Java Enterprise best practices.

Java developers typically go through four "stages' in mastering Java. In the first stage, they learn the language itself. In the second stage, they study the APIS. In the third stage, they become proficient in the environment. It is in the fourth stage--"the expert stage'--where things really get interesting. 'Java Enterprise Best Practices" by the O'Reilly Java Authors is the tangible compendium of experience that developers need to breeze through this fourth and final stage of Java Enterprise mastery. Until recently, Java developers in the fourth stage of mastery have had to rely on the advice of a loosely knit community of fellow developers, time-consuming online searches for examples or suggestions for the immediate problem they faced, and, of course, tedious trial-and-error. But since Java has grown to include a huge number of APIS, classes, and methods, it's simply too large for even the most intrepid developer to know it all. The need for a written compendium of J2EE Best Practices has never been greater.