Chapter 1: Java Development, Enterprise Needs We describe what Jakarta EE is needed for and how it relates to modern development paradigms Section: Standardized Specifications Section: Multitiered Applications Section: Why Jakarta EE Section: Jakarta EE Servers And Licensing Section: Excursion to Micro Services Section: Jakarta EE Applications And The Cloud Chapter 2: Prerequisites: The Java 8 Language The relation to the Java Standard Edition JSE gets explained Section: The Java Standard Edition JSE8 Section: The Java 8 Language Chapter 3: Getting a Jakarta EE Server to Work We introduce the Glassfish application Server and explain how to install and use it Section: Getting And Installing Glassfish Section: Glassfish Administration Chapter 4: Setting up an IDE We introduce Eclipse as an IDE for developing Jakarta EE applications Section: Installing Eclipse for Jakarta EE Development Section: Using Eclipse Section: Your First Jakarta EE Application Chapter 5: Building Page-Flow Web Applications With JSF We introduce Java Server Faces for building web frontends Section: Servlets And JSF Pages Section: Overview Over The JSF Page-Flow Section: Using XHTML Pages Section: JSF Tags Section: Accessing Objects From JSF Pages Section: Expression Language in JSF Pages Section: Localized Resources Section: Using Converters And Validators Chapter 6: Building Single-Page Web Applications With REST And JSON We introduce single page web applications and explain how to build them inside Jakarta EE Section: A RESTful Server Inside Jakarta EE Section: Single Page Web Applications Section: Processing JSON Data Chapter 7: Adding a Database With JPA We introduce database access from Jakarta EE Section: Abstracting Away Database Access With JPA Section: Setting up a SQL Database Section: Accessing SQL Data Section: Using Non-SQL Databases Chapter 8: Modularization with EJBs We introduce enterprise Java Beans (EJBs) Section: Defining EJBs Section: Accessing EJBs Chapter 9: Dealing With XML Data We explain how to handle XML within Jakarta EE Section: XML Processing Section: Web Services Chapter 10: Messaging With JMS We introduce asynchonous messaging via JMS in Jakarta EE Section: Getting Message Brokers to Work Section: Writing And Reading Messages Chapter 11: Maintaining State Consistency With JTA Transactions We describe transactions via JTA and explain how to handle them inside Jakarta EE Section: Modularization in Time: Transaction Demarcation Section: The ACID Paradigm Section: Distributed Transaction Systems Section: Declaring Transaction Units Chapter 12: Securing Jakarta EE Applications This chapter is for the description of security issues Section: Securing Administrative Access Section: Securing Web Access Chapter 13: Logging Jakarta EE Applications We talk about logging and what options we ave for logging inside Jakarta EE Section: Logging Over The Admin Console Section: Overview Over Logging Frameworks Section: Using SLF4j And Log4j Chapter 14: Monitoring Jakarta EE Applications We describe how we can monitor Jakarta EE servers and applications Section: Monitoring Over The Admin Console Section: Enabling JMX Logging Appendix: Solutions to Exercises Solutions to the exercises presented in the chapters and sections.