Advanced Techniques for Java Developers, Revised Edition - Softcover

Berg, Daniel J.; Fritzinger, J. Steven

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471327182 ISBN 13: 9780471327189

Publisher: Wiley, 1999

Synopsis

The experts at Sun Microsystems show you how to use all the latest Java(TM) technologies to create sophisticated applications in JD(TM) 1.2

Advanced Techniques for Java(TM) Developers

If you're ready to take the leap from Java applet programming to building full-scale Java business applications, here's your chance to learn from the experts. Revised to incorporate all of the changes to JDK(TM) 1.2 since the beta version, this edition of the original bestseller features coverage of protected domains, reference objects, collections, package versions, and drag-and-drop. It also includes updates on JavaBean(TM), JFCs, RMI, security, Java(TM) 2D, and Java database technology.

Using numerous sample programs (included on the CD-ROM), the authors show you how to take maximum advantage of:
* Advanced I/O and networking
* Concurrent programming with threads
* JavaBean(TM)
* Advanced security techniques
* Java Foundation Classes
* Java Media Framework
* Java Servlets
* JDB(TM)
* Network Computers and JavaOS(TM)

On the CD-ROM you'll find:
* Source code you can use to build your own applications
* The latest Java Development Kit
* Java Platform Documentation
* The complete source code listings in the book
* The Java City multimedia demo

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About this title

Review:

For a roadmap to the future of Java, look to Advanced Techniques for Java Developers; it provides a wide-ranging view of Java used for enterprise development, including network computing. Written for both Information Services (IS) managers and developers alike, this title provides a distinctively Sun-centric view of the potentially bright future of Java.

The book opens with a tour of some of the features of the new Java 2 platform, including its Swing classes. It also provides background on the Java 2-D and Java 3-D APIs for multimedia. (Though the Java 3-D API is still under construction, the authors create a virtual world using a Moving Pictures Experts Group [MPEG] viewer instead.)

For developers, one of the best sections here shows how easy it is to load URLs using Java's networking classes. For IS managers, the authors use their mainframe expertise to show that Java is ready for the enterprise with key technologies such as Remote Invocation Method (RMI), Internet Inter-ORB Protocol (IIOP) and CORBA, Java Database Connection (JDBC), servlets, and Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs). Short examples are used to show off many of these APIs, but it's the background material on multitiered architectures and enterprise computing that is the strongest here. The authors do a fine job of comparing the advantages of each approach for using Java in distributed systems.

Later the book presents the new policy-based security mechanism in Java 2 and offers some worthwhile material on using advanced features of Java threads. Final sections argue for the superiority of network computers, including lowered total cost of ownership. Spinning a distinctively pro-Java future, this guide to today's latest Sun technologies will serve any IS manager or developer with an interest in Java in the enterprise. --Richard Dragan

From the Publisher:

Written by a Java guru from Sun, this official Java-SIG book teaches experienced Java programmers the ins and outs of advanced techniques such as advance networking and remote access, distributed object programming, parallel programming, and advanced security techniques. CD-ROM includes sourcecode and useful software that readers can download to incorporate and build their own programs.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0471327182
• ISBN 13: 9780471327189
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 528