Advanced Techniques for Java Developers

Leading Java experts show you how to design and develop Java applications using the latest Java technologies included in JDK 1.1 and JDK 1.2

Are you an experienced Java programmer ready to take the leap from applet programming to building full-blown business applications? Then this is the book for you. The authors and contributors show you techniques using the latest Java technologies that dramatically extend the capabilities of Java. This book includes the latest in Java Media, RMI, JDBC, JFC, JavaBeans, security, and more. This is the first book where Java experts come together to show you what technology and techniques they use to produce real-world Java applications.

Using numerous sample programs (included on the CD-ROM), this book provides you with cutting-edge techniques for building sophisticated applications using the latest Java technologies. Concentrating on topics of vital interest to programmers who need to write mission-critical business applications, the authors detail and explain the following:

• Advanced I/O and networking
• Concurrent programming with threads
• JavaBeans
• Advanced security techniques
• Java foundation classes
• Java Media
• JavaServer environment
• Java database connectivity
• Java Network Computers and JavaOS

On the CD-ROM you'll find:

• Source code you can use to build your own applications
• Java documentation
• The Java City multimedia demo
• Try-and-Buy versions of Java Studio and Java WorkShop.

DANIEL J. BERG, Chief Technology Officer for the U.S. Reseller Channel of Sun Microsystems, and J. STEVEN FRITZINGER a Java Technologist also with Sun, have spent the last two and a half years designing and implementing large enterprise Java applications. The authors have presented Java topics at many national and international conferences. Along with Berg and Fritzinger, several other Java experts from Sun have contributed significantly to this book. For more information about the authors and contributors, see the appendix, "Authors on the Net."