Java Enterprise Edition (JavaEE) is a platform for enterprise computing for Java.
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What are these different Java versions for?
I am just about to start my Java journey, ( I've already dabbled in C++) but I am getting really confused about all the different versions of Java:
JavaSE
JavaEE
JavaFX
etc.
Can someone explain ...
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Is object pooling a deprecated technique?
I am very familiar with the concept of object pooling and I always try to use it as much as possible.
Additionally I always thought that object pooling is the standard norm as I have observed that ...
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Selecting a JAX-RS implementation for a new project
I'm starting a new Java project which will require a RESTful API. It will be a SaaS business application serving mobile clients.
I have developed one project with Java EE 6, but I'm not very familiar ...
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Is your company thinking of transitioning from java to another technology? [closed]
As every Java developer knows, Oracle bought Sun and the future of java looks quite unclear, specially since Oracle wants to monetize the JVM. Java as a language has also been stale in the last few ...
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Creating Java EE Projects with Maven
I've been developing Java EE web apps with Eclipse for about a year. My employer doesn't use Maven, but the more I read about it, the more convinced I am that Maven + Hudson will be greatly beneficial ...
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Dev vs Stage environment vs Prod Environment
I work for a company where we build enterprise applications, and we maintain three environments: dev, stage and prod.
The meaning of dev is intuitive: it's the environment used during development of ...
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What are the best things to put in my portfoilo to demonstrate my Java skills and make me more marketable?
I have studied Java for quite a while and written a lot of small SE programs. I have a good grasp on the language at this stage but unfortunately I do not work in the area of Java programming (as of ...
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Why isn't reflection on the SCJP / OCJP?
I read through Kathy Sierra's SCJP study guide and I will read it again more throughly to improve myself as a Java programmer and be able to take the certification either Java 6 or wait for the Java 7 ...
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Why do almost all Java jobs (postings and from recruiters) say J2EE rather than the newer JEE versions?
I'm still fairly new to Java but have definite comfort now working within the framework I am used to which would mainly be focused on Spring, Hibernate and JEE 6. It seems like every time I talk to a ...
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exact answer for “what is j2ee?” - job interview
I'd like to ask if someone of you knows the exact meaning of JEE.
That's because a collegue of mine was asked this question in a job interview, and was "unable to answer properly"... to speak with ...
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How will writing the transaction part in Java benefit the security of the application, when all other parts are being written in PHP?
A friend of mine while working on a PHP application asked me to write one part of the application in Java. The part that involved transactions. He said it will be better to write this portion in Java. ...
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How to learn Java web application development?
I’m planning on making a Java web application using Amazon Web Services Elastic Beanstalk. AWS Elastic Beanstalk basically provides PaaS on top of AWS’s cloud computing resources.
The problem I’m ...
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Java but no JEE experience
I have quite extensive Java experience (many years of Swing, desktop apps, gigantic applets), but have done very little JEE - only one single gig for 9 months, but that was very narrow work where I ...
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How should I go about “overhauling” a large legacy application? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
I’ve inherited 200K lines of spaghetti code — what now?
For my next project, I've been tasked with "overhauling" a large legacy web application with many parts. It is a ...
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Is it fine to use logs in the Helper Methods?
I have been doubting for a long time whether or not to have a logger in methods (usually helper methods) like the one below.
Whether we can print it in the method or print the response where the ...
