Practical WebObjects PRATICAL SOLUTION FROM THE TRENCHES TO MAKE YOUR WEBOBJECTS SKILLS TO THE NEXT LEVEL

This book is for WebObjects developers who want to increase their overall knowledge of WebObjects, or those who are trying to solve specific application development problems. While Apple provides a modicum of documentation for developers just starting with WebObjects, more skilled WebObjects developers typically learn from each other or via trial-and-error. This book, Practical WebObjects, is 100% pragmatic, featuring working, world-tested solutions for difficult problems. Written by two expert WebObjects developers, and based on their own code framework, the book is sure to be invaluable for WebObjects developers who want to increase their overall knowledge of WebObjects, or are trying to solve specific application development problems. TOC:Making Your Code Better; EOModelling Techniques; Object Graph Management; Security and Authentication; Input and State Validation of Enterprise Objects; Advanced WOCompenent Topics; Localization and Internationalization; Duplicating Enterprise Objects; Performance Tuning; XML and Web Services; Lower Level Frameworks; Misc Advanced Topics.

1 Making Your Code Better.- 2 EO Modeling Techniques.- 3 Managing the Object Graph.- 4 Authentication and Security.- 5 Input and State Validation of Enterprise Objects.- 6 The Secret Life of Components.- 7 Components and Elements.- 8 Localization.- 9 Copying Enterprise Objects.- 10 WebObjects in a J2EE World.- 11 XML and WebObjects.- Appendix Setting Up the Code.- Installing FrontBase.- Installing Eclipse.- A Word on Eclipse Directories.- Patching Ant.- Installing WOLips.- Installing EOGenerator.- Getting Ready to Install the Code.- Get the Practical WebObjects File.- Install the Jass4Eclipse Plug-in.- Configuring Eclipse.- Installing the Practical WebObjects Frameworks.- Importing the Projects.- Setting up the Database.- Run Unit Tests to Verify Installation.- Setup for Each Chapter.- 1.- 2.- 3.- 4.- 5.- 6.- 7.- 8.- 9.- 10.- 11.

Sacha Mallais is a senior developer at Global Village Consulting, a software development consultancy that specializes in WebObjects-based web applications. Mallais is also the president of Global Village.