Summary

Further reading and references
There are many resources available on and off the Internet to learn about Enterprise JavaBeans technology. Below is a sampling of the available Web sites, Sun's documentation pages for related EJB technologies, and printed books. developerWorks tutorials and articles

* "Introduction to Enterprise JavaBeans" tutorial
* "Efficient Entity EJB development"
* "What are EJB components?, part 1 , part 2 , and part 3 "
* "Developing enterprise beans with VisualAge for Java"
* "Read all about EJB 2.0" (JavaWorld reprint)
* "Enterprise JavaBeans: Answers to every developer's top questions"

Web sites

The following sites have product information as well as white papers on EJB technology, Java application servers, and other distributed technologies:

* Sun Microsystems, Inc. EJB vendor list
* Object Management Group, Inc.
* EJB-INTEREST -- EJB mailing list archive
* EJBNow -- a resource for EJB technology developers
* jGuru's EJB technology FAQ

Documentation and specifications

java.sun.com , the Sun Microsystems Web site for Java technology, includes a Products and APIs page packed with links to Java enterprise-related products, APIs, and general information, including:

* EJB
* J2EE
* Writing Enterprise Applications with J2EE
* JNDI
* Servlet API
* JDBC API
* Java Transaction API
* Java Transaction Service
* RMI over IIOP compiler

Books

Recent books with Enterprise JavaBeans and distributed computing technology themes include:

* Monson-Haefel, R. " Enterprise JavaBeans ," second edition. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly & Associates, 2000, ISBN: 1-56592-869-5.

* Roman, E. " Mastering Enterprise JavaBeans and the Java 2 Platform ." New York:
John Wiley & Sons, 1999, ISBN: 0-471-33229-1.

* Farley, J. " Java Distributed Computing ." Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly & Associates, 1998, ISBN: 1-56592-206-9.

* David Flanagan, et al. " Java Enterprise in a Nutshell : A Desktop Quick Reference ." New York: O'Reilly & Associates; ISBN: 1-56592-483-5.

* Orfali, R., Harkey, D., and Edwards, J. " The Client/Server Survival Guide, 3rd Ed. " New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1999, ISBN: 0-471-31615-6.

Miscellaneous

Database-related issues are discussed in Chris Date's classic text:

* Date, C. " An Introduction to Database Systems, 7th Ed. " Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1999, ISBN: 0-201-38590-2.

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