Java EE 6 and GlassFish v3: Paving the path for future

Short description of the session (minimal of 100 words)
This session provides an introduction to Java EE 6 and it's Reference Implementation - GlassFish v3. It shows how these features can be used in NetBeans and Eclipse.

Level (beginner / intermedia / advanced)
Beginner

Track in which the content is to be categorized (see above)
Enterprise

Prerequisite knowledge
None

Outline of the presentation
The Java EE platform is getting an extreme makeover with the upcoming version – Java EE 6. It is developed as JSR 316 under the Java Community Process.The Java EE 6 platform adds more power to the platform and yet make it more flexible so that it can be adopted to different flavors of an application. It breaks the “one size fits all” approach with Profiles and improves on the Java EE 5 developer productivity features. It enables extensibility by embracing open source libraries and frameworks such that they are treated as first class citizens of the platform.Several new specifications such as Java Server Faces 2.0, Servlet 3.0, Java Persistence API 2.0, and Java Context Dependency Injection 1.0 are included in the platform. All these specifications are implemented in GlassFish v3 that provides a light-weight, modular, and extensible platform for your Web applications.This session provides an overview of Java EE 6 and GlassFish v3. Using multiple simple-to-understand samples it explains the value proposition provided by Java EE 6.

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Arun Gupta  Sun Microsystems Arun Gupta is a GlassFish Evangelist working at Sun Microsystems. Arun has over 13 years of experience in software industry working in various distributed computing technologies, Java(TM) platform, and several web-related technologies. In his current role, he works very closely to create and foster the community around GlassFish and related technologies. He has participated in several standard bodies and worked amicably with members from other companies. He has been with the Java EE team since it’s inception. And since then he has contibuted to all Java EE releases. He is a prolific blogger at http://blog.arungupta.me. This blog has close to 1000 blog entries with frequent vistors from all over the world reaching upto 25,000 hits/day.