Using Sun Microsystems' J2EE SDK

Before you can start coding real J2EE applications, you need a J2EE implementation and a Java development environment, such as Sun Microsystems JDK or a Java Integrated Development Environment (IDE). This book uses the Sun Microsystems' J2EE SDK, which is a complete reference implementation of J2EE. It includes all the classes, containers, and tools you need to learn J2EE.

To run the example code provided on the CD-ROM accompanying this book, you will also need to install a sample database. Installing the sample database is described in the Exercise at the end of this day's lesson. But now, to give you some hands-on work before you study the theory behind J2EE, you will install the J2EE SDK 1.3 on your workstation. ...

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