Arun Gupta - Java EE and HTML5 Enterprise Application Development

Java EE and HTML5 Enterprise Application Development

Java EE and HTML5 Enterprise Application Development

John Brock

Arun Gupta

Geertjan Wielenga

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For my wife Lisa: Thanks for encouraging me to take on this project, and putting up with all the long nights and mood swings that came with it.

John

To my lovely wife Menka and wonderful boys Aditya and Mihir for their support and encouragement.

Arun

To my wife Hermine! Also to NetBeans users everywherehope you have fun and learn a lot while you work through this book.

Geertjan

About the Authors

John Brock is a Principal Product Manager for Oracle Corporation. John has over 15 years experience working with web application development. While working at Sun Microsystems, he was responsible for identifying emerging Internet technologies and how they could potentially interact with the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). John has worked with development teams from JRuby, Jython, Groovy, JavaFX, and more. His current focus is on HTML5 application development, and he is the product manager for the HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3 features of NetBeans IDE. John can easily be reached at @peppertech.

Arun Gupta is Director of Developer Advocacy at Red Hat and focuses on building community around JBoss Middleware. As a founding member of the Java EE team at Sun Microsystems, he spread the love for technology all around the world. At Oracle, Arun led a cross-functional team to drive the global launch of the Java EE 7 platform through strategy, planning, and execution of content, marketing campaigns, and programs. Arun has extensive speaking experience, including appearances in 37 countries speaking on myriad topics, and is a JavaOne Rockstar. An author of a best-selling book, an avid runner, a globe trotter, and a Java Champion, he is easily accessible at @arungupta.

Geertjan Wielenga is a Principal Product Manager for Oracle Corporation. Geertjan has worked in the software industry since 1996. While at Sun Microsystems, he worked on the documentation of a range of technologies, primarily in the Java EE and web areas, developed tutorials, and contributed to published books. Geertjan is a passionate advocate of NetBeans as a central solution to tooling requirements for web-based technologies. He also promotes the NetBeans Platform as a stable and versatile solution for large Java desktop applications. He is currently a product manager assigned to the external evangelism of NetBeans IDE.

About the Technical Editor

John Yeary is a Principal Software Engineer on Epiphany CRM Marketing at Infor Global Solutions. John has been a Java evangelist and has been working with Java since 1995. John is a technical blogger with a focus on Java Enterprise Edition technology, NetBeans, and GlassFish. John is currently the President of the Greenville Java Users Group (GreenJUG), and is its founder. He is an instructor, a mentor, and a prolific open source contributor.

John graduated from Maine Maritime Academy with a B.Sc. Marine Engineering with a concentration in mathematics. He is a Merchant Marine officer, and has a number of licenses and certifications. When he is not doing Java and F/OSS projects, he likes to hike, sail, travel, and spend time with his family. John is also the Assistant Cubmaster in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) Pack 833, Unit Commissioner, and Southbounder District Chairman for Activities and Civic Service in the Blue Ridge Council of the BSA.