<s>
Java	B-Language
BluePrints	I-Language
is	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
 '	O
best	O
practices	O
for	O
Enterprise	B-Language
Java	I-Language
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
Sun	O
's	O
official	O
programming	O
model	O
for	O
Java	B-Language
Platform	I-Language
,	I-Language
Enterprise	I-Language
Edition	I-Language
(	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
)	O
Software	B-Application
Development	I-Application
Kit	I-Application
(	O
SDK	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
began	O
with	O
Java	B-Device
Pet	O
Store	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
reference	O
application	O
for	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
became	O
the	O
de	O
facto	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
using	O
Enterprise	B-Language
JavaBeans	I-Language
and	O
all	O
the	O
latest	O
components	O
of	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Java	B-Language
BluePrints	I-Language
began	O
as	O
J2EE	B-Language
BluePrints	I-Language
and	O
was	O
started	O
by	O
Connie	O
Weiss	O
,	O
Jeff	O
Jackson	O
,	O
Jim	O
Inscore	O
,	O
Nick	O
Kassem	O
,	O
and	O
Rick	O
Saletta	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
of	O
Java	B-Device
Pet	O
Store	O
came	O
from	O
Connie	O
Weiss	O
and	O
Greg	O
Murray	O
who	O
were	O
both	O
animal	O
lovers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Java	B-Language
BluePrints	I-Language
team	O
was	O
led	O
by	O
Larry	O
Freeman	O
from	O
J2EE	B-Language
1.2	I-Language
in	O
2000	O
up	O
until	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
5	I-Language
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Throughout	O
its	O
existence	O
,	O
Java	B-Language
BluePrints	I-Language
has	O
offered	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
content	O
for	O
free	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
focused	O
on	O
promoting	O
developer	O
success	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Java	B-Device
Pet	O
Store	O
became	O
the	O
symbol	O
for	O
J2EE	B-Language
's	O
ascendency	O
;	O
Microsoft	O
created	O
a	O
competing	O
.NET	B-Application
Pet	O
Shop	O
to	O
showcase	O
its	O
competing	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
many	O
technologies	O
such	O
as	O
Tapestry	B-Language
,	O
Spring	B-Application
,	O
and	O
others	O
have	O
implemented	O
their	O
own	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Pet	O
Store	O
application	O
as	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
demonstrate	O
best	O
practices	O
for	O
their	O
given	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
arrival	O
of	O
J2EE	B-Language
1.4	I-Language
technology	O
,	O
web	O
services	O
became	O
a	O
standard	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Java	B-Language
BluePrints	I-Language
came	O
out	O
with	O
a	O
second	O
application	O
:	O
the	O
Java	B-Device
Adventure	O
Builder	O
reference	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
application	O
never	O
became	O
as	O
popular	O
as	O
Java	B-Device
Pet	O
Store	O
but	O
then	O
again	O
,	O
it	O
never	O
became	O
as	O
controversial	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
have	O
been	O
three	O
Java	B-Language
BluePrints	I-Language
books	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Core	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
design	O
patterns	O
which	O
are	O
hosted	O
on	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
BluePrints	I-Language
site	O
have	O
become	O
the	O
standard	O
lingua	O
for	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
application	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Java	B-Language
BluePrints	I-Language
was	O
the	O
first	O
source	O
to	O
promote	O
Model	O
View	O
Controller	O
(	O
MVC	O
)	O
and	O
Data	O
Access	O
Object	O
(	O
DAO	O
)	O
for	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
application	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
this	O
,	O
the	O
MVC	O
design	O
pattern	O
was	O
widely	O
promoted	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Smalltalk	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
Java	B-Language
BluePrints	I-Language
offering	O
is	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
BluePrints	I-Language
Solutions	O
Catalog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
covers	O
topics	O
as	O
diverse	O
as	O
Java	B-Device
Server	O
Faces	O
,	O
Web	O
Services	O
,	O
and	O
Asynchronous	B-General_Concept
Javascript	I-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
XML	I-General_Concept
(	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
focus	O
is	O
on	O
the	O
J2EE	B-Language
1.4	I-Language
SDK	O
.	O
</s>
