Chris Johnston

TheServerSide.com has published Mastering EJB 3rd Ed Published. In addition, a free pdf version of the book is available for download.

What’s new in Mastering EJB Third Edition

• Includes more than 30 percent revised material and five new chapters, covering the new 2.1 features such as EJB Timer Service and JMS as well as the latest open source Java solutions
• The book was developed as part of TheServerSide.com online EJB community, ensuring a built-in audience
• Demonstrates how to build an EJB system, program with EJB, adopt best practices, and harness advanced EJB concepts and techniques, including transactions, persistence, clustering, integration, and performance optimization
• Offers practical guidance on when not to use EJB and how to use simpler, less costly open source technologies in place of or in conjunction with EJB

I read the second edition of this book and it provided an excellent reference for learning EJB’s.