From ‘Long Boom’ to days of doom and gloom
Bill Joy, deep thinker and Sun’s chief scientist, speaks about the dangers of technology, the future of Jini, and Sun’s stewardship of Java Bill Joy, chief scientist and cofounder of Sun Microsystems, recently threw a cold bucket of water on…
New Sun tool may revive interest in client-side Java
Sun’s WebStart applet caching tool may speed up client-side Java performance; plus upcoming JavaOne company announcements Vendors revamping their server products to support the latest enterprise Java technology won’t be the only companies making news at next week’s annual JavaOne…
Sun opens up Java specification process — somewhat
Sun announces the interim members of the JCP 2.0’s Executive Committee, but not everyone thinks the changes go far enough toward open standards June 2, 2000 — Responding to concerns from key Java stakeholders, Sun Microsystems is moving to revise…
Java Tip 93: Add a file finder accessory to JFileChooser
Enhance JFileChooser by implementing your own accessories This tip describes how to extend the functionality of one of the most common user interface components — the standard file open dialog — with a threaded file search accessory. When you attempt…
Test infect your Enterprise JavaBeans
Learn how to test your J2EE components live and in the wild We can never overtest software, but we seldom test it enough. When testing does begin, system or integration testing is the norm, with formal testing and quality assurance…
Objects versus documents for server-client interaction, Part 1
Comparing two ways that software can interact with software These days the dominant way that servers interact with people across the network is by sending HTML documents to Web browsers. Recently, XML has generated a lot of excitement among developers…
Total-e-B2C is built for speed
Bluestone Software’s upcoming Total-e-B2C 2.0 enables rapid e-commerce site development — at a cost To go full tilt into e-commerce, you’ll need a reliable, scalable, fault-tolerant infrastructure that can stand up to the constant stampede of shoppers at your door.…
Dynamic user interface is only skin deep
Java skins are an alternative approach to a pluggable look and feel A skin is a collection of images and a definition file, which together describe an application interface. You have no doubt come across applications using skins already. On…
Easy Java/XML integration with JDOM, Part 1
Learn about a new open source API for working with XML JDOM is an open source API designed to represent an XML document and its contents to the typical Java developer in an intuitive and straightforward way. As the name…
Download a Website for offline browsing
Use common Java classes to build an offloading utility In this article, I guide you through the steps involved in designing a utility to download a Website. This utility downloads only text and image files, but it can easily be…
