Resources - Books

Below are Java-related technical books and links to sample chapters when available. The links will take you to the respective publisher's website.

JBoss At Work: A Practical Guide
by Tom Marrs and Scott Davis
October, 2005
O'Reilly

Hibernate Quickly
by Patrick Peak and Nick Heudecker
September, 2005
Manning Publications

Pro Java Programming, 2nd Ed.
by Brett Spell
June, 2005
Apress

SCWCD Exam Study Kit 2nd Ed.
by Hanumant Deshmukh et al.
May, 2005
Manning Publications

Spring: A Developer's Notebook
by Bruce A. Tate, Justin Gehtland
April, 2005
O'Reilly
Sample Chapter 6: Services and AOP

Beginning J2ME: From Novice to Professional, 3rd Ed.
by Jonathan Knudsen, Sing Li
April, 2005
Apress

Ant: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Ed.
by Steve Holzner
April, 2005
O'Reilly
Sample Chapter 6

Jakarta Commons
by Vikram Goyal
March, 2005
Manning Publications
Sample Chapters

Spring in Action
by Craig Walls and Ryan Breidenbach
January, 2005
Manning Publications
Sample Chapter 1

Pro Spring
by Rob Harrop, Jan Machacek
January, 2005
Apress

Jakarta Struts Cookbook
by Bill Siggelkow
February, 2005
O'Reilly
Chapter 14

Eclipse Distilled
by David Carlson
February, 2005
Addison Wesley
Chapter 1

Explorer's Guide to Java Open Source Tools
by Michael P. Nash
August, 2006
Manning Publications

Castor Live
by Bruce Snyder
2006
SourceBeat

IntelliJ IDEA in Action
by Duane K. Fields with Stephen Saunders and Eugene Belayev
March, 2006
Manning Publications