Jtrix: Web services beyond SOAP
A new bag of tricks for developing Web services SOAP can’t deliver Jini and EJBs (Enterprise JavaBeans) provide a terrific basis for Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)-based Web services. But SOAP is just a slightly advanced form of remote procedure…
Study guide: Achieve strong performance with threads, Part 1
Brush up on Java terms, learn tips and cautions, review homework assignments, and read Jeff’s answers to student questions Glossary of terms animation The act of repeatedly drawing on one surface images that slightly differ from each other to achieve…
Java Product News (updated May 3, 2002)
Microsoft releases SQL Server 2000 Driver for JDBC; Small Worlds navigates Java systems; and more Microsoft releases SQL Server 2000 Driver for JDBC May 3 — The Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Driver for JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) is a Type…
Java 101: Understanding Java threads, Part 1: Introducing threads and runnables
Learn how to improve Java application performance using Java threads This article is the first in a four-part Java 101 series exploring Java threads. Although you might think threading in Java would be challenging to grasp, I intend to show…
I’ll do it on one condition
Unify event-triggered conditional processes in a single platform Most software applications feature processes strung together in sequences, each fulfilling specific functions. In such systems, an end user, directly or indirectly, initiates or starts most processes. Further, most processes are instantaneous—they…
Technology does alter the moral landscape
We’re not just grappling with old problems in new clothing I used to believe that there was nothing new under the sun. I used to think that the problems we face with ethics and technology are no different than the…
LookSmart upsets the apple cart with new charges
Mid-stream changes rile customers who paid ‘one-time flat rate’ LONDON — I traveled to the United Kingdom to dig up e-business secrets for you at Search Engine Strategies, an international conference sponsored by Search Engine Watch on ways sites can…
Macromedia exec talks Web services
Chief Software Architect Kevin Lynch discusses the blending of design and development MACROMEDIA IS NOT the first company to embrace Web services but, even still, it sits in an interesting vista atop the world of front-end Web site designers. The…
Interview: IBM’s software chief speaks out
Steve Mills gives his thoughts on Java, Web services, and Microsoft’s .Net strategies AS THE OVERSEER of IBM’s $12 billion software business, a business that spans every major software market from mainframes to PCs, Senior Vice President and Group Executive…
Interview: Ozzie’s Groove moves toward edge services
Groove CEO reveals plans to add SOAP-based services to collaboration platform AS GROOVE NETWORKS ships Groove 2.0 with enhanced tools for integration with Microsoft Office, Groove CEO and co-founder Ray Ozzie sat down with InfoWorld Test Center Director Steve Gillmor…
