Building J2EE Applications with the Rational Unified Process

This book is a Rational Software Corporation-specific book focusing on the development of J2EE applications (version 1.3) within a RUP (Rational Unified Process) environment. As such, the book has a heavy dependency on UML (version 1.4). The authors aim to give the reader a basic understanding of component architectures and associated technologies, and how these component architectures and technologies are applied in the context of systematic development, specifically the Rational Unified Process. The reader will learn a set of proven best practices, guidelines, and standards that apply to systems development. It will reflect the next version of RUP which is scheduled for release during in 2002. This version of RUP will be a considerable departure from the current version.

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Little Introduction
This book has exactly the same content you could expect from the first slides of a presentation given by IBM. If you want to read a summary of what the old Java EE specs were, get them. If you want any substance, keep out.

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Probably the best book on the subject

There are very few books describing how to practically use RUP with enterprise-scale development. From experience, I found that RUP is a vast -- and overwhelming -- process, and it is necessary for architects and developers to customize their own RUP-based simplified process, or else a software project won't get anywhere using the full RUP approach.

The book is well written. My only complaint is that it errs, occasionally, on the side of academics and betrays its vocation of being a practical engineering guide.

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Excellent book for J2EE architects
This book fills perfectly all the gaps between UML and J2EE.
The book explain the RUP method focused on J2EE using a sample: An Online Auction Application. This way the book can be used as a `Best practice` of how to model a J2EE application using UML and RUP ( Rational Unified Process).

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Best book for learning to use RUP with J2EE development
Well worth the money. It does a great job in simply describing how to follow RUP for J2EE dev. Does not go into depth, you will need more guidance, I use the RUP Plugin that is available for use with RUP that was created from the content in this book. It has been refined and much detailed has been added for real app dev use.

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This is THE book for J2EE architects
Get this right, this is NOT a 50-50 mix of J2EE development process and RUP, this is not for the ones doing BPR (Business Process Redesign) and book does not try to position itself as the ultimate book for RUP (I'm glad it doesn't).

This book let's you focus on only a small subset of RUP, a subset which is really relevant for developing the architecture of a J2EE application, it let's you use RUP as a tool (that's the whole point of RUP, it's a tool, not a goal in itself) to deliver your final deliverable, the software architecture document with other supporting documents.

If you are a J2EE Architect or a senior developer planning to make the move towards architect roles, this is the book for you, keep the 'J2EE Patterns' book (Deepak Alur, Dan Malks, John Crupi) by your side, and you're ready to go!