Ryan clearly understands the GWT value proposition and how GWT
integrates into a diverse web technology stack-and not just in a
theoretical way. With the popularity of gpokr.com and kdice.com, Ryan
can speak with the authority of concrete success.”

-Bruce Johnson, creator of Google Web Toolkit

“This book distinguishes itself from other books on GWT in that it walks
through the entire process of building several nontrivial GWT
applications, not the toy applications that most books present.”

-R. Mark Volkmann, Object Computing, Inc.

“Google Web Toolkit Applications is an excellent resource for any GWT
developer. Solutions to challenges commonly encountered in GWT are
presented through the design and development of actual applications. The
applications developed throughout the text demonstrate best practices
from simple UI design all the way to custom code generation, and are
presented with little pretext about the amount of Java knowledge a given
developer may have. Advanced concepts are not withheld but are presented
in a way that will be understood by both novice and seasoned developers
alike. Good application development practices and proper Model View
Controller design is reinforced throughout the book, nearly guaranteeing
that the reader will come away a better programmer. ”

-Jason Essington, Senior Web/Java Engineer, Green River Computing

“Dewsbury’s Google Web Toolkit Applications is a book for both experts
and beginner programmers who want to discover this open source Java
software development framework, as well as write Ajax applications. A
very detailed book!”
-Massimo Nardone, Advisory IT Security Architect
Accelerate and Simplify Ajax Development with Google Web Toolkit

Get the edge you need to deliver exceptional user experiences with
Google Web Toolkit Applications, a guidebook that provides web
developers with core information and instructions for creating rich web
applications. Whether you’re a developer who needs to build a
high-performance front end for Java, PHP, or Ruby applications, or to
integrate with external web services, this resource from expert Google
Web Toolkit (GWT) developer Ryan Dewsbury delivers the in-depth coverage
you’ll need.

In this valuable book, insider Ryan Dewsbury provides instructions for
using the robust tool set and gets you on your way to creating
first-class web applications by providing a comprehensive overview of
GWT technology. In addition, he shares his “in-the-trenches” insights on

- Building elegant and responsive user interfaces with Cascading Style
Sheets and GWT’s Widgets and Panels
- Creating seamless user experiences through asynchronous
communication with HTTP, REST, JSON/JSONP, and RPC Interoperating with
web standards-such as XML, RSS, and Atom-and web services-such as Google
Maps, Amazon Books, Yahoo! Search, Flickr, and Blogger
- Overcoming browser security restrictions, such as HTTP’s
two-connection limit and the Same-Origin policy
- Accelerating development, using software engineering, code
generation, internationalization, application patterns, and Java tools
- Deploying for optimal performance with resource compression and
caching
- Building five non-trivial applications: a gadget application with a
rich drag-and-drop interface, a multi-search application that makes
requests to many search engines, a blog editor application for managing
entries across multiple blogs, a web-based instant messenger, and a
database manager for a traditional web page
This practical guide to GWT introduces you to the technology; provides
techniques, tips, and examples; and puts you on the road to delivering
top-notch user experiences for your web applications.

URL: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0321501969/

Cutting-Edge GWT: Advanced Recipes for Java Developers

Google Web Toolkit (GWT) is an open source Java development framework
for building Ajax-enabled web applications. Instead of the hodgepodge of
technologies that developers typically use for Ajax-JavaScript, HTML,
CSS, and XMLHttpRequest-GWT lets developers implement rich client
applications with pure Java, using familiar idioms from the AWT, Swing,
and SWT. GWT goes beyond most Ajax frameworks by making it easy to build
desktop-like applications that run in the ubiquitous browser, where the
richness of the user interface is limited only by the developer’s
imagination.

This book focuses on the more advanced aspects of GWT that you need to
implement real-world applications with rich user interfaces but without
the heavy lifting of JavaScript and other Ajax-related technologies.
Each solution in this practical, hands-on book is more than a recipe.
The sample programs are carefully explained in detail to help you
quickly master advanced GWT techniques, such as implementing
drag-and-drop, integrating JavaScript libraries, and using advanced
event handling methodologies.

Solutions covered include:

- Building custom GWT widgets, including both high-level composites
and low-level components
- Implementing a viewport class that includes iPhone-style automated
scrolling
- Integrating web services with GWT applications
- Incorporating the Script.aculo.us JavaScript framework into GWT
applications
- Combining Hibernate and GWT to implement database-backed web
applications
- Extending the GWT PopupPanel class to implement a draggable and
resizable window
- Creating a drag-and-drop module, complete with drag sources and drop
targets
- Deploying GWT applications to an external server
- Dynamically resizing flex tables
- Using GWT widgets in legacy applications developed with other
frameworks, such as Struts and JavaServer Faces

Complete Sample Code Available at www.coolandusefulgwt.com

All of the code used in this book has been tested, both in hosted and
web modes, and in an external version of Tomcat (version 5.5.17), under
Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. For Windows and Linux, we used 1.4.60, and
for the Mac we used 1.4.61. NOTE: There are three separate versions of
the code. Please download the correct JAR file for the operating system
you are using.

URL: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0132344815/

Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) was conceived in 1996 as a signaling
protocol for inviting users to multimedia conferences. With this
development, the next big Internet revolution silently started. That was
the revolution which would end up converting the Internet into a total
communication system which would allow people to talk to each other, see
each other, work collaboratively or send messages in real time. Internet
telephony and, in general, Internet multimedia, is the new revolution
today and SIP is the key protocol which allows this revolution to grow.
The book explains, in tutorial fashion, the underlying technologies that
enable real-time IP multimedia communication services in the Internet
(voice, video, presence, instant messaging, online picture sharing,
white-boarding, etc). Focus is on session initiation protocol (SIP) but
also covers session description protocol (SDP), Real-time transport
protocol (RTP), and message session relay protocol (MSRP). In addition,
it will also touch on other application-related protocols and refer to
the latest research work in IETF and 3GPP about these topics. (3GPP
stands for “third-generation partnership project” which is a
collaboration agreement between ETSI (Europe), ARIB/TTC (Japan), CCSA
(China), ATIS (North America) and TTA (South Korea).) The book includes
discussion of leading edge theory (which is key to really understanding
the technology) accompanied by Java examples that illustrate the
theoretical concepts. Throughout the book, in addition to the code
snippets, the reader is guided to build a simple but functional IP
soft-phone therefore demonstrating the theory with practical examples.
This book covers IP multimedia from both a theoretical and practical
point of view focusing on letting the reader understand the concepts and
put them into practice using Java. It includes lots of drawings,
protocol diagrams, UML sequence diagrams and code snippets that allow
the reader to rapidly understand the concepts. KEY FEATURES

* Focus on HOW multimedia communications over the Internet works to
allow readers to really understand and implement the technology
* Explains how SIP works, including many programming examples so the
reader can understand abstract concepts like SIP dialogs, SIP
transactions, etc.
* It is not focused on just VoIP. It looks At a wide array of enhanced
communication services related to SIP enabling the reader put this
technology into practice.
* Includes nearly 100 references to the latest standards and working
group activities in the IETF, bringing the reader completely up to date.

* Provides a step-by-step tutorial on how to build a basic, though
functional, IP soft-phone allowing the reader to put concepts into
practice.
* For advanced readers, the book also explains how to build a SIP proxy
and a SIP registrar to enhance one’s expertise and marketability in this
fast moving area.

URL: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0123743001/

Your Ultimate “How-To” Guide to Java Programming!
Legendary programming author Herb Schildt shares some of his favorite
programming techniques in this high-powered Java “cookbook.” Organized
for quick reference, each recipe shows how to accomplish a practical
programming task. A recipe begins with a list of key ingredients (the
classes, methods, and interfaces) followed by step-by-step instructions
that show how to assemble them into a complete solution. Detailed
discussions explain the how and why behind each step, and a full code
example puts the recipe into action. Each recipe ends with a list of
options and alternatives that suggest ways to adapt the technique to fit
a variety of situations. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced
pro, you’ll find recipes that are sure to satisfy your Java programming
appetite!

Topics include:

- String Handling
- Regular Expressions
- File Handling
- Applets
- Servlets
- Swing
- The Collections Framework
- Multithreading
- Formatting Data

Learn how to:

- Find substrings that match a regular expression
- Use regular expressions to tokenize a string
- Compress and decompress data files
- Create a ZIP file
- Format time and date
- Use printf( ) to display formatted data
- Reverse, rotate, and shuffle a list
- Use a Comparator with a collection
- Create a simple Swing application
- Create a Swing-based applet
- Create a simple servlet
- Use a cookie with a servlet
- Synchronize threads
- Monitor a thread’s state
- Set and obtain a thread’s priority
- Use JScrollPane to automate scrolling
- Access a resource using HttpURLConnection
- Schedule a task for future execution
- Use reflection to dynamically create an object and call methods
- Much, much more

URL: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0072263156/

Enterprise Java developers must achieve broader, deeper test coverage, going beyond unit testing to implement functional and integration testing with systematic acceptance. Next Generation Java™ Testing introduces breakthrough Java testing techniques and TestNG, a powerful open source Java testing platform.

Cédric Beust, TestNG’s creator, and leading Java developer Hani Suleiman, present powerful, flexible testing patterns that will work with virtually any testing tool, framework, or language. They show how to leverage key Java platform improvements designed to facilitate effective testing, such as dependency injection and mock objects. They also thoroughly introduce TestNG, demonstrating how it overcomes the limitations of older frameworks and enables new techniques, making it far easier to test today’s complex software systems.

Pragmatic and results-focused, Next Generation Java™ Testing will help Java developers build more robust code for today’s mission-critical environments.

This book

* Illuminates the tradeoffs associated with testing, so you can make better decisions about what and how to test
* Introduces TestNG, explains its goals and features, and shows how to apply them in real-world environments
* Shows how to integrate TestNG with your existing code, development frameworks, and software libraries
* Demonstrates how to test crucial code features, such as encapsulation, state sharing, scopes, and thread safety
* Shows how to test application elements, including JavaEE APIs, databases, Web pages, and XML files
* Presents advanced techniques: testing partial failures, factories, dependent testing, remote invocation, cluster-based test farms, and more
* Walks through installing and using TestNG plug-ins for Eclipse, and IDEA
* Contains extensive code examples

Whether you use TestNG, JUnit, or another testing framework, the testing design patterns presented in this book will show you how to improve your tests by giving you concrete advice on how to make your code and your design more testable.

Web development is simpler than it seems, especially with the software
tools freely available on the Web. This book breaks from the tradition
of teaching a history of Web development and jumps to the good stuff
from the outset so that students can start writing real applications.
This comprehensive textbook introduces readers to the three-tiered,
Model-View-Controller architecture by using Hibernate, JSPs, and Java
Servlets. These three technologies all use Java, so that a student with
a background in programming will be able to master them with ease, with
the end result of being able to create web applications that use MVC,
validate user input and save data to a database.

Features and topics:

Presents the many topics of web development in small steps, in an
accessible, easy-to-follow style; focusing on the most important
information first, and allowing the reader to gain basic understanding
before moving forwards Uses existing powerful technologies that are
freely available on the web to speed up web development, such as JSP,
JavaBeans, Annotations, JSTL, Java 1.5, Hibernate and Tomcat Starts with
the simplest technology for web development (JSP) and gradually
introduces the reader to more complex topics Core technologies are
introduced from the outset, such as the Model-View-Controller
architecture Includes many helpful pedagogical tools for students and
lecturers such as, an introduction to each topic, questions and
exercises at the end of each chapter, detailed illustrations and chapter
summaries By using Hibernate as the database tool in this book, there is
no need for the reader to know SQL Written for novice developers with a
solid background in programming, but who do not have any database
training, this thorough, easy-to-use book provides an exemplary
introductory course in web development for undergraduates, as well as
web developers. With its straightforward and systematic style this text
is also ideal for self-study. Tim Downey has over ten years experience
teaching web development, and has won Outstanding Teaching Awards in
1997, 2002, 2006 and 2007. He maintains the following active website
which contains many complete examples and tutorials:

URL: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1846288622/

This book teaches Business Analysts to model business processes in JBoss
jBPM and generate workflow application code from their models without
Java coding expertise. It is a full toolkit for anyone wanting to
implement Business Process Management correctly, covering tasks common
to all BPM implementations, although it is focused on popular, free,
open-source jBPM, with its flexible, scalable process engine, pluggable
modular architecture, and easy programming model (jPDL) blending the
best of Java and declarative techniques. The practical approach with
step-by-step instructions uses a realistic case study to explore and
explain BPM, model creation, and implementation. It covers: efficient,
standards-friendly mapping of business processes; using the jBPM toolset
to work with business process maps, analyze process execution data, and
for ongoing process improvement; setting up business rules: task
assignments, escalation points; process variables; automating activities
and decisions.

URL: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/184719236X/

Apache Struts has long provided Java developers with a powerful framework for building
extensible, maintainable web applications. Yet the latest version 2 release takes
developers’ capabilities to the next level, having integrated Ajax support, the ability
to easily integration with the Spring framework, and the ability to take full advantage
of POJOs. Practical Apache Struts 2 Web 2.0 Projects shows you how to capitalize upon
these new features to build next-generation web applications that both enthrall and
empower your users.

* Gain an in-depth understanding of the Struts framework, with special attention
paid to key version 2 features.
* Learn how to take advantage of Web 2.0 concepts alongside Struts 2 to build
next-generation web sites.
* Follow along with the introduction of important concepts and development techniques by
way of a web site project closely resembling what you might encounter in
any enterprise environment.

What you’ll learn:
* Build a practical Struts 2 Web 2.0–enabled application project from the ground up.
* Enable participation by manipulating data.
* Share data by implementing powerful search utilities.
* Syndicate web content created using RSS and REST.
* Discover advanced features available in Struts 2 web framework.
* Integrate Ajax frameworks to produce user-friendly, responsive interfaces.
* Integrate and use Struts 2 with other frameworks such as Spring to form a broader
enterprise Java application stack.

Who is this book for?
Developers who want a hands-on practical book demonstrating how Web 2.0 features are
implemented in Struts 2. The audience could range from beginner to advanced, as the
configuration and basic framework usage will be explained, as well as the advanced
extension features.

The book would also appeal to developers who wish to understand the Web 2.0 development
paradigm from an implementation standpoint.

URL: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1590599039/

The web framework Ruby on Rails for developing database based web
applications provides a Model-View-Controller framework. The required
web server WEBrick is included with Ruby on Rails. The framework is
configured with the MySQL database by default, but may be configured
with another database. The book covers developing web applications with
Ruby on Rails. Technologies discussed include Ajax, directory services,
and web services. A comparison is made with PHP, the most commonly used
scripting language for developing web applications.

URL: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/354073144X/

You can catch up on the latest developments in the number one,
fastest-growing programming language in the world with this fully
updated Schaum’s guide. Schaum’s Outline of Data Structures with Java
has been revised to reflect all recent advances and changes in the
language.

URL: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0071476989/