Software Development

Letters to the Editor

Quite a few readers responded to last month's JDK 1.2 bug report with skepticism at best; author Kieron Murphy takes on the critics. Plus: VolanoMark's John Neffenger addresses a mailbag full of JVM scalability queries; Merlin Hughes tackle

It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that Swing: A comparative review of four JFC/Swing books

The first wave of JFC/Swing books has hit the shores. Find out which -- if any -- of these four books delivers the goods on this complex and integral part of the JDK

Is Java strolling down Unix lane?

Forté Software licenses Java, but voices concern over the language's future

Agents talking to agents

Find out how to get agents to talk to each other -- simply, efficiently, and reliably

Microsoft rejects Sun’s plea for preliminary injunction in Java case

Licensing the programming language obviates the case for complaints -- according to Redmond-based company

Ninth annual Inprise Conference reveals juicy bits of Java news

Sessions stress Delphi, databases, and CORBA, but JDK 1.2, HotSpot, Swing, beans, and JBuilder grab attention too

Image processing with Java 2D

Sophisticated image processing support comes to Java in the 2D API

News and New Product Briefs (9/1/98)

Developers say Sun should keep its Swing package promise for JDK 1.2

Find out where <em>JavaWorld</em> readers want Sun to house JDK's GUI component set

Making the Forum Swing, Part 1

Find out how to develop and deploy a commercial-quality GUI with Swing