Java BluePrints

Guidelines, Patterns, and code for end-to-end Java applications.

Are you developing enterprise applications? Web services? Wireless services? Are robustness, scalability, and portability important to you? Java technology can help, and we have the blueprints for you. Use the links below to find out more.

BluePrints Online

• The Java Pet Store Reference Application Released

  The Java BluePrints program released an early access Java Pet Store Reference Application. This application is designed to illustrate how the Java EE 5 Platform can be used to design and develop an AJAX-enabled Web application. The application comes with full source-code available under a BSD-style license, so you can experiment with it and use it in your own applications.

• J2EE Design Patterns

  A palette of patterns you can use when building J2EE applications.

• Naming Conventions for Enterprise Applications, Early Access

  This document describes naming conventions for Enterprise Applications.

• Designing Enterprise Applications with the J2EE Platform, Second Edition

  Guidelines from the second edition of our best-selling book.

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• Patterns

  Proven solutions to recurring design problems.