Distributed computing and Java go together naturally. As the first language designed from the bottom up with networking in mind, Java makes it very easy for computers to cooperate. Even the simplest applet running in a browser is a distributed application, if you think about it. The client running the browser downloads and executes code that is delivered by some other system. But even this simple applet wouldn't be possible without Java's guarantees of portability and security: the applet can run on any platform, and can't sabotage its host.

Of course, when we think of distributed...

Practical JBoss(R) Seam Projects, written by renowned author and enterprise Java practitioner Jim Farley, is the first practical projects book of its kind on this groundbreaking open-source lightweight JSF-EJB3 framework.

• Practical application scenarios are used to demonstrate the nature of the JBoss Seam framework, its efficacy, and its limitations
• The series of scenarios and cases demonstrate key elements of the framework (e.g., basic web application development, rich web clients with Ajax, and so forth)
• Real-world case studies...

A Savage Criminal, a Corrupt Cop, and Nature's Fury... Michael Powers, a young Fort Lauderdale cop, is haunted by the murder of his older brother, also a cop, who was brutally killed during a stakeout thirteen years ago. He hasn't ever been able to let go of wanting to know what really happened...and his career and marriage are suffering. But a twist of fate puts Powers himself in the cross-hairs, when during a stakeout of his own, he kills the younger brother of Ivory Lee Quinn, the psychotic leader of a heartless Jamaican posse. Now Quinn wants revenge, and Powers must go into hiding to...