iPlanet
Application Server Developer Central
Welcome to iPlanet
Application Server Developer Central! Here you'll find
online resources to help you build applications and
extensions for iPlanet Application Server, a robust
e-commerce platform incorporating the Java 2 Enterprise
Edition (J2EE) application model.
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Application Server
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News Headlines
iPlanet
Is First with J2EE
(VARBusiness, 15 May 2000) -
Sun/Netscape Alliance's iPlanet begins shipping iPlanet
Application Server 6.0, becoming the first J2EE licensee to complete
certification and announce product availability.
Sun/Netscape
Alliance Official Clarifies Plans: Changes Ahead for Application
Server
(Computerworld, 17 April 2000) -
More about the Sun/Netscape Alliance plan to base iPlanet
Application Server on code from Netscape Application Server rather
than from Sun's NetDynamics server.
iPlanet
Achieves Top Score in Head-to-Head Technical
Review
(CNET Investor, 5 April 2000) -
One of the most extensive benchmark tests ever published on web
application servers, from independent researcher D. H. Brown
Associates, rates iPlanet Application Server at the top of its
class.
Background
Reading
Simplified
Guide to the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise
Edition
(Sun white paper, September 1999) - This summary of the J2EE
specification includes discussions of components and clients, service
APIs, and the services automatically available to applications. It
also describes a typical example of an application developed with
J2EE components.
Java
2 Enterprise Edition Developer's
Guide
(Sun guide, June 1999) - Topics include session and entity beans,
database connections, transactions, clients, and security - with code
examples and an introduction to tools.
State
Management for Shopping-Cart-Enhanced NAS
Applications
(View Source, December 1999) - Classic and not-so-classic
techniques for storing user data for later use in a transaction, with
downloadable source code for examples.
Introduction
to JavaServer Pages: Server-Side Scripting the Java
Way
(View Source, June 1999) - Features and target users of this
key J2EE element.
Handling
Large Result Sets in Netscape Application
Server
(View Source, June 1999) - Seamlessly facing a major
programming challenge.
Building
Applications in the Net Economy
(Netscape white paper, 1997) - What makes a good application
platform? Develop a criteria for yourself and then learn about the
Netscape Application Server solution.
Related
Products
iPlanet Application
Server works in concert with a number of other products.
iPlanet
Application Builder
is an Internet application development tool that simplifies the
creation of enterprise-class applications that run on the
iPlanet Application Server.
Netscape
Extension Builder
is a toolkit that enables development of server extensions that
integrate with new, web-based enterprise applications and systems,
client-server applications, and third-party Internet solutions.
Netscape
Process Manager
enables design, automation, and management of business processes like
online procurement, work-flow management, and contract
negotiation.
Migration
Tools
Moving
from NetDynamics to J2EE
Tools and services designed to help NetDynamics customers move to
iPlanet Application Server.