ejb environment

[faiza athar]

Can anyone point the important points to remember for this objective:
Given a list of responsibilities, identify which belong to the deployer, bean provider, app assembler, container provider, sys admin, or any combination
Actually the specs are so lengthy and theres so much to remember for the roles and responsibilities!!!
thanx

[Kathy Sierra]

OK, I have a large PDF "cheat sheet" for that topic/objective. It is a few pieces out of a chapter from the upcoming book, in VERY rough form. This was originally just for our reviewer group, but for you folks taking the beta, go ahead and grab it if you like.
You can get it from our anonymous ftp site at:
ftp.wickedlysmart.com
name: anonymous
password: your name
cd pub
binary
get EJBBetaPreview.pdf

-- warning: it is BIG (3 MB) so you better have a high-speed connection : )
cheers,
Kathy

[eric mcentee]

You can also read about this and get a good overview in chapter 3 of the EJB2.0 spec from the Sun site. Kathy provided a link in another message, but I think this may be it also:
Link to EJB Spec downloads
I don't know what your experience has been, but my team is very small so these roles are a luxury we don't have. Each of us is responsible for all of the tasks.

[eric mcentee]

Actually that link is for the 2.1 spec, and I believe the beta is for the 2.0 spec. If you dig around the site, you should be able to find the correct pdf.

[eric mcentee]

Kathy, very intersting look to the preview pages! It's not like any other O'Reilly book I've seen. Looking forward to it.

[Andrew Perepelytsya]

Congrats, Kathy!
This *IS* gonna be a bestseller. While listing the pages I couldn't believe it's a certification preparation book, and for a complex subject. Is the overall style gonna be preserved? It just differs from everything I saw before from O'Reilly.
BTW, is there your picture somewhere among the roles presented? ) Perhaps, anybody else's from the SCBCD exam team?
Way to go

[Andrew Perepelytsya]

Kathy, you might want to have a look at the following discussion:
http://www.coderanch.com/t/157622/java-EJB-SCBCD/certification/Five-new-mock-questions-SCBCD
(look at the bottom for q.5 notes)
Bert posted the questions, and there was a slight one-word correction to make the question unambiguous.

[Matthew Anderson]

Hi Kathy
This is really a great book! Lots of essential concepts explained in a clear and funky way. Took me ages to understand wordy books as compared to yours with lots of pics to explain the concepts.
Can we have more sneak peeks of the book? It will really help us both for the cert and our understanding for EJB concepts.
Thanks for coming out with such a great book!

[Gustavo Torreti]

The book (cowgirl is writing) is a great reference for any EJB user, no matter if taking the test or not.
It's a lot of information on an important subject, carefully explained in a smart and easy-going manner.
So, you can actually study AND have fun AT THE SAME TIME!
And that's a very unique book to find.
Regardz to all,
Gus

[Pradeep bhatt]

I am unable to download the file.
I did the following:
1. Opened a command prompt in windows 2000 and typed the following command
ftp ftp.wickedlysmart.com
I got the following output
ftp: connect :Connection timed out

[Marcelo Sousa Ancelmo]

I am facing the same problem that Pradeep reported.
Maybe Kathy can put it to be downloaded from other place???

[eric mcentee]

You can just type the ftp link into a web browser and it works as well....

[Marcelo Sousa Ancelmo]

Hi Eric, I know that we can go for it in a browser, my problem is that I am at work, and here we can't connect to a ftp site.
Regards,

[Pradeep bhatt]

Me too. I am behind a firewall.

[eric mcentee]

If you would like, I can email them to you if you can receive attachments that large (assuming I can send them as well).

[Prashant Vasudeo]

kathy,
The chapter is too good....I am looking forward to get the book.

thanks
prashant

[Sudd Ghosh]

I did ftp://ftp.wickedlysmart.com/pub/binary on the browser, and it took me to the correct directory. The printing part was very very slow. It took me 20 minutes to download/print 17 pages.
My experience about these chapters: I took the printout and went to my son's baseball game. Generally, when I take something to read with me (like any book on EJB), the game appears more interesting and I can't concentrate on my reading. However, last evening it was different. Kathy's material was so so interesting that I could finish reading all of it, in a breeze. One kid came to me and asked what comic am I reading. I was on the page with a lot of comic-style conversation between the provider, assembler and deployer going on.
Kathy - I'm earnestly looking forward to reading your book. I already got some typos, so let me know if you want a thorough review.
Regards, Sudd

[Anonymous]

Wow! Kathy, I just downloaded EJBBetaPreview.pdf and it is reaalllly cool!! I can't wait to see (and, of course, read) the book.

[Venkat Kulkarni]

Excellent job Kathy! Very interesting book.
I am looking forward to it.
Raju Kulkarni

[Pradeep bhatt]

Eric,
Can you please send me the third pdf as well.
May be it bounced back because of the over quota problem. Please zip the file before sending them.
My registration has still not been confirmed. i am not sure whether i will be able to take up the exam.
bye
Pradeep

Originally posted by eric mcentee:
If you would like, I can email them to you if you can receive attachments that large (assuming I can send them as well).

[Alexan Kahkejian]

Hi all
Anyone having difficulties downloading the pdf's
Try web2ftp.com it is a free service that mirrors the ftp content to http and even zip the file before downloading it.
So after logging navigate and choose the file then press Herunterladen (German) and check the "Zip it" check box.
Alexan
[ June 05, 2003: Message edited by: Alexan Kahkejian ]

[Jorge Jordao]

Can't seem to access the wickedlysmart ftp site.
Can anyone mail me the pdf to [e-mail] ?
Thanks a lot
Jorge

[vasu maj]

Too damn funky to be a certification book for a complex subject like EJBs. Way to go Kathy...
Vasu

[Tanuja Rattan]

I am not able to download Kathy's book. Kindly tell me a easier way to view it online. I am behind a firewall.

[Pradeep bhatt]

Maybe Eric can send the files to you!

Originally posted by Tanuja Rattan:
I am not able to download Kathy's book. Kindly tell me a easier way to view it online. I am behind a firewall.

[Gennadiy Vasilevskiy]

COuld anyone send the book to me at [e-mail] or make it available for http download
THank you
Gennadiy

[Tanuja Rattan]

Eric, could you please send me the file at [e-mail],
asap, I am taking the beta exam on the 20th.

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[Valentin Crettaz]

Tanuja,
I just tried to send you an email but it bounced back since the file is over 3MB.
Please download it from my personal web site: EJBBetaPreview.zip

[Ashok Mash]

Excellent stuff, Kathy! Thanks a lot for sharing it!
Ashok.

[Pradeep bhatt]

Looks like your mail box does not have sufficient space.

Originally posted by Tanuja Rattan:
Eric, could you please send me the file at [e-mail],
asap, I am taking the beta exam on the 20th.

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[eric mcentee]

Folks, sorry about not being able to email copies. I appear to have run up against some email filter or control here at work. Sorry.

[Al Newman]

Best of all, now we know what the authors look like! And that Bert has a "big back end" (I think I got that right)???! ;-)

[Tanuja Rattan]

Thanx Valentin, it worked.

[Vadiraj Deshpande]

Hi all,
I couldn't do it either from ftp, or www2ftp.com or from Valentin Crettaz's site. Could any one mail me at [e-mail] please?
Thanks,

[Valentin Crettaz]

Vadiraj,
if you click on the link I gave above it should work. The file is downloaded through http and not ftp.

[Sai Prasad]

Try the link below in a web browser:
ftp://ftp.wickedlysmart.com/pub/EJBBetaPreview.pdf

[Spin Citizen]

wow! thank you so much for your hard work, Kathy!

[Mark Spritzler]

Originally posted by Sai Prasad:
Try the link below in a web browser:
ftp://ftp.wickedlysmart.com/pub/EJBBetaPreview.pdf

Hey Sai, How have you been? I know this is off topic, sorry.
Mark

[Vin Rasquinha]

Kathy, when I tried to download the EJBBetaPreview.pdf, I received a permission denied error.
Error opening local file EJBBetaPreview.pdf.
> EJBBetaPreview.pdf ermission denied
The other files in the directory download without a problem.

[Pradeep bhatt]

http://www.valoxo.ch/EJBBetaPreview.zip

Originally posted by Vin Rasquinha:
Kathy, when I tried to download the EJBBetaPreview.pdf, I received a permission denied error.
Error opening local file EJBBetaPreview.pdf.
> EJBBetaPreview.pdf ermission denied
The other files in the directory download without a problem.