Core J2EE Patterns 2nd Edition Released
This definitive must have book on J2EE Patterns has been revised and completely updated in this second edition. It includes the J2EE Pattern Catalog, now with 21 fully revised and newly documented patterns providing proven solutions for enterprise applications. Core J2EE Patterns describes numerous design strategies for each pattern categorized into presentation tier, business tier and integration tier patterns. All the patterns and strategies have been revised and updated to include the latest coverage of servlets, JSP, EJB, JMS and Web Services. The book includes numerous J2EE Refactorings that aid in improving existing designs using patterns and also documents the J2EE bad practices. All the patterns are fully illustrated with UML diagrams and extensive sample code for patterns, strategies and refactorings are included. Check out the website for this book at www.CoreJ2EEPatterns.com

Domain Driven Design
This new book, Domain-Driven Design, by Eric Evans, provides a broad framework for making design decisions and a technical vocabulary for discussing domain design. It is a synthesis of widely accepted best practices along with the author's own insights and experiences. Projects facing complex domains can use this framework to approach domain-driven design systematically.

Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture
Writing for programmers, designers, and architects of Enterprise applications, Fowler (chief scientist for ThoughtWorks, an Enterprise application development and integration company) and colleagues present a text comprised of a narrative treatment of various topics in the architecture of Enterprise applications and a larger reference section describing domain logic patterns that can be used as solutions to the problems posed in the earlier part of the text. In the narrative section of the text, they cover layering, organizing domain logic, mapping to relational databases, Web presentation, concurrency, session state, and distributions strategies.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR

Enterprise Integration Patterns
Utilizing years of practical experience, seasoned experts Gregor Hohpe and Bobby Woolf show how asynchronous messaging has proven to be the best strategy for enterprise integration success. However, building and deploying messaging solutions presents a number of problems for developers. Enterprise Integration Patterns provides an invaluable catalog of sixty-five patterns, with real-world solutions that demonstrate the formidable of messaging and help you to design effective messaging solutions for your enterprise.