I have many years of experience in Java including Swing, Servlet and JDBC, but have never programmed for a Java EE server.
Many job advertisements from large companies are specifically asking for Java EE experience. Are there specific skills or development environments that I should learn to qualify for these kinds of jobs?
"Are there specific skills or development environments that I should learn to qualify for these kinds of jobs?"
If I were to interview someone for a typical Java EE shop, I would like to know how well you know the following
1) servlets
2) EJB (maybe)
3) JSP
4) ant
5) junit
6) subversion or other VCS
7) http and html
8) javascript
9) struts
10) hibernate
11) spring(maybe)
I'm not trying to scare you BUT 1/2 of what you need to know you can get by the "PROFESSIONAL J2EE" from WROX press. Rest of the skill, you should be able to get by with a spring book(most spring books also talk about stuts and hibernate) -- for example "The Spring Primer" -- http://www.sourcebeat.com/books/springlive.html.
Good Luck