good java book

[bigajosep]

Hi. I'm trying to learn java EE 5 to develop web applications. In school I used Java a lot, but not java EE. I printed out the java ee 5 tutorial and have been trying to read it, but I find it hard to follow, and I don't feel I am learning much. I also bought "Spring in Action", but I figure it would be better for me to learn basic java ee, such as servlets, beans, and jsp, before I read that book.

So my question is, what is a good book for a beginner to java ee? Many of the java ee books are 1 to 2 years old so I'm worried they would be outdated.

Thanks

[chazzy]

java ee is about 2 years old so the books would generally be 1-2 years old now.

maybe you should start by reading up on and understanding what servlets and jsps are. http://www.accelebrate.com/jsp_servlets/beginning_jsp_and_servlets.htm

The core java ee though is EJB and JPA technologies, alongside JMS. Servlet/JSP are essentially meant to build the UI ontop of some of these other techs.

[starheartbeam]

Java EE 5 for Beginners (http://www.amazon.com/Java-EE-Beginners-Book-CD-Rom/dp/8184043384)
Beginning Java EE 5 Platform (from Novice to Professional) (http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Java-EE-Novice-Professional/dp/1590594703/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1224258653&sr=1-3)

[Khalid Ali]

Probably read on Hiberante, since newer (>=3)versions of EJB are loosely based upon that structure. And understanding hibernate is a lot easier. I think I used hibernate in action few yrs back and found it fairly easy to comprehend.