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In search of the best Java book for beginners

A comparative review of 7 intro-programming language books

Locating CORBA objects using Java IDL

Learn how to use stringification and the COS Naming Service to find CORBA objects spread around the enterprise

Discord surfaces in wake of Inprise restructuring

Creator of award-winning JBuilder tool plans to divide itself into two separate entities, resulting in sizable layoffs

Sun wins bid to keep Java from splitting in two

National Committee for Information Technology Standardization turns down request to oversee realtime Java standards

Internationalize your software, Part 3

Learn how to develop software for the global marketplace

Middleware leader Iona takes Java seriously

Find out why Java developers in the enterprise should look at Iona's Orbix products

Sun spills beans on future EJB releases

Company's head of Enterprise Java discusses planned releases, code-named Moscone, Milano, and Javits

Bluestone moves to marry Java and XML

While Sun dallies in delivering an XML strategy, other vendors step up to the plate to bring Java and XML together

Sun announces support for Java TV API for digital interactive TV

Sun wants Java to set the standard for applications in the growing set-top and embedded markets

Jini, Sun’s magic out of the lamp

Sun and enthusiastic partners introduce Jini network-connection technology at major San Francisco rollout

Update on Java development on and for the Mac

Here's the news about the 'IDEs of Mac' from Metrowerks and Symantec. Plus: products demoed at Macworld Expo that make significant use of Java

Programming Java threads in the real world, Part 5

Has Sun abandoned 'run anywhere'? Plus: Threads and Swing, timers, and getting around stop(), suspend(), and resume() deprecation

News and New Product Briefs (1/20/99)

Internationalize your software, Part 2

Learn how to develop software for the global marketplace

News and New Product Briefs (1/5/99)

IBM’s Internet start-up: alphaWorks

Small team steers Big Blue's efforts in Java, XML, Internet media, and more

Judge in Java case orders partial settlement talks

Parties are asked to work out JNI/RNI differences

Jini to take a formal bow on January 25

Scott McNealy announces Jini's launch date at Java Business Expo

Sun and Matsushita examine lighter Java

Japanese electronics maker considers smaller footprint version for consumer electronics apps

Microsoft appeals preliminary injunction awarded to Sun

Company has 28 days to file appeal brief with US Court

Microsoft begins to comply with Java order

Offer of new version of JVM for Windows and IE help fulfill MS's legal obligations

Microsoft seeks extension in Java ruling

Company requests extra time and the chance to explain the long timeline involved in bringing its products into compliance

Microsoft fires back at Sun’s Jini

"Universal Plug and Play" initiative allows devices to connect and interoperate over home network

Sun and Real Time Java Group to meet to discuss standards

But will the mid-January meeting in San Diego result in a move forward in the Java standards-development process?

IBM sows seeds for Java’s growth

Tools, middleware, app servers, network devices — on Big Blue's plate for '99

Novell in talks to broaden reach of NDS

Company seeks bundling arrangements with app server products from IBM, Oracle, and Sun

Sun loosens tight-fisted grip on Java

New open-source licensing program allows gives developers power to extend language

XML-Java combo continues to interest vendors

Cross-platform programming language and cross-platform structured data format gain momentum as popular pair

The battle of the container frameworks: which should you use?

We compare ObjectSpace's JGL and Sun's Collections Framework to help you pick the best option

Messaging helps move Java into the enterprise

Find out how the Java Message Service API helps developers create more robust enterprise applications

Letters to the Editor

This month: Geoff Friesen decodes Java internationalization issues; Jason Hunter further reveals the Servlet 2.1 API; and <strong>Media Programming</strong> guru Bill Day brings Java 3D down to earth. And much more!

How to avoid traps and correctly override methods from java.lang.Object

Avoid incorrect implementations and bugs by following these guidelines

Use a RandomAccessFile to build a low-level database

How to extend a RandomAccessFile to support the storage and retrieval of arbitrary record data

Start customizing Swing’s editor pane — patch the Swing HTMLEditorKit

Learn how to add hyperlink enter/exit events to the Swing HTMLEditorKit

Microsoft seeks extension in Java ruling

Company requests extra time and the chance to explain the long timeline involved in bringing its products into compliance

Java Tip 66: Control browsers from your Java application

Tired of using Java HTML widgets that don't quite work? Use this simple class to control your system's native browser

News and New Product Briefs (12/18/98)

Internationalize your software, Part 1

Learn how to develop software for the global marketplace

Zander keynote at the Java Business Expo conference

News and New Product Briefs (12/2/98)

JavaWorld announces winners in its 1998 Editors’ Choice Awards

First-place tools, companies, and industry leaders named at Java magazine's awards ceremony during Java Business Expo in New York

Revolutionary RMI: Dynamic class loading and behavior objects

Find out how RMI can help you define extensible, distributed object-oriented frameworks

Focus at Microsoft trial switches to Java

James Gosling set to take the stand in US government antitrust case

Microsoft dropping Java in Mac, Unix Explorer

Recent US District Court injunction spurs Redmond, WA-based company to make drastic changes in offending products

Sun granted injunction against Microsoft

We detail the the landmark ruling and its requirements

Sun and AOL join forces on I-commerce for businesses

The big news is the ISP's purchase of Netscape — but how will this affect Java?

Sun to open Java processes to nonlicensees

Company behind language plays 'benevolent dictator' role, broadening standardization process while maintaining final say

Judge may rule soon in Sun-Microsoft hearing

With nearly 2,000 pages of previously sealed documents now in public domain, said public awaits US District Court's decision

XML and Java: Siblings or rivals?

Can the Sun technology continue to rally as a platform in the face of the new markup language's rapid ascent?

Ask the Java Experts: Random Walk Computing answers your Java questions

On inner classes and RMI callbacks