Brian Goetz

J2EE for Managers
Audience Managers
Duration 1 day
Structure Lecture
Students will
  • Learn the concepts and technologies that make up the J2EE platform
  • Understand the business and technical arguments for and against J2EE
  • Understand the key technology decisions that will be faced in every J2EE development
  • Learn how to reduce development risk in J2EE projects
Overview While the J2EE platform was designed to reduce the complexity of developing enterprise applications, the most common complaint about it, ironically, is that it is too complex.  The J2EE specifications number into the thousands of pages, and the alphabet soup of acronyms can be bewildering. 

J2EE projects can be as challenging for managers as they are for developers, with a large number of new technologies, a wide range of products with varying support for the standards, and engineers who are raring to use the latest and greatest technology.  This class outlines the basic concepts and motivation underlying the J2EE design, the technology layers that are part of J2EE, and offers some real-world advice on how to approach J2EE projects. 
COURSE OUTLINE
  • The challenges of enterprise computing
  • A brief history of distributed computing
  • J2EE overview – concepts, motivation, philosophy
  • J2EE technologies – deciphering the alphabet soup
  • Key J2EE technology decisions, and how to make them