December 2017
Intermediate to advanced
372 pages
8h 46m
English
Content preview from Java EE 8 Application Development
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Java EE, J2EE, and the Spring framework
Java EE was introduced back in 2006; the first version of Java EE was Java EE 5. Java EE replaced J2EE; the last version of J2EE was J2EE 1.4, released back in 2003. Even though J2EE can be considered a dead technology, replaced by Java EE over 11 years ago, the term J2EE refuses to die. Many individuals to this day still refer to Java EE as J2EE; many companies advertise on their websites and job boards that they are looking for "J2EE developers", seemingly unaware that they are referring to a technology that has been dead for several years. The correct term is and has been for a long time, Java EE.
Additionally, the term J2EE has become a "catch-all" term for any server-side Java technology; frequently ...