Now »

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Do you want to develop mobile apps with Java—and have them work on a variety of devices powered by iOS and Android? You’ve come to the right place.

This project-driven book shows you how to build portable apps with two amazing open source frameworks, Google Web Tools (GWT) and PhoneGap. With these tools, you’ll use learn how to write Java code that compiles into cross-platform Javascript and HTML, and discover how to take advantage of features in several popular devices, such as the camera, accelerometer, and GPS.

• Get started with GWT by building an example Twitter search app
• Build a example web app and adapt it for mobile with CSS
• Add touch centric controls with the GWT Mobile UI library
• Develop a working wine journal app that tracks a user’s GPS location
• Use techniques to make a mobile version of your web or desktop app
• Work with HTML5 Canvas to build a mobile video game
• Package your apps for iOS, webOS, and Android with PhoneGap

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Greetings, Mobile App Developers
Chapter 2. Getting Started with GWT
Chapter 3. Getting Started with PhoneGap Download Now »

Book Description

Java 7 Recipes offers solutions to common programming problems encountered every day while developing Java-based applications. Fully updated with the newest features and techniques available, Java 7 Recipes provides code examples involving Servlets, Java FX 2.0, XML, Java Swing, and much more. Content is presented in the popular problem-solution format: Look up the programming problem that you want to solve. Read the solution. Apply the solution directly in your own code. Problem solved!

The problem-solution approach sets Java 7 Recipes apart from other books on the topic. Java 7 Recipes is focused less on the language itself and more on what you can do with it that is useful. The book respects your time by always focusing on a task that you might want to perform using the language. Solutions come first. Explanations come later. You are free to crib from the book and apply the code examples directly to your own projects.

• Covers all-new release of Java: Java 7
• Focuses especially on up-and-coming technologies such as Java FX 2.0
• Respects your time by focusing on practical solutions you can implement in your own code

What you’ll learn

• Develop Java SE applications using the latest in Java SE technology
• Create great-looking user interfaces with Java Swing and Java FX 2.0
• Build web-based applications around Java Servlet technology Download Now »

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Java 7 Programming for Absolute Beginners introduces the new core, open source Java Development Kit. Its focus is on practical knowledge and its completeness—it provides all the bits and pieces an utter novice needs to get started programming in Java.

It seems as if everyone is writing applications or apps these days for Android, BlackBerry, and the enterprise—it’s where the money’s at. But, how do they do it? Well, it’s best to start by learning Java, one of the most popular programming languages around these days, still. Yes, that’s right.

This book:

• Teaches Java development in language anyone can understand, giving you the best possible start
• Provides simple, step-by-step examples that make learning easy, allowing you to pick up the concepts without fuss
• Offers clear code descriptions and layout so that you can get your code running as soon as possible

What you’ll learn

• How a computer processes programs
• Write a program in Java
• Debug a program
• Choose and manipulate the data structures that best match your purpose Download Now »