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JavaOne offers advancements, mind benders, and disappointments

At JavaSoft's main event, which took place in San Francisco in early April, Java came off as a great success. Here's a look at the JavaOne technology triumphs — and, a disappointment or two

Java grows up

Opportunities for Java API and Java Platform development, now and in the year ahead, were highlighted at this year's JavaOne

JavaOne ’97 conference report: Same thing last year?

How this year's Java conference compared with the debut event last year

The pros and cons of the new Java

Sun's revelations at JavaOne: many pluses, and a few minuses

JavaOne complete: From day zero to day’s end, plus one

Here's a look at JavaSoft's recent JavaOne conference, with coverage including the learning opportunities available from the Tuesday before the show to the Saturday after

AWT: The next generation

Sun gives Java's abstract windowing toolkit a brighter future

CSX says Java delivers

Company reports on a year's worth of <BR>real-world Java deployments at JavaOne

What we’ve all been waiting for: Java beyond the desktop

Sun gears up to put Java in smart cards, TVs, outer space

JavaBeans make their debut at JavaOne

JavaSoft enters the bean component to a chorus of vendor support

JDBC gains momentum

New vendors and real support begin to add up in the Java database connectivity arena

Sound and Fury

JavaSoft puts the "multi" in multimedia controls

The importance of getting on the right road to a fast Java

Sun plans a fast-as-native Java, and two Sun engineers discuss Java performance

JavaOne: The participants’ view

Our roving reporter gathers a few dissenting opinions

Java’s new virtual machine

An overview of what's in the new VM and what to expect from JavaSoft and others

<em>JavaWorld</em> News Briefs (5/1/97)

Keeping you abreast of the ever-changing Java world

Object persistence and Java

Get an in-depth look at the issues surrounding object persistence in object-oriented languages

Java’s three types of portability

Find out about the types of portability Java supports, and how Microsoft could undermine the technology by subverting the one type that most threatens its hold on the desktop operating system market

Understanding the keys to Java security — the sandbox and authentication

A detailed look at the latest security features in Java — and the recently discovered code-signing hole

Book review: Lemay’s latest “Java 1.1” title fails to deliver

<em>Laura Lemay's Java 1.1 Interactive Course</em> is little more than a reprint of an out-of-date JDK 1.0.2 title — and hardly interactive

JavaSoft delivers Servlet Developer Kit

Here's the scoop on a new consistent API for server-side Java

The Cisco Kid – Friend of mine?

StockWatch Focus, March 15, 1997

Haven’t heard about Sun’s new JavaNFS and “Project Studio?” We give you the newly revealed details…

Sun also hints at Java WorkShop licensing deal with a major competitor — all at the Sun User Group West conference

Agents: Not just for Bond anymore

Learn what agents are and how to create them using IBM's Aglet Workbench

The architecture of aglets

Find out about the inner workings of aglets, IBM Japan's Java-based autonomous software agent technology

“JavaOne Keynote Question” contest

Expressing yourself in JavaScript

Find out how you can use expressions to make your scripts think on their own

The pros and cons of JDK 1.1

JavaSoft, Java developers describe the key benefits and shortcomings of the long-awaited Java software toolkit — and discuss the pain of moving from 1.02

Java Media Framework Player API

Multimedia playback comes to Java! Learn how to start using audio and video in your applets and applications

<em>JavaWorld</em> News Briefs (4/1/97)

Keeping you abreast of the ever-changing Java world

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JavaBeans and ActiveX go head to head

Don't choose until you've considered these 5 issues crucial to developers

JavaSoft president sums up where Java’s at

Baratz delivers a juicy list of Java's achievements to date and the JDK's new features at Web conference keynote

Competing components make for prickly panelists

Find out what sparked a debate between proponents of JavaBeans and ActiveX at Web Design & Development '97

JavaWorld celebrates its 1-year anniversary

How this Web-only magazine became the premier tool for Java developers and professionals

Control flow

With code samples, tables, and a Java virtual machine simulation, here's a look at the bytecodes of the Java virtual machine that deal with control flow

JavaSoft to sell JavaOS for ARM processors

Good news for those ARM processor folks seeking to avoid licensing and porting headaches

Learn how to extend the AWT with your own image buttons

Subclass an AWT component so you can build an image button for toolbars, palettes, and other &quot;icon-friendly&quot; environments

IBM joins Java apostles in 40-city tour to woo developers

At the Java Education World Tour, 4-company team is showcased — but Microsoft is the subtext

<em>JavaWorld</em> News Briefs (3/1/97)

Keeping you abreast of the ever-changing Java world

Polese pushes push technology

Marimba CEO delivers keynote, announces partnerships at Web Design & Development '97; hints at plans to deliver Castanet technologies to standards body

Is your browser a blabbermouth? Are your ports being scanned?

As two new Java-based security holes show, Netscape's and Microsoft's Java implementations may not be as secure as you think.

How to get started with server-side Java

Take advantage of the platform-independent, object-oriented power of Netscape's server-side applets. An introduction.

JavaHeads of the world unite

San Francisco welcomes opening act of World Tour. Four more live stops and a slew of broadcasts from Atlanta to Zurich are scheduled. Should you take the time to see what the hype is all about?

<em>JavaWorld</em> News Briefs (1/15/97)

Keeping you abreast of the ever-changing Java world

JavaBeans vs. ActiveX: Strategic analysis

The philosophies, marketing strategies, and agendas<br> of Sun and Microsoft. The first in a 3-part series

How Java will bring together the Internet and telephony

With the new Java Telephony API, the integration of computers and phones will finally become a reality

Try-finally clauses defined and demonstrated

Through code samples, tables, and a Java virtual machine simulation, this article examines the bytecodes of the Java virtual machine that deal with finally clauses

Beta 3 of JDK 1.1 is chock fulla beans — and more

Find out what the latest revision of JavaSoft's developer toolkit offers in terms of new features and performance, and when the final (non-beta) release will ship

<em>JavaWorld</em> News Briefs (2/1/97)

Keeping you abreast of the ever-changing Java world