Programming Languages

JavaBeans: properties, events, and thread safety

Find out what measures you can take to ensure your beans survive in the real-life environment of a multithreaded application

Reflections on Java, Beans, and relational databases

Here's how to get to your relational database with the new 1.1 APIs

Java Media prominent at Siggraph97

The Java Media APIs and Java-based solutions burst onto the scene at this year's international conference for graphics and media professionals

Building a bevy of beans: Create reusable JavaBeans components

With the basics of beans in the bag, you're now ready to see how easy it is to develop more advanced beans

“Double Shot, Half Decaf, Skinny Latte”: Customize your Java

How to tailor JavaBeans to fit your application

Four Mac-based IDEs compared: Which should you choose?

We weigh the pros (great UI, ease of use) and cons (no JDK 1.1) of the Mac as a Java development platform

Java Tip 39: The trick to using a basic Java 1.1 network and file class loader

Having trouble with that class loader? Here's how to use one in Java 1.1 that works either over the 'Net or from a local file

News and New Product Briefs (8/4/97)

Letters to the Editor: Debates galore!

This month readers quiz our columnists on progress bars for applets; Microsoft rebuts William Blundon's Netscape bonanza; Laurence Vanhelsuwe talks ethics with Waite Group Press; and readers applaud Windows over the Mac for Java development. &lt

A walking tour of JavaBeans

What JavaBeans is, how it works, and why you want to use it