Book Overview About The Book Leveling up on a new platform version means reading specification documentation and digging around blog posts, it's time-consuming and tedious. This book contains all that you need to know about what's new in Java EE 8. You already know Java EE 7, so why read a long book that explains what you already know? Save yourself considerable time and effort and learn only what you don't know. This book Two new Three major updated Three minor updated About the Author Alex is a Java EE consultant with over 10 years experience developing Java Enterprise Edition and Spring Framework applications. He is a Java EE trainer, the co-author of Professional Java EE Design Patterns and a regular speaker at conferences. He has authored and recorded Java courses for some of the best-known training providers including LinkedIn Learning and PluralSight.