Software Development

Thin Java coverage in a fat Java book

<em>Complete Reference</em> sacrifices focus in pursuit of completeness

Java databases sprouting slowly

Can a pure Java product offer the performance that customers are used to from their databases?

Java gets serial support with the new javax.comm package

Sun's JavaSoft division provides support for RS-232 and parallel devices with standard extensions

Visual J++ reader poll draws choice reader comments, record number of votes

When questioned on their potential use of Visual J++ 6.0 as a development tool, readers had plenty to say

Write your own MOM!

Write your own general-purpose, message-oriented middleware

What’s a method to do?

How to maximize cohesion while avoiding explosion

News and New Product Briefs (4/15/98)

Letters to the Editor

This month: Readers cut HotSpot (and Java) down to size. Plus, more MessageBox app questions for Jack Harich; new columnist Bryan Morgan fields his first Distributed Objects inquiry; and Mark Johnson may just have to switch from instant -- "free

Designing fields and methods

How to keep fields focused and methods decoupled

Serialization grab bag

Answers to reader questions about serialization