Section 1: Application Design Concepts and Principles
o "Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for Java EE Study Guide, 2nd Edition" by Mark Cade and Humphrey Sheil o "SCEA study guide" by Allen and Bambara Section 2: Common Architectures o Designing Enterprise Applications with the J2EE Platform o J2EE Architect's Handbook Section 3: Integration and Messaging o Java EE 5 Tutorial. Part VI Services. o Enterprise Integration Patterns: Designing, Building, and Deploying Messaging Solutions o
J2EE Connector Architecture and Enterprise Application Integration
Java Message Service, Monson-Haefel & Chappell
Section 4: Business Tier Technologies
o EJB 3 in Action o Pro EJB 3 Java Persistence API o
Mastering EJB 3.0
Java EE 5 Tutorial. Part IV Enterprise Beans.
Java EE 5 Tutorial. Part V Persistence.
Nice to have SCBCD 5
Section 5: Web Tier Technologies
o Core JavaServer? Faces, Second Edition o Java EE 5 Tutorial. Part II The Web Tier. o
Nice to have SCWCD
Section 6: Applicability of Java EE Technology
o Java EE 5 Tutorial. Part VII Case Studies. o Practical J2EE Application Architecture o
J2EE AntiPatterns?
Java EE 5 Tutorial. Part III Web Services.
SOA using Java Web services
Section 7: Patterns o "Design Patterns", GoF o Core J2EE Patterns, 2nd ed. o
Head First Design Patterns
Section 8: Security o Java EE 5 Tutorial. Part VI Services. o Java Security o