Pat Niemeyer is the author of the bestselling books Exploring Java and Learning Java. In addition to writing two series of Java books published by industry leader O’Reilly, he is an active member of the Java community process, which helps to define the future of the Java platform. Pat is currently involved in JCP topics ranging from language features to content repository standardization. Pat is the creator of BeanShell - a popular Java scripting language used in products from IBM, Sun and BEA and a contributor to many other high profile open source projects such as Struts/Webwork and JBoss. Pat has thirteen years experience in developing enterprise architecture and applications for the financial industry including some of the largest organizations in the world.
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