Kunal Jaggi is an independent Java consultant. He primarily focuses on enterprise solutions with Java-based technologies and presently consulting a fortune 300 organization in the Java ME space. Kunal has also been into IT journalism for over two years, and contributed over a dozen of articles on Java SE and EE platforms in leading Asian IT magazines namely Developer IQ and PCQuest. He’s a bachelor’s in Information Technology and Master’s in Computer Applications from Army Institute of Management Kolkata (MCA 5 batch) (West Bengal University of Technology (India)). He also holds a HND in computing from EdExcel International, London. He has evangelised about upcoming Java technologies at Computer Society of India (CSI) and IBM Center of Competency (CoC). He’s a Sun Certified Java programmer and Web Component Developer for Java EE 1.4. In his own words:

I’m a software engineer by profession and, an evangelist & creative writer by occupation. Just Google for my name- “Kunal Jaggi”….u’ll get to know…

With these words, Kunal Jaggi may look like a very simple and care free guy, but behind the photo is a man with a lot of wisdom to offer the world. He is one cool guy you will like to know about and if you are seeking friendship or business advice, his scrap book is always available. He is very much enthusiastic about Java and friends at AIMK even refer him as “J” for Jaggi & “J” for Java.

Kunal Jaggi(Extreme right) with some of his friends at Army Institute of Management Kolkata, during convocationmore pics… in orkut album

On his first book: SCWCD Exam with Java EEâ„¢ 5

bcm.gifIn the IT industry, certification has become a globally recognized tool for measurement of key skills and a platform for recognition. It should be no different in Javaâ„¢ with the Sun Certified Web Component Developer (SCWCD) Exam. SCWCD Exam with Java EEâ„¢ 5 will get you started with the technology fundamentals and exam objectives.

This book is for Java programmers who want to enhance their skills and prepare for the Sun Certified Web Component Developer (SCWCD) exam. With focus on web-tier technologies like servlets and JSPs, this book will be instrumental to equipping beginners to the Java EE platform as well as already-established developers with the key certification objectives.

Even professional developers with a sufficient amount of enterprise Java development experience under their belts can benefit from this book by brushing up on the latest additions to the servlet and JSP specs and staying abreast of new technology changes.

What you will learn?

  • Deploy secure thread-safe servlets and employ the use of filters.
  • Add the power of Expression Languages (EL) and JSTL to your JSP web development.
  • Develop script-free JSPs with POJO Beans.
  • Employ the use of design patterns as available for the web tier found on the Java EE platform.
  • Find answers to the many thought-provoking questions and innumerable exercises that you will encounter on the SCWCD exam.
  • Text yourself with the included SCWCD mock exam.

[source: O'Reilly, Apress]