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I've just posted my review of "EJB 3.1 Cookbook" over on Develop In Java . In summary: EJB 3.1 Cookbook is an excellent resource in an EJB developer’s library. It’s not the sort of book you pick up and read from cover to cover rather a useful resource that you pick up when you think “How do I do xxx in EJB?”. With over 100 recipes this book is recommended to developers using EJB technologies. I very much liked this book and can imagine using it frequently. You can read the whole review here .

Oracle have today announced the immediate release of Java SE 7.  The release is on schedule as detailed on java.net . Java 7 can be downloaded from Oracle's Java site  with the JDK 7 release notes being available here . NetBeans 7 provides support for JDK 7's new features whilst, Eclipse 3.7.1 (expected in September) will add support to the Eclipse ecosystem.

JBoss AS7 has today been released just over 6 months after the first Alpha release was made in November last year.  AS7 provides a fully Java EE 6 Web Profile certified application server. AS7 sports a vastly decreased boot time with RedHat stating a 10-fold reduction in startup time over previous versions, bringing AS7 in line with Tomcat startup times. In addition to performance increases provides with AS7, user management has also been carefully considered whilst developing the update. "Consistent and powerful management is available out of the box, including a polished, user-friendly web console, Java and HTTP APIs and a command line tool (CLI). The web console provides a clear perspective into the server runtime, while the programmatic APIs can be leveraged by tools, scripts and geeks." Full details of AS7 can be found here and AS7 can be downloaded from the Community Downloads page .

Packt Publishing have recently released two new books of interest to Java EE developers. EJB 3.1 Cookbook and Java EE6 With NetBeans 7 both look like good reads and Packt have graciously agreed to send me a copy of each of these books for review, which I'll post on the site as soon as I've reviewed them. Thanks to Nicole for sorting this out for me.