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Create a native Java executable, revisited

You can create a native executable — but do you really want to?

Read all about EJB 2.0

Dramatic EJB 2.0 changes enhance flexibility and portability in your application development

IBM: The Internet was the rocket, Java was the fuel

IBM speaks out on Java's contribution to Big Blue's e-commerce rebirth

News and New Product Briefs (June 9, 2000)

An interview with James Gosling

Bill Venners probes the formidable mind of Java's creator

Pat pushes Java forward

<em>JavaWorld</em>'s editors talk to Pat Sueltz, president of Sun's Software Products and Platforms Division, about Java's current state — and its future.

Java’s primitive wrappers are written in stone

You can't alter an immutable object!

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

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

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

Kawa IDE offers no-frills Java development

Tek-Tools Kawa 4.0's solid development features keep experienced programmer's hands in the code — without distracting bells and whistles

News and New Product Briefs (June 2, 2000)

WAP for Java developers

Develop WAP applications with Java servlets and JSP

Does Java pass by reference or pass by value?

Learn Java: If Java uses the pass-by reference, why won't a swap function work?

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

News and New Product Briefs (May 26, 2000)

Test infect your Enterprise JavaBeans

Learn how to test your J2EE components live and in the wild

News and New Product Briefs (May 18, 2000)

Download a Website for offline browsing

Use common Java classes to build an offloading utility

Easy Java/XML integration with JDOM, Part 1

Learn about a new open source API for working with XML

Dynamic user interface is only skin deep

Java skins are an alternative approach to a pluggable look and feel

Make bad users behave by using JFC documents

How do you limit what a user can enter into a text field?

CodeWarrior eases mobile app development

Metrowerk's CodeWarrior PersonalJava Platform Edition 1.0 features a complete development environment for small Java devices

Sun dealt another blow in Java dispute with Microsoft

Federal judge rejects two Sun-initiated summary judgement motions in Java copyright dispute

News and New Product Briefs (May 12, 2000)

JFC: Why do you act like that?

Why do we have to add components to a JFrame's content?

Allaire speaks

Jeremy Allaire, CTO at Allaire, discusses the company's foray into providing a full Internet-business platform

Create dynamic images in Java servlets

Dynamically convert users' requests into an image

News and New Product Briefs (May 5, 2000)

Server-side XML-to-HTML translation

How do you convert XML to HTML on the server side?

AES: Cryptography advances into the future

Find out the latest steps towards the development of the Advanced Encryption Standard, the next-generation standard for private-key cryptography

Using the if-then-else framework, Part 2

The final steps to coding branching logic without nested ifs

Open source ArgoUML offers unique decision support

The InfoWorld Test Center reviews the Java-based ArgoUML UML modeling solution

Java security evolution and concepts, Part 1: Security nuts and bolts

Learn computer security concepts and terms in this introductory overview

News and New Product Briefs (April 28, 2000)

Secure a Web application, Java-style

Use Java's multiple-layer security implementation to protect your Web

Sometimes you save more space by not compressing data

Can the compressed data length be longer than the uncompressed data

Letter from the editor

An update on JavaWorld and an explanation for that yellow and black navbar

Java in the new economy

Java is a cornerstone in the spectacular growth of startups

A ZipClassLoader for automated application distribution

Learn how to use ClassLoaders and exploit the zip library

Enhydra broadens ebiz options

The InfoWorld Test Center puts the open source Lutris Technologies Enhydra application server through its paces

News and New Product Briefs (April 21, 2000)

JFC actions

Use the powerful Command pattern with the JFC Action interface to build a reusable GUI-command library

News and New Product Briefs (April 14, 2000)

Can you securely read a password on the command line?

Securely reading a password from the command line in Java is difficult, but there are some (imperfect) solutions

Programming XML in Java, Part 2

Experience the joy of SAX, LAX, and DTDs

News and New Product Briefs (April 7, 2000)

JNDI overview, Part 4: the Doc-u-Matic, a JNDI application

Pull together your JNDI knowledge with a JNDI-enabled application

New Product Briefs (March 31, 2000)

Choosing an enterprise-wide standard Java IDE

Reap the benefits of a cross-platform IDE for enterprise development