Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) builds on the solid foundation of Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) and is the industry standard for implementing enterprise-class service-oriented architecture (SOA) and next-generation web applications. The SDKs contain Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server, previously named Sun Java System Application Server, and provide support for Java EE 5 specifications.
Updated! Download the Java EE 5 SDK or Java Application Platform SDK.
What's New
February 10, 2009 Sun GlassFish Portfolio Released
Sun GlassFish Portfolio is a feature-rich Web application development platform that offers developers support for emerging defacto and industry standards and simplified, rapid code development. Learn more about its features in this podcast with Sun's Paul Hinz and Tom Kincaid.
February 10, 2009 GlassFish Podcast
Sun Microsystems' Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine, GlassFish Evangelist, and Eduardo Pelegri-Llopart, Distinguished Engineer, discuss Project GlassFish, community adoption, and Sun's role in contributing to the GlassFish community.
February 10, 2009 Introduction to Sun GlassFish Enterprise Service Bus
This video demonstrates key aspects of Sun GlassFish Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), a lightweight and agile ESB platform that packages the innovation of Project OpenESB, the GlassFish application server, and the NetBeans IDE into a commercially supported, enterprise-class platform. For more on OpenESB with a focus on Java Business Integration (JBI), watch this
screencast.
Certification Learn about various Sun certification courses for programmers and enterprise architects, preparation methods, and savings programs.
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The name of the Java platform for the enterprise has been simplified. Formerly, the platform was known
as Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE), and specific versions had "dot numbers" such
as J2EE 1.4. The "2" is dropped from the name, as well as the dot number. So the latest version
of the Java platform for the enterprise is Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5 (Java EE 5).