James Holmes

James Holmes is a leading Java Web development authority. He is a committer on the Struts project, and the creator of the most popular Struts development tool, Struts Console. Additionally, Oracle Magazine named him “Java Developer of the Year” in 2002 for his work with the Struts framework and Oracle JDeveloper.

James is an independent consultant providing expert consulting for complex transactional environments, including ADP, Bank of America, IBM, and UPS. He also provides training and mentoring services in addition to his regular consulting and speaking engagements.

Outside of work James is an accomplished endurance athlete competing in adventure races as a member of the [http://www.enduraventure.com Enduraventure] elite adventure racing team. James also competes in road bike and mountain bike races throughout the Southeastern United States.

Books

*Struts: The Complete Reference, 2nd Edition ISBN 0-07-226386-5, McGraw Hill/Osborne, 2006
*JavaServer Faces: The Complete Reference ISBN 0-07-226240-0, McGraw Hill/Osborne, 2006
*Struts: The Complete Reference ISBN 0-07-223131-9, McGraw Hill/Osborne, 2004
*The Art of Java ISBN 0-07-222971-3, McGraw Hill/Osborne, 2003

Articles

* [http://www.oracle.com/technology/oramag/oracle/04-sep/o54aop.html AOP: Taking Abstraction One Step Further] , Oracle Magazine, September/October 2004
* [http://otn.oracle.com/oramag/oracle/04-may/o34dev_struts.html Struts: Reuse Tiles and Simplify UI] , Oracle Magazine, May/June 2004
* [http://otn.oracle.com/oramag/oracle/04-jan/o14dev_struts.html Struts: Check Your Form with Validator] , Oracle Magazine, Jan/Feb 2004

Training Courses

* [http://skillsmatter.com/apache-struts-course Core Struts: Developing Applications with Apache Struts] , SkillsMatter

3rd Party Training Courses that Distribute James' Books

* [http://www.opensourcejavatraining.com Apache Struts and JSP Training] , DevelopIntelligence
* [http://courses.coreservlets.com/public-courses/advanced/ Jakarta Struts and Advanced JSP Programming] , Marty Hall
* [http://www.accelebrate.com/struts/default.htm Introduction to Jakarta Struts] , Accelebrate
* [http://www.webucator.com/Java/JVA114.cfm Jakarta Struts Training] , Webucator

External links

* [http://www.jamesholmes.com JamesHolmes.com]