Developing Javabeans Using Visualage for Java, Version 2 - Softcover

Nilsson, Dale R.; Sarantakos, Bill; Jakab, Peter M.; Stinehour, Russell A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471345342 ISBN 13: 9780471345343

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1999

Synopsis

Create JavaBeans and JFC components using one of the hottest tools available

This valuable guide was written by two IBM insiders who have successfully taught VisualAge for Java to programmers around the world for IBM's certification courses. It gives programmers the inside track on preparing for IBM's certification and explains how to debug Java programs interactively. Programmers and developers will find helpful coverage of VisualAge for Java's IDE and Visual Builder along with techniques for applying Visual Design Patterns. They'll also learn how to deploy Java applications and applets and create JFC components with version 2.0.

CD-ROM includes VisualAge for Java Enterprise Edition, Sun JDK 1.2 and BDK 1.2, and all of the code examples found in the book.

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Review

IBM VisualAge for Java is a powerful Java development tool, but it doesn't always get a lot of press. The authors of Developing JavaBeans Using VisualAge for Java, Version 2, meet a real need with their well-organized tutorial using this capable Java tool. This book can also serve as an introduction to Java programming.

There is good coverage of JavaBeans with both visual and nonvisual components. Later chapters whet the user's appetite with newer Java features (like Swing/JFC, enterprise beans, and servlets). You'll want to go elsewhere for more thorough coverage of these technologies, but the book lets you try out these features with small working examples that are scaled just right for readers new to VisualAge development. (A working version of the VisualAge tool is included on the accompanying CD-ROM.) The authors show the strengths (and quirks) of VisualAge, with good coverage of its visual programming style (where beans are "wired" together). They even provide a list of "anti-patterns"--things to watch out for in your VisualAge designs.

There aren't many tools-based guides to Java. (Most concentrate on the language itself.) Developing JavaBeans shows that a good way to learn the Java language is with the VisualAge tool. --Richard Dragan

Topics covered: IBM VisualAge for Java 2.0 installation and tutorial, GUI and invisible JavaBeans, debugging, deployment, Swing/JFC and database programming, and Enterprise JavaBeans and servlets.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0471345342
• ISBN 13: 9780471345343
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 419