While the Java language is fun, friendly, and easy to learn, to successfully build sophisticated applications, a Java developer needs to keep up with the alternatives available from the open-source landscape. This tutorial focuses on three open-source Java projects, namely, Ant, Tapestry and Lucene. Ant is the de facto Java build tool, automating steps of the development process such as unit testing, documenting, reporting, packaging and deploying. This tutorial covers the basics, tips and tricks, as well as best practices of building a web application. Tapestry is the premiere Java-based web framework. Tapestry facilitates true component-oriented web development. Those who are familiar with the plumbing behind sophisticated web interfaces will be pleased at the speed at which a web application can be produced using this framework. Lucene is a very fast and scalable search engine that can be embedded into an application.
Who Should Attend ?

Developers with some experience in object-oriented programming. Java developers will be right at home. C# or ASP.NET developers will benefit from seeing the best of breed Java solutions. Development managers will benefit from learning the streamlined development possibilities.

The tapestry example code is downloadable here.
Lucene example code can be downloaded from the site for Eric's Lucene book.

* Java development best practices
* Ant - build tool
* Tapestry - web framework
* Lucene - search engine 

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