Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) is a set of coordinated technologies that significantly reduces the cost and complexity of developing, deploying, and managing multitier, server-centric applications. Building on the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE), Java EE adds the capabilities that provide a complete, stable, secure, and fast Java platform for the enterprise.

All Cronos Limburg Java EE consultants hold at least one of the following Sun certificates:

• Sun Certified Programmer
• Sun Certified Developer
• Sun Certified Web Component Developer
• Sun Certified Business Component Developer

The major benefits of Java EE are:

• Integration: Most existing software packages provide excelent integration with any custom Java code.
• Open Source: The Java community knows a multitude of solid open source frameworks and solutions. Many of these have already become a global industry standard. The cost benefits for clients are obvious (open source = free).
• Maturity: Java has built up a large and highly active user base, becoming the lingua franca in many modern branches of computer science, particularly areas which involve networking. Java dominates programming courses at high school and university level. Java's maturity and popularity have ensured a multitude of third party Java APIs and libraries.
• Platform independence: Developers can develop applications that will run on a wide variety of OS and hardware platforms. This "Write once, run anywhere" principle means that you only have to write your application once, for the Java platform, and then you'll be able to run it anywhere.

Cronos Limburg chooses it's toolset from only solid and proven technologies so as not to surprise our clients with fancy, state of the art promises that don't deliver in the end. Our commonly used tools and frameworks are:

• IDE: Eclipse
• Spring Framework
• Build Managers: Ant, Maven 2
• Web Frameworks: Struts, Java Server Faces (JSF), Spring MVC, ...
• Persistence frameworks / specs: Hibernate, Ibatis, JPA, ...
• Application Servers / Servlet containers: BEA weblogic, IBM websphere, Oracle application server, JBoss, Tomcat
• Version control: CVS, subversion
• Continuous integration: Cruisecontrol, Hudson
• JavaScript toolkits: Dojo, Prototype, Script.aculo.us, Mootools
• Testing frameworks: JUnit, HttpUnit, DBUnit, Selenium