Steven Haines is the author of three Java books: The Java Reference Guide (InformIT/Pearson, 2005), Java 2 Primer Plus (SAMS, 2002), and Java 2 From Scratch (QUE, 1999). In addition to contributing chapters and co-authoring other books, as well as editing countless software publications, he is also the Java Host on InformIT.com. As an educator, he has taught all aspects of Java at Learning Tree University as well as at the University of California, Irvine. By day he works as a Java EE 5 Performance Architect at Quest Software, defining performance tuning and monitoring software as well as managing and performing Java EE 5 performance tuning engagements for large-scale Java EE 5 deployments, including those of several Fortune 500 companies.

• Fundamentals.- An Introduction to Application Performance Management.- Quantifying Performance.- Performance Measurements.- Implementing Performance Measurements.- Application Life Cycle Performance Management.- Performance Through the Application Development Life Cycle.- Performance Tuning Methodology.- Tuning an Application Server.- High-Performance Deployments.- Performance and Scalability Testing.- Performance Management in Production.- Java EE Performance Assessment.- Production Troubleshooting Methodology.- Trending, Forecasting, and Capacity Planning.- Assembling a Performance Management Plan.- Tips and Tricks.- Solving Common Java EE Performance Problems.- Next Steps.