Geared towards those preparing for the role of IBM Certified Enterprise Developer, this guidebook provides authoritative coverage on all certification topics. Combining unique theory with specific examples, this compendium skillfully illustrates the best practices in developing, testing, deploying, and managing enterprise applications. Each chapter features a set of sample questions and detailed explanation of the answers for practice examinations. Additional topics include design, development, and testing of reusable enterprise and Web components, database connectivity and messaging, and troubleshooting applications.

About The Author

Neil Weightman is a technical instructor for IBM. He is the coauthor of IBM Rational Application Developer V6 Programming Guide and has written several courses in the area of J2EE development. Kameron Cole is an advanced education specialist and systems programmer with IBM. He is the coauthor of Developing J2EE Applications with WebSphere Studio. He lives in Dubuque, Iowa. Richard Raszka is a senior IT specialist in IBM global services. He is coauthor of IBM Rational Application Developer V6 Programming Guide. Colin Yu is a technical designer for the Microsoft Corporation. He is the coauthor of Developing J2EE Applications with IBM WebSphere Studio. He lives in Redmond, Washington. Gene Van Sant is as integration solutions architect. He is the coauthor of Developing J2EE Applications with WebSphere Studio. He lives in Merrifield, Virginia.