Notes

Part I: TinyCalculator

1In fact, beside the Full Platform, only one profile, the Web Profile is defined. For a former version, GlassFish 3.1 with Java EE 6, you’ll find a comparison at glassfish.java.net/webprofileORfullplatform31x.html

2A reader asked me what ctor stands for. It’s a widely used abbreviation for constructor. Lesson learned: I never shall assume that widely means known by everybody.

3During this book, I do not use the more common word hacker. A hacker might act with decent intent. To indicate they act in bad face, I prefer the term cracker which is short for criminal hacker

4Re-think this: Omitting some few characters of a page, will this really speed up page loading?