Develop enterprise Java applications with POJOs in Action
Many enterprise Java developers have discovered that Java EE's
Enterprise JavaBeans framework causes more problems than it solves.
POJOs in Action is a book that identifies these problems
and presents an alternative based on plain-old Java objects and
lightweight frameworks. In this article, Jeff Friesen reviews this
book chapter by chapter.
Jeff Friesen,
July 2006
Get creative with Wicked Cool Java
Every now and then, a really interesting and helpful Java book
appears: Wicked Cool Java is one example. In this article,
Jeff Friesen reviews this book chapter by chapter and concludes
with a brief interview with its author, Brian D. Eubanks.
Jeff Friesen,
March 2006
Java books hit the wire
Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) is turning into a major platform for wireless application development. Compared with
desktop and server-side application development, Java-based wireless development faces some unique challenges. For example,
small wireless devices have little processing power, limited memory, short battery life, and unreliable network connections.
To develop wireless applications, we must design GUIs (graphical user interfaces) suitable for small devices, use lightweight
components, and shift resource intensive tasks to the server side using sound network designs. As a result, J2ME supports
only parts of the standard Java API libraries, with lightweight alternative APIs for handling complex tasks such as GUIs.
Expertly written guides offer a great resource for wireless architects, developers, and business managers for familiarizing
themselves with exciting wireless Java solutions. J2ME books are in great demand, and book publishers have responded by releasing
many such books since 2000.
Michael Juntao Yuan,
July 2002
RMI books hit the shelves
At last! New books dedicated to Java's Remote Method Invocation
technology have arrived in bookstores. In this article, Gregg
Sporar reviews and compares two new Java RMI books so you can
choose the best one for your programming needs.
Gregg Sporar,
October 2001
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Tim Boudreau has released a new version of the Swing Wizard library (version 0.997) that fixes the WizardException bug reported in JavaWorld's recent Open Source Java Project profile. The article's examples have been reworked to test out the new, improved WizardException. Thanks, Tim, for this helpful fix!
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