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- Introduction
- Prerequisite Review
- Discussion
- Essential Points
- Review Your Progress
This chapter is from the book
Essential Points
- Presentation tier technologies remain a major element of the JEE 5 platform and are a significant source of exam content for Parts I and III.
- Part II is less concerned with the actual presentation technology selected (within reason, of course) and more concerned with the candidate displaying two things—in-depth understanding of the business requirements and selecting a presentation technology that meets those requirements.
- JSF has grown from the presentation tier that disgruntled architects tried to ignore to a significant element of the JEE platform—and for the exam. If you are a JSP-centric architect, beef up on JSF because you need to know it.
- The exam tests your understanding of the best UI technologies to use in the JEE platform by presenting a series of scenarios. The description of the scenario provides all the information you need to select the correct technology/combination of technologies to use from the multiple choice answers provided.
- In the real world, there are no official "Sun recommended" blueprint patterns—only guidelines and recommendations. As a JEE architect, one of your key skills is the ability to analyze application requirements and choose the best combination of JEE technologies—especially at the web tier—to meet those requirements, while not over-engineering the solution.