Software Development

News and New Product Briefs (3/5/99)

XML JavaBeans, Part 2

Automatically convert JavaBeans to XML documents

How to drag and drop with Java 2, Part 1

Explore the Java platform's new drag and drop classes

Messaging makes its move, Part 2

Put the finishing touches on your own Java-based messaging service by adding the required JMS veneer

Sun debuts new Java Embedded Server

Next version to include Project Aladdin, a component that lets service providers use Jini technology

Java 2 development kit making its way to Linux

Blackdown team to take on task of developing new implementation; Caldera and Graphon already have plans to use Java on Linux

Vendors leverage Java, Net to link myriad devices

Open Services Gateway spec backed by 15 companies forging 'vendor-neutral' LAN to WAN technologies

Java 2 source code release: More open, but not open source

Plus: How to get your own copy of the Java 2 source code

Letters to the Editor (2/20/99)

Mark Johnson responds to questions about his "XML JavaBeans, Part 1," article; a reader expresses a positive opinion about the version-number feature of 1.2 compilers and VMs; Bill Day helps a reader use Java 3D to move a "camera"

Letters to the Editor (3/5/99)

John Neffenger answers reader questions about this month's 'Volano Report' cover story; Mark Johnson provides a big-picture explanation of XML JavaBeans; and Eugene Podgorbunskikh heeds a reader's amendment to Java Tip 69