J2EE is today"s premier platform for enterprise-level development, but it"s difficult to deliver J2EE solutions as quickly as today"s businesses need them. This book presents a complete, practical foundation for rapid development throughout your entire project lifecycle. Its best-practice techniques and tools don"t just accelerate development-they help you adapt smoothly to increasing complexity and non-stop change. You"ll learn how to make the most of iterative development, model-driven architecture (MDA), code-generation tools, aspect-oriented programming (AOP), test-driven development, and much more. Coverage includes: Defining end-to-end J2EE development strategies that promote speed without compromising quality; Understanding how your design-time decisions impact overall project schedules; Building agile application architectures that promote rapid development; Using UML modeling to streamline system design and validation; ...