Enterprise Java: Where, How, When (And When Not) to Apply Java in Client/Server Business Environments (Java Masters) - Softcover

Savit, Jeffrey; Wilcox, Sean; Jayaraman, Bhuvana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070579911 ISBN 13: 9780070579910

Publisher: Computing McGraw-Hill, 1997

Synopsis

"Think client/server computing and the Internet have changed your life? Java's going to be twice as important - it will totally change the way you write applications and distribute them to clients," says Datamation. Java computing on the enterprise is coming. Web-based business applications, on Intranets and the Internet, are the leading new trend in enterprise-wide application development, and Java is a big reason why. Companies now have the tools they need to produce powerful applications that are tied in to a Web-based corporate Intranet or Extranet. This book is a guide to the effective use of Java technology for client/server business application development.

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Review

Enterprise Java has a potentially misleading title: While the book does a good job of explaining the fundamentals of the Java programming language, it does little to illuminate the packages of the Enterprise Java family. Opening with a square-one explanation of how to install the Java Developer's Kit (JDK), most of this book is taken up by elementary Java tutorials, data types, conversions, operators, and the like. The guide provides a general discussion of object-oriented programming and includes a brief chapter on integrated development environments for Java. The authors do get somewhat deeper into the language and cover some of the java.net.* classes.

The biggest piece of true Enterprise Java here is the chapter on Java Database Connectivity (JDBC), which includes an application programming interface (API) reference and some code samples. (There's no companion disk.) CORBA gets a little bit of attention, too. The concluding chapters on the network computer reflect a broad view of Java in an organizational setting, but don't provide much information about the Java language.

From the Back Cover

Where, How, When (and When Not) to Apply Java in Client/Server Business Environments Java is rapidly emerging as the preferred platform for corporate client/server systems, allowing easier-than-ever software distribution and portability via the Web. And here's all you need to get up-to-speed in record time as an enterprise-wise Java wiz. Three world-class Java gurus team up to tell you how to best exploit Java's unique capabilities in this context-and, ever better, what common pitfalls to avoid. You'll learn: How to utilize such critically related technologies as JDBC, RMI, Java Beans, Network PC (JavaStation), and NetRexx; How to work around Java's current limitations; When to work around Java's current limitations; When to work within the Java applet environment-and when alternative techniques may be preferable; How to integrate Java smoothly with current popular client/server tools. How to evaluate Java against competing client/server technologies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Computing McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0070579911
• ISBN 13: 9780070579910
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 350