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Net Express helps quicken time to market for development teams

Merant International's tool automatically converts COBOL-based business logic into EJBs

Code generation using Javadoc

Extend Javadoc by creating custom doclets

News and New Product Briefs (August 18, 2000)

Help with the Java Communications API

Use this API to communicate with a serial port

AS/400 leads the league in Java performance

IBM's AS/400 server rocks the house in two Java benchmarks

Sun investigates Java security flaw in Netscape browser

Java bug allows unsigned applets to read and dispense files from a user's computer

Encapsulate reusable functionality in JSP tags

Build your own custom JSP tag with Tomcat

News and New Product Briefs (August 11, 2000)

Java threads may not use all your CPUs

Simple testing reveals a major flaw in Java 1.1.7 on Solaris 2.6

Legacy application transformation

How do you transform legacy COBOL code into Web-enabled Java applications? These tools can help!

Benefit from platform-independent builds

Automate your build process with jmk or Ant

C#, the natural progression

With Visual J++ in the dumpster, Microsoft introduces C# to fill the void

Macworld: Java 2 for the Mac almost ready

Macintosh enthusiasts must wait for Mac OS X to finally see solid Java 2 support

News and New Product Briefs (August 4, 2000)

Mapping XML to Java, Part 1

Employ the SAX API to map XML documents to Java objects

Secant keeps Web servers responsive

Secant's Extreme Internet Server 3.5 Web server is good for what ails you

Easy Java/XML integration with JDOM, Part 2

Use JDOM to create and mutate XML

Modify archives, Part 1

Supplement Java's util.zip package to make it easy to write or modify existing archives

Java security evolution and concepts, Part 2

Discover the ins and outs of Java security

Modify archives, Part 1

Supplement Java's util.zip package to make it easy to write or modify existing archives

Oracle8i’s ORB does the trick

Develop scalable and secure Java CORBA applications with Oracle8i

HMVC: The layered pattern for developing strong client tiers

This hierarchical model eases the development of a Java-based client tier

Crafting Metadata

Decouple applications and their details using properties, XML, and cryptography

News and New Product Briefs (July 21, 2000)

Build a better mouse trap

Take a look at the ins and outs of mouse events

Flatten your objects

Discover the secrets of the Java Serialization API

Microsoft drops Java tool from suite

Due to the Sun-Microsoft Java legal fight, Microsoft decides not to include Visual J++ with its upcoming Visual Studio.Net tool

WebGain gaining ground

The new company continues to build up its Java toolbox via product and company acquisitions

Lock on to an alternate synchronization mechanism

Learn how to implement a reader/writer lock for flexible protection

News and New Product Briefs (July 14, 2000)

Transaction management under J2EE 1.2

Explore your options for managing transactions

Talkback: Cell phone etiquette

In Dan Briody's The Ten Commandments of cell phone etiquette he asks for suggestions for additions.

Linux and Java: What’s the scoop?

Discover the skills you need to program Java on Linux

Sun and IBM mend fences, but Java politics cloudy

Although two of Java's biggest backers — Sun and IBM — have mended fences, the Java community still sees tension over licensing and open standards

JDBC drivers in the wild

Learn how to deploy, use, and benchmark JDBC driver types 1, 2, 3, and 4

News and New Product Briefs (July 7, 2000)

Programming XML in Java, Part 3

DOMination: Take control of structured documents with the Document Object Model

XSL gives your XML some style

Use XSL and servlets to style your XML data

Using the if-then-else framework, Part 3

Enhance the framework to support large-scale projects

News and New Product Briefs (June 30, 2000)

Debug with jdb

How do you use this crazy thing?

Letters to the Editor (June 23, 2000)

Big Blue, Sun in Java dispute

IBM changes its tune over licensing Sun's J2EE platform, a move that's news to Sun

Solid JRun serves up Java on a budget

Allaire's JRun 3.0 Java-based application server features up-to-date server-side Java features, easy installation, and low cost; but how does it measure up against the competition?

News and New Product Briefs (June 23, 2000)

Personalize your application’s icon

Let your user customize the frame

Use Microsoft’s Internet Information Server as a Java servlet engine

Run Java servlets with Microsoft's IIS — without sacrificing portability

Java 2 poised to take over the desktop

J2SE 1.3 shows its maturity with performance gains, enhanced security, and strong Web features

News and New Product Briefs (June 16, 2000)

High-priced iAS 6.0 difficult to justify

iPlanet's Application Server 6.0 sports speedy performance, J2EE certification, and good Windows NT integration, but it'll cost you dearly