Return-Path: Received: from fort-point-station.mit.edu by po10.mit.edu (8.9.2/4.7) id VAA03580; Thu, 31 Jan 2002 21:52:27 -0500 (EST) Received: from hermes.sun.com (hermes.sun.com [64.124.140.169]) by fort-point-station.mit.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with SMTP id VAA05591 for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2002 21:52:27 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 02:52:26 GMT+00:00 From: "JDC Editorial Staff" To: alexp@mit.edu Message-Id: <8612703-1237054689@hermes.sun.com> Subject: January 2002 JDC Newsletter Precedence: junk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Beyond Email - W E L C O M E - to the Java Developer Connection(sm) (JDC) Newsletter, covering Early Access software releases, new products, developer programs, and more. You can view this issue on the Web at: http://java.sun.com/jdc/techDocs/Newsletters/2002/nl0131.html and you'll find the JDC Newsletter archives at: http://java.sun.com/jdc/techDocs/Newsletters/jdc_newsletters.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - J D C N E W S L E T T E R INSIDE THE JDC New on the JDC * Articles * Bookshelf * Tech Tips * Quizzes * Newsletters PRODUCT NEWS Early Access Developer Release Software * Java(tm) Web Services Developer Pack 1.0 Early Access 1 (January 25, 2002) * The Java Accessibility Helper v.0.5 (January 19, 2002) Product Release Software * Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition, v 1.4.0 Release Candidate (January 22, 2002) * JSR-000045: Debugging Support for Other Languages Public Review Specification v1.0 (January 15, 2002) * Java XML Pack Winter 01 Release (December 19, 2001) * J2EE(tm) Management Specification 1.0 Public Draft (December 19, 2001) * J2EE Application Deployment Specification 1.4 Public Draft (December 19, 2001) * JSR-000098 JAIN(tm) User Location and Status API Proposed Final Draft Specification v1.0 (December 19, 2001) * J2ME(tm) Wireless Toolkit 1.0.3 L10N (December 12, 2001) DEVELOPER PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES * Java University(sm) Program at JavaOne(sm) 2002 * Download the Forte(tm) Developer 7 Early Access Software * J2EE(tm) Development and Deployment with the iPlanet(tm) Application Server Code Camp - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I N S I D E T H E J D C NEW ON THE JDC o Articles Building an Application, Part 3 Learn about encapsulation, event handling basics, inner classes, and how to retrieve user data and display it on a panel. (January 24, 2002) http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/new2java/divelog/part3/index.jsp Overview of SOAP Take a close look at the Simple Object Access Protocol, and how it helps objects on any platform, in any language, communicate. (January 16, 2002) http://java.sun.com/jdc/technicalArticles/xml/webservices/ Design Patterns for Building Flexible and Maintainable J2EE(tm) Applications This article introduces reusable designs you can use to build flexible J2EE applications, explaining problem domains that affect the maintainability of J2EE applications, and the recommended solutions. (January 4, 2002) http://java.sun.com/jdc/technicalArticles/J2EE/despat/ o Bookshelf Web Development with JavaServer Pages(tm), Second Edition Chapters from this updated edition teach the basics of creating JavaServer Pages, and accessing relational databases, using the JDBC(tm) Data Access API. (January 8, 2002) http://java.sun.com/jdc/Books/jsp_2ed/ o Tech Tips Learn to retrieve mail with the JavaMail(tm) API, and discover how to work with the Java Communications API. (January 22, 2002) http://java.sun.com/jdc/JDCTechTips/2002/tt0122.html Get some practical advice on using exceptions to best advantage, and using FontMetrics to work effectively with varying font sizes. (January 10, 2002) http://java.sun.com/jdc/JDCTechTips/2002/tt0110.html o Quizzes Professional EJB, Chapter 5 Quiz Test your knowledge of local interfaces, container-managed persistence, and the Enterprise JavaBean(tm) (EJB(tm)) 2.0 specification. (January 2, 2002) http://java.sun.com/jdc/Quizzes/ejb/professionalejb.html o Newsletters JDC C&E Technologies Newsletter The latest issue of the newsletter is available, with links to the latest Java C&E technologies and products, such as the J2ME Wireless Toolkit 1.0.3 FCS. Find out about new resources for Java C&E developers, get the latest C&E news, and more. (January 14, 2002) http://java.sun.com/jdc/techDocs/Newsletters/2002/jdc_ce0114.html New to Java Programming Supplement This issue explains the use of the keywords super and this, how inheritance works, and ways to build a JFrame. (January 17, 2002) http://java.sun.com/jdc/onlineTraining/new2java/supplements/2002/jan02.html To access the JDC, go to: http://java.sun.com/jdc/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - P R O D U C T N E W S EARLY ACCESS DEVELOPER RELEASE SOFTWARE. The following Java platform software is now available for download on the JDC: * Java Web Services Developer Pack 1.0 Early Access 1 This release includes the following: - Java XML Pack - JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library ("JSTL") 1.0 EA 3 - Ant Build Tool 1.4.1 - Java WSDP Registry Server 1.0 EA 1 - Tomcat Java Servlet & JavaServer Pages container 4.1-dev (January 25 2002) http://java.sun.com/webservices/downloads/webservicespack.html * The Java Accessibility Helper v.0.5 Early Access Version 0.5 incorporates dramatic improvements in usability, based on user feedback. Some of the improvements: - Installation is automatic. - Test Set configuration is much simpler, adapting automatically to the type of application being tested. - A class path editor has been added. (January 19, 2002) http://java.sun.com/jdc/earlyAccess/jaccesshelper/ PRODUCT AND TECHNOLOGY RELEASES SOFTWARE. The following Java platform software and technology releases are now available for download: * Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition, v 1.4.0 Release Candidate (J2SE(tm)) Version 1.4 includes such as new features in Java Foundation Classes/Swing, Java Web Start, Java Plug-in, and internationalization. (January 22, 2002) http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/ * JSR-000045: Debugging Support for Other Languages Public Review Specification v1.0 This specification establishes standardized tools for correlating Java virtual machine (JVM) byte code to source code of languages other than the Java programming language. (January 15, 2002) http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/review/jsr045/ * Java XML Pack Winter 01 Release This is an all-in-one download of Java technologies for XML. (December 19, 2001) http://java.sun.com/xml/downloads/javaxmlpack.html * J2EE Management Specification 1.0 Public Draft This specification includes standard mappings of the model to the Common Information Model (CIM), an SNMP Management Information Base (MIB), and to the Java object model through a server resident Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) component, known as the J2EE Management EJB Component (MEJB). The MEJB provides interoperable remote access to the model from any standard J2EE application. (December 19, 2001) http://java.sun.com/j2ee/tools/management/ * J2EE Application Deployment Specification 1.4 Public Draft The Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) Deployment API Specification describes an open standard for deploying J2EE applications to a J2EE platform. This API allows any tool to deploy J2EE applications to any J2EE platform. (December 19, 2001) http://java.sun.com/j2ee/tools/deployment/ * JSR-000098 JAIN(tm) User Location and Status API Proposed Final Draft Specification v1.0 The JAIN User Location and Status 1.0 API is the Java specification of the Parlay Mobility 2.1 API. The API is intended to allow software developers to rapidly develop external Service Provider type applications using abstract primitives that hide the heterogeneity of underlying networks. (December 19, 2001) http://www.jcp.org/jsr/detail/98.jsp * J2ME Wireless Toolkit 1.0.3 L10N Japanese language version of the release. (December 12, 2001) http://java.sun.com/products/j2mewtoolkit/ja_download.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - D E V E L O P E R P R O G R A M S A N D R E S O U R C E S * Java University(sm) Program at JavaOne(sm) 2002 The Java University program is offering 10 full-day training courses for experienced software developers, architects, and engineers. There will also be two Birds-of-a-Feather sessions, free to all Java University students, on Saturday evening. Sessions cover enterprise, Web, and wireless development, advanced programming, Web services, XML, and certification preparation. http://www.sun.com/javauniversity * Download the Forte Developer 7 Early Access Software The dbx debugger has been fully integrated with the new IDE and can seamlessly debug Java code alongside C, C+, and Fortran code. Check out the Native Connector Tool technology that lets you wrap your C functions and data objects and expose them as Java classes. http://sun.com/forte/info/features/fd7ea2.html * J2EE(tm) Development and Deployment with the iPlanet(tm) Application Server Code Camp This Code Camp provides the student with an introduction to deploying, and running applications on iPlanetApplication Server. This course covers installation and features, and development and deployment of applications. http://www.sun.com/developers/edu/camps JDC Newsletter January 31, 2001 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - IMPORTANT: Please read our Terms of Use, Privacy, and Licensing policies: http://www.sun.com/share/text/termsofuse.html http://www.sun.com/privacy/ http://developer.java.sun.com/berkeley_license.html Copyright 2001 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. 901 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, California 94303 USA. Sun, Sun Microsystems, Java, Enterprise JavaBean (EJB), JAIN, J2EE, J2ME, Java University, JavaOne, Forte, iPlanet, JavaServer Pages, JDBC, JavaMail, JavaBean, and J2SE are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. * FEEDBACK Comments? 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