BEA head Alfred Chuang launched his company's seventh annual developer conference, eWorld, last week with the unveiling of a Java RAD tool for Web services. -Mar. 4, 2002
IT units have a slew of options for Java-enabling legacy COBOL applications;
the choice is a difficult one, but the result can dramatically improve ease
of use.
Software developers rush to transform Web services from concept to solution.
A look at the strategies of key IT suppliers.
Tony Baer: "In development organizations, the intensity of vendor competition tends to
politicize technology decisions. Today, choosing between Java and Microsoft technologies often equates to picking
sides in a gang war."
Editor at Large Jack Vaughan talks with Brett McLaughlin, an Enhydra
strategist at Lutris Technologies and the author of "Java & XML, Second Edition"
from O'Reilly. In this Q&A session, Brett offers his views on how well Java and XML work together. <br>
This article provides an overview and introduction to Java Web Start, an exciting new Java application distribution technology and reference implementation of the Java Network Launching Protocol (JNLP).
Web applications conforming to the Servlet specification make good components: If you follow the specification right, at the end you can package Web applications into a .war file and then deploy them. There is no componentization problem at Web application granularity. However, the pieces that make up a Web app often need better componentization.