eBooks
REST assured with JAX-RS
This book covers the nitty gritty of JAX-RS: a Java based standard (specification) for building RESTful web services. It covers JAX-RS 2.1 (the latest edition) and can be used as a cheat sheet or a getting started with JAX-RS style guide.
Java WebSocket API Handbook
The book is what it says it is - a handbook, a quick reference, a fast track guide. It covers the nitty gritty of the Java API for WebSocket: a Java based standard (specification) for building WebSocket based applications. As with most standard (Java) APIs, the WebSocket API has multiple (competing) implementations which comply with the specification. It is also a part of the Java EE Platform.
EJB Annotations Primer
Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) are one of the core components of the Java EE Platform and this book covers the latest version (3.2) of the EJB specification with a special emphasis on its annotations. Think of it as an EJB cheat sheet or a quick reference. It consists of short chapters, each of which cover a specific part of the EJB specification. Here is a comprehensive list - life cycle management, dependency & resource injection, pooling, concurrency, web services, interceptors, security, transactions, schedulers & timers, asynchronous model, eager initialization (with Singletons) and exception handling.
Practical Redis
Practical Redis is a hands-on, code-driven guide to Redis. Each chapter is based on an application (simple to medium complexity) which demonstrates the usage of Redis and its capabilities (data structures, commands etc.).
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