Guidelines, Patterns, and code for end-to-end Java applications.
Are you developing enterprise applications? Web services? Wireless services? Are robustness, scalability, and portability important to you? Java technology can help, and we have the blueprints for you. Use the links below to find out more.

BluePrints Online

• The Java Pet Store Reference Application Released
  The Java BluePrints program released an early access Java Pet Store Reference Application. This application is designed to illustrate how the Java EE 5 Platform can be used to design and develop an AJAX-enabled Web application. The application comes with full source-code available under a BSD-style license, so you can experiment with it and use it in your own applications.
  
  
• Java BluePrints Solutions Catalog for Java EE 5 Early Access now available
  Check it out! The early access release of the Java BluePrints Solutions catalog for Java EE 5 is now available. Download it now and run it on the GlassFish Java EE 5 application server.
  
  
• Java Adventure Builder Reference application
  Check out the latest enhancements to this sample application which illustrates BluePrints guidelines and patterns for Web services.
  
  
• Java BluePrints AJAX Page
  Check this out. Java BluePrints has organized all of its AJAX for Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) content in one location.
  
  
• Java BluePrints Solutions Catalog for J2EE
  The Java BluePrints Solutions Catalog presents the latest BluePrints guidelines on designing AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) applications on the J2EE platfrom, service-oriented architectures (SOA), JavaServer Faces technology, business tier issues, and other J2EE platform topics. Each entry follows a problem-solution format which covers strategies, patterns, and design recommendations for a given problem.
  
  The catalog comes with a viewer application that is available for download or it is also available for online viewing at bpcatalog.dev.java.net.
  
  
• The Java BluePrints book Designing Web Services with J2EE JAX-RPC, SOAP, and XML Technologies
  is now available for free download in PDF format. This book provides the guidelines, patterns, and real-world examples architects and developers need for designing and integrating enterprise-level Web services using the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE). The book provides insight into the details behind the Java Adventure Builder Reference application.
  
  
• Designing Web Services with J2EE: JAX-RPC, SOAP, and XML Technologies
  Online version of the latest book on building Service Oriented Architectures using J2EE technologies from the J2EE BluePrints Team.
  
  
• BluePrints in J2EE SDK Samples bundle
  The Java Adventure Builder Reference application and the Java Pet Store Demo are available for download from the J2EE SDK Samples bundle.
  
  
• J2EE Design Patterns
  A palette of patterns you can use when building J2EE applications.
  
  
• Naming Conventions for Enterprise Applications, Early Access
  This document describes naming conventions for Enterprise Applications.
  
  
• Project Conventions for Enterprise Applications, Early Access
  This document describes project conventions for Enterprise Applications. The conventions in this document are intended to assist developers with organizing the files and directories associated with an application project in a logical fashion.
  
  
• Designing Enterprise Applications with the J2EE Platform, Second Edition
  Guidelines from the second edition of our best-selling book.
  Second Edition: Online | Download | Purchase

Site Contents

• Guidelines
  Guidelines from our articles, white papers, and best-selling book.
  
  
• Patterns
  Proven solutions to recurring design problems.
  
  
• Code
  Sample applications illustrating our guidelines and patterns.
  
  
• Q&A
  FAQs and discussions about our guidelines, patterns, and code.

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