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On 8/20/2013 3:47 PM, bob smith wrote:
> I see a lot of jobs for J2EE programmers.
>
> Isn't J2SE the free Java whereas J2EE costs a lot?
>
> How do people learn J2EE without paying a lot of money?  Is there
> really much reason for an Average Joe to take on J2EE?


<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Platform,_Enterprise_Edition>

Big ol' server list about halfway down, most are freebie.

Learning:
Try Head First JSP and Servlets to start, then look at Core JavaServer 
Face 3rd ed. [Horstmann] (Prentice Hall) and Pro JPA 2 [Keith] (Apress). 
  That'll get you warmed up.