Text books:
(Mandatory) Justin Gehtland, Bruce A. Tate: Better, Faster, Lighter Java, 2004. O'Reilly. ISBN:?0-596-00676-4.
(Recommended) Rod Johnson, Juergen Hoeller: Expert One-on-One J2EE Development without EJB, 2004. Wrox Press. ISBN:?0764558315. Chapter 3, 6, 7, 10, 13, and 14. Book presentation on Wrox.
Alternative references (free):
Spring in Action sample chapter Spring jump start
Spring framework documentation Official reference
Inversion of Control Containers and the Dependency Injection pattern By Martin Fowler
Version control with Subversion O'Reilly Media
Better builds with Maven DevZuz, need for registration
Maven documentation Easy-to-read guides
Hibernate in Action sample chapter Hibernate jump start
Hibernate documentation Official reference
JUnit in Action sample chapter JUnit jump start
JUnit documentation Books and FAQ
WebWork in Action sample chapter WebWork jump start
Mandatory Assignments
Note that all assignments must be passed before the given deadline in order to pass the course.
You are required to read and comprehend the guidelines for written mandatory assignments in english or in norwegian .
Submission dates:
Individual Assignment 1: August 31. Assignment 1
Individual Assignment 2: September 21. Assignment 2 Provided source code
Project Assignment 1: October 26 (See the roadmap for the project work)
Project Assignment 2: November 16 (See the roadmap for the project work)
Project Assignment 3: December 14. (See the roadmap for the project work)
Individual essay: December 14. Individual Essay Requirements