Design for performance, Part 3: Remote interfaces
Learn to avoid performance hazards when designing Java classes This series explores some of the ways in which early design decisions can significantly affect application performance. Part 1, examined how a class’s object-creational behavior can be embedded in its interface.…
Share drawings worldwide with eBeam
eBeam Moderator 2.0 hardware/software combo captures live whiteboard sessions The whiteboard is the centerpiece of training and brainstorming sessions in corporate offices everywhere. Solutions such as Microsoft NetMeeting allow multiple PC users to share virtual whiteboards via the Internet. But…
Performance books put to the test
Tune up your Java programs with the help of these Java books Many people complain about the performance of their Java programs. Expecting miracles, or just giving in to hype, they want unoptimized programs to perform faster than natively C/C++-compiled…
Java Product News (March 23, 2001)
Fortress 1.0 Flash Edition creates interactive, multiuser applications Fortress 1.0 Flash Edition is a server solution for building collaboration applications with Macromedia Flash that combines the capabilities of Fortress Collaboration Technology with the networking features of Flash 5. Fortress 1.0…
Make bad code good
Refactor broken Java code for fun and profit So, you’ve inherited some code. It’s 50,000 lines of the oldest code on the project. The authors have left the company and won’t return your calls. It’s undocumented, badly designed, and buggy;…
Java Tip 109: Display images using JEditorPane
Modify the JEditorPane component to display images You can use the current JEditorPane component to display HTML markup, but to perform more complicated tasks, JEditorPane needs some improvement. Recently, I had to build an XML form builder application. One necessary…
XML saves the UI
Build automated UIs with XML and XSLT Q: I am developing an application where the UI must be done through a Web browser. The pages are in XML format, and I would like to create a graphical interface based on…
Jato: The new kid on the open source block, Part 1
A new library for converting between Java and XML Kept separate, XML and Java are environmentally friendly, but sound scientific evidence indicates the effort developers exert to merge them may contribute to global warming. This article, the first of three,…
Access the world’s biggest database with Web DataBase Connectivity
Use SQL to query Web-based information What’s your hobby? Mine is amateur investing and the Web helps me a lot. I can log on to one of my favorite financial information sites and look up the latest share prices, or…
Java Product News (March 16, 2001)
New HP Bluestone products feature enhanced Java technology HP Bluestone has released three new Java-based products for e-business: Total-e-Server Release 7.3; Total-e-Transactions 2.1; and Total-e-Syndication. The latest version of HP Bluestone’s pure Java application server, the Total-e-Server 7.3 is J2EE-compliant…
