Professional Oracle® WebLogic Server

Introduction

Professional Oracle WebLogic Server is different from other books about WebLogic Server and Java EE technologies.

First, it is an advanced-level book designed to complement the Oracle online documentation and other introductory books on Java EE and WebLogic Server technologies, providing intermediate- to advancedlevel developers, architects, and administrators with in-depth coverage of key Java EE development and deployment topics. We skip the basic material, avoid duplicating basic references or information easily obtained elsewhere, and focus on information and techniques not available anywhere else. Written by a team of Oracle insiders and experts in the development of enterprise-class Java EE applications, this book starts where other books and references stop.

Second, this is a book with an opinion. Rather than simply articulating the options available to solve a given problem and leaving it up to you to decide, we share our thought process and give you concrete recommendations and best practices for use in your own application-development and administration efforts. Different design solutions, architectures, construction techniques, deployment options, and management techniques are presented and explained — but we do not stop there. We go on and explain the benefits of a given alternative and when to use it. We want you to understand not just how things can be done, but also how they should be done.

Finally, the primary example application built and described in ...