What this book covers
Chapter 1, The History of Enterprise Java, introduces you to the history of Java EE and Jakarta EE.
Chapter 2, Introducing the Cargo Tracker Application, starts with an overview of the Cargo tracker application’s functionality. The second half takes a look at the Java EE features that are used in the project.
Chapter 3, Moving from Java EE to Jakarta EE, describes how to approach the migration from Java EE to Jakarta EE.
Chapter 4, Modernizing Your Application with the Latest Features, provides an overview of the significant changes made to Jakarta EE 10. The chapter will also show you how to implement cloud-native features like resilience and monitoring. Lastly, we will show you how to visualize the metrics coming from your application.
Chapter 5, Making Your Application Testable, provides an overview of why testing is important when migrating a software project and how to measure it. You will learn how to write unit tests and integration tests for modern applications to ensure the application keeps working as expected.
Chapter 6, Introduction to Containers and Docker, provides an overview of what containers are and why they are an important tool. You will learn what Docker is, how to install it, and how to create a Docker container based on the Cargo tracker application.
Chapter 7, Meet Kubernetes, introduces you to Kubernetes, the de facto standard for running containers.
Chapter 8, What is Cloud Native?, describes the principles of cloud-native computing.
Chapter 9, Deploying Jakarta EE Applications in the Cloud, provides an overview of deploying an application to the Azure cloud. You will learn how to create a container registry and how to create an instance from a container in the registry. This chapter also covers how you can see the metrics of the deployed instance.
Chapter 10, Introducing MicroProfile, introduces the most important specifications of the MicroProfile specification.
Appendix A, Java EE to Jakarta EE names, is a list of Java EE to Jakarta EE specifications.
Appendix B, As a Service, explains the different concepts of using the Internet for computing.
