Finalists announced for JavaWorld Editors’ Choice Awards
Find out which Java products and technologies made the final cut Awards season is not yet over. This week JavaWorld proudly announces the finalists for its 2001 JavaWorld Editors’ Choice Awards. Established in 1997, the awards recognize innovative companies, organizations,…
Cache in on faster, more reliable JSPs
Open source OSCache tag library offers an innovative approach to caching JSP code Caching a JavaServer Pages (JSP) block can give a Web developer freedom to add complex information that would otherwise bring a Web server to its knees. Some…
Thinkmap reveals the big data picture
Thinkmap Studio 1.5 allows developers to create engaging maps for drawing users deeper into online database content Today’s information consumer faces the daunting task of slogging through complex corporate and e-commerce databases. Whether they are employees searching a knowledge base…
Tech skills: Does Java trump COM when looking for work?
Forum members debate salability of programming skills JavaWorld forum members are talking about the future of Java and the demand for Java skills in our Careers Q&A discussion. We thought you might find some of these opinions of interest. Do…
Clean up your wire protocol with SOAP, Part 2
Use Apache SOAP to create SOAP-based applications SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is a wire protocol that uses XML for data encoding. It is a minimalist specification of sorts; it only defines the most critical pieces required by a wire…
Java Product News (April 27, 2001)
Motorola releases first MIDP-certified wireless phones Sun Microsystems has certified Motorola’s i85s and i50sx wireless phones with the Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP), the first phones to feature such a certification. The new phones offer two-way radio, interactive pager, and…
A dose of Java strengthens WebLogic 6.0
BEA Systems’ latest app server release boasts excellent use of J2EE and the potential to scale in stride with your company Companies looking to decrease their applications’ time to market, boost developer productivity, and relieve many of the headaches associated…
Sun launches Jxta development platform
Sun’s chief scientist Bill Joy officially launches the open source Jxta peer-to-peer project April 25, 2001 — Sun Microsystems on Wednesday officially launched Jxta, an open source project that Sun hopes will become the basis for p-to-p (peer-to-peer) computing applications…
Facilitate form processing with the Form Processing API
Use the new servlet-based API with JSPs and JavaBeans to process form data When designing a solution and then writing code for it, I often face a dilemma: Should I build a quick solution to finish my work quickly, or…
Secure type-safe collections
Overcome the problems of the generic type containers in the Java Collections Framework The Java Collections Framework (JCF), introduced in 1998 in JDK 1.2, is quickly becoming the standard for storing dynamic data in Java systems. Many new APIs use…
