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JDC Newsletter
April 18, 2000

Welcome to the Java Developer ConnectionSM (JDC) Newsletter, covering Early Access software releases, new products, developer programs, and more.

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Product News

Early Access Developer Release Software

Product and Technology Releases

Developer Programs and Resources

Java Developer's Marketplace


Inside The JDC

New on the JDC

Articles

O'Reilly Conference on Java -- Enterprise Java Enterprise Java was the theme for the O'Reilly Conference on Java. Here are some notes, with a special look at one enterprise technology: JSP

Clip2.com Gets Supercharged with Java Technology. Here is the story of a site's transition from sole source to the open world of JavaServer PagesTM (JSP) and the Apache web server.

Resource Management System: a J2EE Sample Application. Here's an opportunity to download and examine a working application based on J2EE technologies.

Book Excerpts

The Complete Java 2 Certification Study Guide, by Simon Roberts, Philip Heller and Michael Ernes. Chapter 6, Objects and Classes, with its accompanying quiz, is excerpted.

Swing, by Matthew Robinson and Pavel Vorobiev. Chapter 18, Tables, and Chapter 22, Printing, are excerpted.

New Online Tutorial

Writing Enterprise Applications for the J2EE Reference Implementation. Lesson 6 has been added; it shows how to generate a simple XML report.

Quizzes:

Fundamentals of RMI Quiz. This quiz is on material covered in the recent jGuru short course Fundamental of RMI.

Did You Know?

The JDC Bookshelf contains chapter excerpts from some of the leading books on JavaTM technology. In addition to the book excerpts listed above under "Book Excerpts", some recent items in the bookshelf include excerpts from "Core Java 2 Volume II--Advanced Features," by Cay S. Horstmann and Gary Cornell, published by Sun Microsystems Press; and "Java 2D API Graphics," by Vincent J. Hardy, published by Sun Microsystems Press.

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Product News

Early Access Developer Release Software

The following Java platform software is now available for download on the JDC:

Product and Technology Release Software

The following Java platform software and technology releases are now available for download:

Java TVTM API Specification version 1.0D.
With the Java TV API, content creators can create platform independent, scalable, network-aware applications for devices such as televisions and set-top boxes.

Download

Java API for XML Parsing 1.0 (JAXP).
This API provides a standard way to seamlessly integrate any XML-compliant parser with a Java application.

Download

Java Servlet API Specification Version 2.2.

Download


Developer Programs and Resources

JOBS@SUN
Sun has a new page that lists available jobs in Java software development at Sun.

CODE CAMPS
Gain hands-on experience in the following programming workshops scheduled for April and May. J2EE-EJB Code Camp, April 27-28, Mountain View, Ca., May 18-19, Burlington, Ma., May 24-25, Burlington, Ma. Jini Programming Code Camp, May 18-19, Mountain View, Ca.

TRAINING DISCOUNTS FROM SUN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
Sun Educational Services is offering a free Sun Web Learning Center Course for Sun Developer Connection members (JDC members are automatically Sun Developer Connection members). The course is Getting Started with the JavaTM Programming Language (WJ-2S0-V1). In addition, they are offering members a 10% discount on any instructor-led training or CD-ROM based training. The Sun Educational Services curriculum spans a wide variety of topics including courses on JavaTM and JiniTM Technology.

NEW SUN DEVELOPER ESSENTIALSTM HARDWARE CONFIGURATIONS
The latest Sun Developer Essentials TM Hardware configurations are now available. For qualified Sun Developer Connection Company members (JDC members are automatically Sun Developer Connection members), Sun Developer Essentials Hardware offers extremely discounted Sun hardware systems bundled with the Sun Developer Essentials Enterprise Edition software. These configurations were specially created to speed commercial application development for the JavaTM platform and SolarisTM Operating Environment.

JAVAONESM CONFERENCE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA., JUNE 6-9 2000
The JavaOne conference will be held in San Francisco at the Moscone Center. With more than 150 technical sessions and more than 175 Birds-of-a-Feather sessions, the JavaOne Conference is the place to learn about the latest developments in the JavaTM 2 Platform and JavaTM technologies. Also, sign up now for Java UniversitySM at JavaOne.

XML DEVCON 2000, NEW YORK CITY, JUNE-25-28
Join XML enthusiasts, technical experts, gurus, and advanced users at XML DevCon 2000 in New York City, June 25-28. Learn about exciting intersections of JavaTM and XML technologies, such as using Xbeans in Java-based distributed applications.


Java Developer's Marketplace

ORACLE JDEVELOPER 3.1
JDeveloper Version 3.1 is an integrated, full-featured application development tool for building and deploying applications in Java and XML. It allows developers to produce, develop, and debug multi-tier Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications and remotely debug Java components in any web server or application server through its support of the J2EE Platform Debugging Interface (JDI). The tool also includes Oracle's XML Parser for Java Extensible Style Sheet Language Transformation (XSLT) Processor, and related JavaBeans components that make it easy to do drag-and-drop XML development.

WEBGAIN STUDIO
WebGain Studio is an integrated browser-to-database Java development solution. It enables IT teams to build Java component-based e-commerce applications that can be easily deployed across a variety of e-commerce application servers including BEA WebLogic, IBM WebSphere, and iPlanet. It integrates technologies acquired and licensed from Symantec (VisualCafe), Macromedia(Dreamweaver), Tendril Software (StructureBuilder), The Object People (TOPlink), and Sun Microsystems (Java). WebGain Studio is available in Standard and Professional editions. Both versions enable Web design, and client and server-side development. The Professional Edition also provides object relational database mapping.

INTUITIVE SYSTEMS OPTIMIZEIT 3.1 PROFESSIONAL
Optimizeit 3.1 Professional is a comprehensive JavaTM technology-based language profiling tool. It allows developers to test and improve the performance of Java applications, applets, servlets, and JavaBeans. New application server integration enables developers to instantly profile most popular application server environments in order to solve performance issues such as memory leaks and performance bottlenecks in Web applications. Optimizeit 3.1 Professional is available for Windows platforms and has been recently made available for the SolarisTM Operating Environment.

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