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P. SpäthBeginning Jakarta EEhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5079-2_1

1. Java Development, Enterprise Needs

Peter Späth1 
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Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany
 

In a corporate environment, a programming language and software platform like Java has to fulfill a couple of needs that are important to running a business. It has to be able to connect to one or more databases, reliably establish communication with other IT-based systems in the same company or connected businesses, and be powerful enough to consistently handle input and perform calculations based on both input and database data, as well as present the appropriate output to clients. As a cross-concern, security also plays an important role: an authentication process needs to be ...

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