Afterword

This book has presented an overview of application design and development with the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition. It's goal has been to introduce enterprise developers to the concepts and technology used in designing applications for the J2EE platform, and to give a practical example of a typical enterprise application.

While this book explores many of the key decisions to be made in the applica-tion development process, it is necessarily limited in scope. The J2EE BluePrints program is intended to expand on this effort. It's goal is to provide developers using the J2EE platform with ongoing help in designing applications that best use the architecture and features of the platform.

The J2EE BluePrints program will include a Web site, additional publications in various venues, and ultimately, additional books in the Addison-Wesley Java Series. For the latest information on designing enterprise applications with the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition, be sure to regularly check the J2EE Blue-prints Web site at http://java.sun.com/j2ee/blueprints.

Your comments on this book and your requests for coverage of additional topics are important to the success of the J2EE BluePrints program. Please send your feedback to j2eeblueprints-feedback@sun.com.