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Need help to learn web services/web apps

I have been working as a Java developer for past 5 years with products completely developed in core Java and Java Swings. Now I have moved to a new company where I would be doing similar work at the back end , but the client I would have to learn web services, EJB , Seam and other web related stuffs. I would like to know where to get started, any useful books , tutorials both for in depth understanding and quick start as of now . Please help me.

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  • IDE

    Get yourself the Netbeans IDE with the EE / Glassfish Bundle @ "http://netbeans.org/"

    There is an EE and Web Tutorial section @ "http://netbeans.org/kb/trails/java-ee.html"

    Oracle Java EE Technologies (All Free)

    I find the JSR's are really good reference material and explanation of the technologies

    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javaee/tech/index.html

    • JSR 250 - Common Annotations For EJB and web services you are going to need to get to grips with annotations
    • JSR 315 - Servlet 3 Specification This is a good read to get up to spec with servlets
    • JSR 318 - Enterprise JavaBeans 3.1 (Covers stateless, timers, singletons) Also excellent read for EJB's
    • JSR 224 - JAX-WS - This is the technology used for defining web services

    Packt Publishing (E-Books are really affordable) Here are some good books (Just search for Java EE)

    • Java EE 6 Development with NetBeans 7
    • Java EE 6 Cookbook for Securing, Tuning, and Extending Enterprise Applications
    • Seam 2 Web Development: LITE

    JBOSS.org "http://www.jboss.org"

    Red-Hat Access Portal

    If you have a subscription to any JBoss / Red-hat product, there are good document for EAS (Enterprise Application Server) including a Seam reference