Core JavaServer FacesPrentice Hall

Core JavaServer FacesPrentice Hall PTR ISBN: 0131463055 658 pages June 15, 2004 CHM 7 Mb

JavaServer Faces promises to bring rapid user-interface development to server-side Java. It allows developers to painlessly write server-side applications without worrying about the complexities of dealing with browsers and Web servers. It also
automates low-level, boring details like control flow and moving code between web forms and business logic.

JavaServer Faces was designed to support drag and drop development of server-side applications," but you can also think of it as a conceptual layer on top of servlets and JavaServer Pages (JSP). Experienced JSP developers will find that JavaServer Faces provides much of the plumbing that they currently have to implement by hand. If you already use a server-side framework such as Struts, you will find that JavaServers Faces uses a similar architecture, but is more flexible and extensible.

JavaServer Faces also comes with server-side components and an event model, which are fundamentally similar to the same concepts in Swing.JavaServer Faces is quickly becoming the standard Web-application framework. Core JavaServer Faces is the one book you need
to master this powerful and time-saving technology.

Without assuming knowledge of JSP and servlets, Core JavaServer Faces: * shows how to build more robust applications and avoid tedious handcoding * answers questions most developers don't even know to ask * demonstrates how to use JSF with Tiles to build consistent user interfaces automatically * provides hints, tips, and explicit "how-to" information that allows you to quickly become more productive * explains how to integrate JSF with databases, use directory services, wireless apps, and Web services * teaches best practices and good habits like using style sheets and message bundles * covers all of the JSF tags and how to create new tag libraries link

Java Concurrency in Practice by Brian Goetz

Java Concurrency in Practice by Brian Goetz (Author), Tim Peierls (Author), Joshua Bloch (Author), Joseph Bowbeer (Author),
David Holmes (Author), Doug Lea (Author)Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional (May 9, 2006) ISBN-10: 0321349601 CHM 1,2 Mb 384 pages [repost]

Threads are a fundamental part of the Java platform. As multicore processors become the norm, using concurrency effectively becomes essential for building high-performance applications. Java SE 5 and 6 are a huge step forward for the development of
concurrent applications, with improvements to the Java Virtual Machine to support high-performance, highly scalable concurrent classes and a rich set of new concurrency building blocks. In Java Concurrency in Practice, the creators of these new facilities explain not only how they work and how to use them, but also the motivation and design patterns behind them.
However, developing, testing, and debugging multithreaded programs can still be very difficult; it is all too easy to create concurrent programs that appear to work, but fail when it matters most: in production, under heavy load.

Java Concurrency in Practice arms readers with both the theoretical underpinnings and concrete techniques for building reliable, scalable, maintainable concurrent applications. Rather than simply offering an inventory of concurrency APIs and mechanisms, it
provides design rules, patterns, and mental models that make it easier to build concurrent programs that are both correct and performant.

This book covers:
Basic concepts of concurrency and thread safety Techniques for building and composing thread-safe classes Using the concurrency building blocks in java.util.concurrent Performance optimization dos and don'ts Testing concurrent programs Advanced topics such as atomic variables, nonblocking algorithms, and the Java Memory Model link