November From the Pages Departments
EDITOR'S NOTE
Abstraction Wins—Always!
Dwight Deugo
JAVA BUZZ
Philip J. Gill
Sun Joins UDDI Project; JBuilder 4 Targets Enterprise Developers ... While Others Target Java and Embedded Linux; JCP Group Targets Web-Based Enterprise Management; and more.
PRODUCT REVIEW
A Small-Device Power Tool
CodeWarrior PersonalJava Platform Edition 1.0
Reviewed by L.J. Cohen
There's no doubt about it: The world is going wireless. For Java programmers, Sun's PersonalJava standard is making it easier to get this particular job done. Among a new crop of development tools, the newly released Metrowerks CodeWarrior caught our eye.
REAL WORLD JAVA
Java Keeps Time on the Go
What HMS Software learned when putting Java applications on mobile and wireless devices
Philip J. Gill
The time is ripe for application developers to target the emerging class of wireless Internet devices, including PDAs, handheld computers, and cell phones, as key platforms for their applications. Because of its cross-platform portability and intrinsic networking capabilities, Java has naturally become a prime development language and technology platform for these developers.
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