Links to Technologies and Vendors

Java Persistence API 2.0 (API)

	EclipseLink - Reference implementation of JPA 2.0 and default for the GlassFish EE6 Application Server.
	Documentation Downloads

	Hibernate - Default JPA implementation for the JBoss AS EE6 Application Server.
	Documentation PDF Downloads

	OpenJPA - The default implementation for the Oracle WebLogic and IBM WebSphere EE servers.
	Documentation PDF Downloads

Validation (API)

	Hibernate Validator - Reference implementation of Bean Validation and the default for the GlassFish and JBoss AS EE6 Application Servers.
	Documentation PDF Downloads

Logging

	SLF4J - Simple Logging Facade for Java. Used by the JBoss AS EE6 Application Server, Hibernate and Hibernate Validator.
	Documentation API Downloads

	Log4j - Log for Java.
	Documentation API Downloads

	Commons Logging - A logging facade.
	Documentation API Downloads

	JDK14 - Packaged as part of Java SE.
	Documentation API

Source Management

	Maven Software project management and comprehension tool.
	Documentation Downloads

	Hudson - Continuous software project build/test server.
	Documentation API Downloads

	SubVersion - Open Source version control system implemented by VisualSVN running on Apache httpd server.
	SubVersion Documentation Download VisualSVN Documentation Download

	Tortoise SVN - A Subversion Client for Windows.
	Documentation Downloads

	FreeMarker - Template engine.
	Documentation API Downloads

	Ant - Java project build tool.
	Documentation Downloads

Java Technologies

	Java SE - The Oracle Java SE Development Kit.
	Documentation Tutorial API Downloads

	NetBeans  - Our preferred IDE for Java development.
	Documentation API Downloads

Java EE6 Application Servers (API)

	GlassFish - Reference implementation for Java EE6.
	Documentation Tutorial Downloads

	JBoss AS - Popular Open Source EE6 Application Server.
	Documentation Downloads

Servlet 3.0 Containers (API)

	Tomcat - The reference implementation for Servlet 3.0.
	Documentation Downloads

Frameworks

	Spring - Open Source framework with full support for JPA 2.0.
	Documentation PDF API Downloads

Databases and JDBC Drivers

	Derby (JavaDB) - Java Open Source database. An Oracle supported copy is distributed with copies of Java SE and GlassFish under the name Java DB.
	Documentation Downloads

	MySQL - Popular C++ Open Source database owned by Oracle with Connector/J JDBC Driver
	Documentation Downloads

	Oracle Database - Databases are available in two main editions, Enterprise and Express (XE), both accessible with Oracle's JDBC Thin Driver.
	XE Documentation Downloads Enterprise Documentation Downloads

	Informix - Comes in a number of editions from Developer to Ultimate.
	Documentation Downloads Note: an IBM ID is required to download.

JDBC Connection Pooling

	Proxool - For use with Hibernate.
	Documentation API Downloads

	Commons DBCP - For use with OpenJPA.
	Documentation API Downloads

HTML Essentials

	Apache httpd - The industry standard http server with ajp13 connections to GlassFish and Tomcat.
	Documentation Downloads

	Web Design Group. Offers material on a wide range of HTML related topics.
	HTML 4 Reference CSS Reference