David Salter has a nice review of the recently published GlassFish book (see previous post).

The approach sounds pragmatic for both Java EE and GlassFish covering from basic webapp definition to GlassFish installation & testing. It also mentions JMS, JAX-WS, security realms and third party frameworks (Seam, facelets, ...) usage & configuration. Overall a very positive review closing with the book being a highly recommended book for developers who are new to Java EE 5 development or the GlassFish Application Server

Have you bought/read the book?

Prefer to get your information in ink and cellulose? Then your lucky day is coming--sometime in September. That's when David Heffelfinger says that his new book, Java EE 5 Development using GlassFish Application Server, will be published. It's billed as "The complete guide to installing and configuring the GlassFish Application Server and developing Java EE 5 applications to be deployed to this server." The publisher, Packt, has focused on open source subjects since being founded in 2004. They're currently offering a 20% pre-order discount, plus free shipping to many countries.

Mark is a frequent contributor to the GlassFish mailing lists (posts@USERS) and also a book author. His latest book is titled SOA Using Java Web Services and it is a hands-on programmer's guide to implementing Web services and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) using Java EE 5 and Java SE 6. Mark is using GlassFish for his examples, and the book is doing very well, being one of the Top Sellers at JavaOne. Check out the Book's Web Site and TOC. You can buy the book at your favorite local technical bookstore, or online at many places, including Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Prentice Hall.

Sun USA shuts down between Christmas and New Year and I'm going to do very little blogging during this period and rather will recharget batteries, read a few books, clean house, be with the family... I'll also need to work on my badminton clears. The gym has been colder recently and I've been playing with the strings at the tension that my son uses (26lbs) and I can't cheat any longer... I'll get a few lessons from him and will see if that helps :-).

The Java EE 5 Tutorial has been available online for a while, but on Nov 6th (2006) it also went on-print. It should be available for purchase at technical bookstores and online - see for example at Amazon.Com.