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News Headlines
The
2000 JavaOne Conference: A Blow-Out
(Java Developer Connection, 14 June 2000) - The world's largest
developer conference drew an estimated 25,000 attendees and featured
keynotes by such luminaries as Scott McNealy, Patricia Sueltz, and
Bill Joy.
Sun
Takes Upper Hand in Java War
(ZDNet News, 2 June 2000) - Sun has successfully blocked an
attempt by industry rivals to set standards for web applications by
supersetting Java.
Sun
Opens Up Java Specification Process -
Somewhat
(JavaWorld, June 2000) - Sun is moving to revise its community
process for developing new Java technology.
Pat
Pushes Java Forward
(JavaWorld, June 2000) - JavaWorld talks with the
president of Sun's Software Products and Platforms Division about
Java's current state - and its future.
Java
Emerges As Server-Side Standard
(Information Week, 22 May 2000) - With J2EE, Java is poised to
dominate server-side computing.
About Java 2 Enterprise
Edition (J2EE)
J2EE
overview
J2EE
Blueprints Digest
(Java Developer Connection, May 2000) - Introduces the programming
model and helps you get started.
Objects
and Classes
(Java Developer Connection, April 2000) - Chapter 6 from The
Complete Java 2 Certification Study Guide by Simon Roberts,
Philip Heller, and Michael Ernest (Sybex, 1999).
Sun's
Blueprints for J2EE
(JavaWorld, February 2000) - Gives insight into design
guidelines.
Writing
Enterprise Applications with Java 2 Platform, Enterprise
Edition
(Java Developer Connection online tutorial) - Introduces you to the
APIs, tools, and services provided by the J2EE Reference
Implementation.
Resource
Management System: A J2EE Sample
Application
(Java Developer Connection, March 2000) - Download and examine a
working application based on J2EE technologies.
Introduction
to the J2EE Architecture, Beta
Release
(Java Developer Connection, September 1999) - High-level view of the
architecture, its elements, and their purpose.
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.
About JavaServer Pages
(JSP)
JavaServer
Pages overview
JavaServer
Pages Tutorial
A beginner's guide to using JSP, for web and enterprise
developers.
JavaServer
Pages Technology Takes Off at Delta
Airlines
(Java Developer Connection, 7 June 2000) - How Delta used JSP to
address the challenge of providing speedy one-stop shopping on the
web for Delta customers.
JavaServer
Pages: A Developer's Perspective
(Java Developer Connection, April 2000) - An overview of JSP
technology plus examples of JSP in action.
Building
Your Own JSP Components
(View Source, November 1999) - How to create your own Beans
for use as JSP components.
Programmer's
Guide to Servlets in Enterprise Server
4.0
(19 August 1999) - How to enable and install Java servlets and
JavaServer Pages in Enterprise Server 4.0.
Introduction
to JavaServer Pages: Server-Side Scripting the Java
Way
(View Source, June 1999) - Users and features of this key J2EE
element.
About Enterprise JavaBeans
(EJB)
Enterprise
JavaBeans overview
Enterprise
JavaBeans Tutorial: Building Your First Stateless Session
Bean
Discover how easy it is to build server-side Java components using
the EJB component model.
Open-Market
Component-Based Development with Enterprise JavaBeans
Technology
(Java Developer Connection, 2 June 2000) - Developers who use EJB
technology are realizing the benefits of component-based, multi-tier
applications.
Enterprise
JavaBeans (EJB) Technology
Fundamentals
(Java Developer Connection, April 2000) - Short course that teaches
you how to use EJB technology to simplify the development and
deployment of transactional, distributed object systems. Discover how
to create entity and session beans, use entity beans from within
session beans, and practice deploying solutions in a
server.
Enterprise
JavaBeans Technology: Server Component Model for the Java
Platform
(Java Developer Connection, December 1998) - White paper exploring
the EJB component model and architectural details of EJB
solutions.
About Java Message Service
(JMS)
Java
Message Service API overview
Messaging
Systems and the Java Message Service
(Java Developer Connection, June 2000) - A discussion of messaging
systems and how developers can write message-based applications using
JMS.
Other Topics
New-to-Java
Programming Center
(Java Developer Connection, June 2000) - A collection of links to
tutorials, articles, software downloads, and other learning tools to
help newcomers get started with Java programming technologies and
shorten their learning curve.
Adding
Database Support With JDBC: A Primer for Java
Programmers
(View Source, February 2000) - Use JDBC to add database
support to Java applications, applets, or servlets.
Fundamentals
of RMI
(Java Developer Connection, March 2000) - Short course that
introduces the Remote Method Invocation API and covers its strengths
and weaknesses as a platform for distributed computing.
Servlet
Programming for Teams: How Java Programmers and HTML Designers Can
Collaborate Using XML
(View Source, September 1999) - Introduces a technique for
cleanly separating the presentation aspect from the application logic
in Java servlets.
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