Let’s face it. Many of the standard GOF design patterns are hard to apply in the EJB world. The learning curve is steep and the mistakes can be very expensive. This book gives you everything you need to design, develop, deploy and maintain industry strength J2EE applications using EJB technology.

The book is divided into two parts. Part one - EJB Pattern Language is a repository of the true and the tried strategies such as Transaction and Persistence Patterns, Session Facade, and Message Facade, JDBC for reading, Versioning etc. Part Two - titled "Best Practices for EJB Design and Implementation" is a collection of idioms, tips, do's and dont's specific to EJB projects.

This book is a great working reference, every EJB developer must have on the bookshelf. For those who have just begun their journey through the J2EE land, getting started with "Mastering Enterprise JavasBeans-2nd Edition by Ed Roman" provides the required background.

The book comes with a nifty chart for quick reference. The implementations can be downloaded freely from theserverside.com.

(Ajith Kallambella - sheriff - April 2002)

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