by Joel Wisneski
Contact Info: joel_wisneski@iconnect.net
URL: http://circus.compuware.com
Author's Description: The circus is coming to town! This Web site was created for the Great Circus Parade, an annual event held in Milwaukee, WI. This site contains many Java animations including juggling clowns, a tightrope walker, and even a circus train.
An example of how Java can spice up an event announcement-the animations are cool and the links are informative. And the clown in the upper right corner can give you helpful Web site tips. Step right up!
by DayLong Seminars Inc.
Contact Info: rose@world.std.com
URL: http://www.daylong.com
Author's Description: DayLong Seminars offers high-quality, low-cost WWW-related training (specializing in Java) in the Boston Metro-West area. We are currently offering one-day Java training seminars for C/C++ programmers.
If you're in the New York City area, check out the Introduction to Jakarta Training! release (this section) for training possibilities in your area.
by Globetrotter Software Inc.
Contact Info: webmaster@globes.com
URL: http://www.globetrotter.com/p960529.htm
Author's Description: Press release on the introduction of the FLEXlm license manager for use in the electronic commerce of Java applets and applications.
FLEXlm controls or monitors a user's compliance with a software product's licensing terms. Also check out this page for information on the product's manual, FZQ, and licensing information.
by Dan Bogstad
Contact Info: bogstad@cybertoons.com
URL: http://cyberweb.cybertoons.com/~bogstad/free_the_net
Author's Description: Free the Net is an Internet campaign begun as a direct response to the language of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. The final motivation to execute the Free the Net initiative happened when President Bill Clinton signed the Telecom Bill on February 8, 1996. Free the Net utilizes cutting edge Java technology to wage a war of online activism. The heart of Free the Net is a custom Java applet mechanism.
If you link to this page, the aforementioned custom applet mechanism will automatically create a "free-the-net" message sent on to Washington D.C. View both the HTML and the text of the automatic message if you're interested in implementing this kind of Java yourself. Also see Sweeten Java with OpenDoc! (this section) for a similar method of virtual petitioning, and Bleeper (Miscellaneous: Other Miscellaneous Resources) just for fun.
by Simon Phipps
Contact Info: sphipps@hursley.ibm.com
URL: http://ncc.hursley.ibm.com/javainfo
Author's Description: The Centre is responsible for all of IBM's ports of the JDK. These include the OS/2, AIX, MVS, and OS/400 ports as well as the port to Windows 3.1. The site includes access to the latest builds of each JDK and access to our mail-list server.
This site features press releases/updates, other news and information, access to the Centre's code, developer feedback, and more. You will have to register (username and password only) to gain access to the Developer Area archives.
by @Work Technologies
Contact Info: info@worktechs.com
URL: http://www.worktechs.com/training/javacl.html
Author's Description: @Work Technologies' introduction to Jakarta advanced training class will be held August 14 to 16, 1996 in New York City. Space is limited, so register soon!
The chance to take this particular class has passed, but there's always information on Java and Jakarta classes at this URL. Also see DayLong Seminars (this section) for information on classes with another company in the Boston area.
by Doug Kramer, JavaSoft
Contact Info: doug.kramer@sun.com
URL: http://java.sun.com/products/apiOverview.html
Author's Description: JavaSoft has released the Java API Overview on this Web site, listing all current and upcoming APIs with timetables for release. It includes links to the latest API documentation and early access implementations.
Also check out the Java Platform White Paper at http://java.sun.com/whitePaper.Platform/CreditsPage.doc.html.
by JavaSoft
Contact Info: webmaster@java.sun.com
URL: http://java.sun.com/aboutJavaSoft/press/960529-beans.html
Author's Description: JavaSoft unveiled an initiative to create a set of component APIs which are open and written entirely in Java. The project, code-named 'Java Beans,' will allow developers to write Java applets and applications from reusable components that can transfer their functionality to other Java applets and applications, as well as to non-Java, platform-dependent applications.
A press release detailing information on the Java Beans project. Includes general information from companies supporting the initiative.
by JavaSoft
Contact Info: commerce@java.sun.com
URL: http://java.sun.com/commerce
Author's Description: As announced at JavaOne, two draft documents discussing the Java Electronic Commerce Framework (JECF) are now available. The first of these documents provides a non-technical overview of JECF, while the second describes the current state of the still-evolving JECF architecture and class libraries. The slides that accompanied the Java Commerce presentation at JavaOne are also available in PostScript format.
Access the JECF white paper, an introduction to the architecture to help you write code, the presentation slides, and information about the Commerce Partners Program.
by JavaSoft
Contact Info: webmaster@java.sun.com
URL: http://java.sun.com/javaone
Author's Description: JavaOne, Sun's official worldwide Java developer conference on May 29-31, 1996, at the Moscone Center, San Francisco, California.
The home page for the JavaOne Developers Conference. Familiarize yourself with conference happenings and/or join the mailing list for information on upcoming events.
by BulletProof.com
Contact Info: scottm@bulletproof.com
URL: http://www.gamelan.com/pr/joey.txt
Author's Description: BulletProof Corporation is pleased to announce JOEY, the first Java ODBC engine (formerly called Mocha).
JOEY allows any Java applet to access any ODBC-compatible database-it is part Java class, part server engine. It is free for downloading via the WallStreetWeb page-WallStreetWeb is also reviewed separately elsewhere on the Gamelan directory (JavaScript: Finance). Also see BulletProof.com's Web site (Business and Finance: Other Business and Finance Resources).
by Mike Cowlishaw
Contact Info: mfc@vnet.ibm.com
URL: http://www2.hursley.ibm.com/netrexx
Author's Description: The NetRexx compiler has now been successfully ported to NetRexx, and so should run on all platforms that support the Java toolkit. NetRexx is a new programming langauge for writing Java classes, derived from both Rexx and Java; it is a dialect of Rexx that retains the portability and efficiency of Java while being as easy to learn and as productive as Rexx.
What's here-documentation on the language, related applets and applications, and a quick overview; the downloadable NetRexx 0.67 package from both a UK or USA server plus the installation guide; and other related information, including a mailing list.
by Liam Breck
Contact Info: breck@external.umass.edu
URL: http://summary.net/~breck/java-opendoc.html
Author's Description: Java needs an integrated component software technology, and cross-platform OpenDoc is the perfect solution. This site describes the power of this pairing, and provides a way to voice support for it.
Petition JavaSoft, Netscape, CILabs, and JavaWorld Magazine to port the OpenDoc API to Java. Also check out the list of related links and read the author's reasons for this campaign. If you're working on your own Web-based campaign, you might also check out Free the Net (this section) and its automatic virtual petitioning applet.
by Jim Flynn, @Work Technologies
Contact Info: jflynn@interramp.com
URL: http://www.datamation.com/PlugIn/issues/1996/may1/05asoft2frame.html
Author's Description: This feature story for Datamation magazine covers the Netscape's and Microsoft's battle for the Internet.
This framed page also provides the reader with an index of the complete May 1, 1996 issue of Datamation and an Internet Resources list. Also read the related article at http://www.datamation.com/PlugIn/issues/1996/may1/HowActivex.html for more information on Microsoft's ActiveX and the prevention of Internet viruses.
by Anthony B. Perkins
Contact Info: online@herring.com
URL: http://www.herring.com//mag/issue24/bill.html
Author's Description: Sun co-founder and Java patriarch Bill Joy interviewed by the Red Herring magazine.
Don't fly by the Open Letter links in this article or you'll miss a great deal of related perspicacity and wit as written in other parts of The Red Herring magazine.
by Chuck McManis
Contact Info: cmcmanis@netcom.com
URL: http://www.golfweb.com/cmcmanis/java/security
Author's Description: These are the HTML slides of a talk I gave at the Software Developer '96 conference. The talk/workshop is about two hours.
A nicely paced and indexed slide show with backward and forward buttons for user control.
by Bill Venners
Contact Info: bv@artima.com
URL: http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-06-1996/jw-06-vm.html
Author's Description: Eternal Math is a Java applet that simulates a Java virtual machine (JVM) executing a short sequence of bytecodes. It is part of an article which gives an introduction to the JVM.
This article comes straight out of JavaWorld magazine (News: Other News Resources). Also check out SunWorld magazine for similar articles that may be useful.
by .EXE Magazine
Contact Info: editorial@dotexe.demon.co.uk
URL: http://www.exe.co.uk/home/animate.html
Author's Description: EXplodE is a software development ezine associated with EXE magazine. It has a growing number of Java animations, resources, and articles.
Link to applet demos, Sun's Java tutorial and technical whitepaper, and other cool items.
by Godmar Back
Contact Info: gback@cs.utah.edu
URL: http://www.cs.utah.edu/~gback/netscape/bypass.html
Author's Description: This posting describes how to patch moz2_0.zip for Solaris 2.4, Linux, Win32, SGI, and HPUX so that socket connections are unrestricted. Remember that Netscape 2.0, unlike the appletviewer, does not provide configurable security.
An applet (with code) is provided at the end of the page so you can test what you've learned. Also see Sun's Security FAQ (http://java.sun.com/sfaq) for more background information.
by Igor Dvoeglazov
Contact Info: igor@idir.net
URL: http://www.idir.net/~igor/art1.html
Author's Description: Java PL Design as a step in the direction of more smart language processors.
In the words of the author, this article "targets not just Java security mechanisms and platform independency issues, but also optimizators, semi-auto software testing systems, program benchmarking software, educational software, and, certainly, program analysis systems."
by John December
Contact Info: john@december.com
URL: http://www.december.com/works/java/bib.html
Author's Description: This is a list of online general articles and key press releases about the Java programming language, the browser HotJava, and related technologies.
This site is updated monthly to reflect key events and trends, but not key online articles about Java-prior installments/bibliographies including such articles are still available on a linked page, though.
by Joseph Bank
Contact Info: jbank@mit.edu
URL: http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~jbank/javapaper/javapaper.html
Author's Description: This paper describes the security issues involved in the use of Java, as well as a description and analysis of Java's current security mechanisms.
A PostScript version of this paper for printing is available at ttp://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/~jbank/javapaper.ps.
by Michael O'Connell
Contact Info: michael_oconnel@javaworld.com
URL: http://www.sun.com/sunworldonline/swol-07-1995/swol-07-java.html
Author's Description: When a handful of SunLabs engineers started work on what's become Java, none imagined it would appear in a graphical Internet browser. In fact, such browsers didn't even exist! We reveal what Java was meant to be, its development, and what its future holds.
Sidebars include a Java-evolutionary timeline and four lessons Sun learned from the consumer market.
by Jasmin Consulting Corporation
Contact Info: info@jasmin.com
URL: http://www.jasmin.com/javs0496.html
Author's Description: One of the most attractive features of the World Wide Web is its ability to foster interaction among its participants. The degree of interaction, however, is often limited by slow response times and impatient users. Can JavaScript change all this?
A brief overview of the history, potential, and future of JavaScript. Some related links and one example demo.
by Carl v. Loesch
Contact Info: lynx@impact.pages.de
URL: http://java.pages.de
Author's Description: Article that appeared in a German tech mag-in German. Auch dabei-10 Worte zu Java, kommentierter Laufschrift Sourcecode.
One of several articles on Java in this site, accompanied by various applets and other Java demos, though most text here is in German.
by Brian McWilliams
Contact Info: bmcw@redbud.mv.com
URL: http://www.mediapool.com/offtherecord/java.html
Author's Description: An interview with John December, author of Presenting Java (SamsNet 1995) in RealAudio format. In the interview (running time 13:48) December provides a refreshingly clear introduction to Java and an analysis of why Sun's new language is so important to Web development. In the process, he calls on software developers to develop compelling applications that meet users' needs.
Also at this URL, short Q&A RealAudio responses to specific questions about Java, an alternate ToolVox version, and a written transcript.
by Gregory Chaitin
Contact Info: chaitin@watson.ibm.com
URL: http://www.research.ibm.com/people/c/chaitin/lm
Author's Description: This is a course explaining the information-theoretic incompleteness theorems of algorithmic information theory via algorithms written in an unusual version of lisp that is implemented via an interpreter that is a Java applet. There is also a second version that is standalone Java.
After a brief introduction/explanation of what's available, there's a series of links at this URL that take you to a course transcript, applets to run on simple, elaborate, and quasi-interactive LISP interpreters, and some Java code.
by Jeff Harrington
Contact Info: jeff@parnasse.com
URL: http://www.parnasse.com/java.shtml
Author's Description: Tips and hints for the Java programmer with specific focus on configuration and usage in the Linux environment. Add your own tips!
Beginning Linux Java programmers should link to Blackdown (http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux.html) for more, suitable information. Everybody should add their own hints which will be posted on the site after submission.
by John Verity
Contact Info: info@businessweek.com
URL: http://www.businessweek.com/week49/b549cov2.htm
Author's Description: None.
This short side article is ancillary to "The Software Revolution," the cover story from the December 4, 1995 edition of Business Week-link to it from this URL for a broader take on software at large.
by Doug Lea
Contact Info: dl@altair.cs.oswego.edu
URL: http://g.oswego.edu/dl/pats/aopintro.html
Author's Description: When you are developing a concurrent and/or distributed OO system, modeling and design are almost always simplest if you adopt an active object model, that is, if you assume that every object is an autonomous process-like entity. This draft outlines the author's proposed approach to active objects using Java.
A set of tutorials and design patterns linkable from the main table of contents. This is a work in progress (the author's writing a book on the subject) so some entries are merely place holders and should be revisited in the future for the real thing.
by Michael Moeller and Talila Baron
Contact Info: jfrentzen@pcweek.ziff.com
URL: http://www.pcweek.com/news/1225/tsheds.html
Author's Description: Sun Microsystems Inc. will introduce an upgrade to Java this summer that increases the Internet programming language's speed and usability.
An older article (dated December 25, 1995) from PC Week regarding improvements to the first release of Java.
by Rinaldo DiGiorgio
Contact Info: rinaldo_digiorgio@sunworld.com
URL: http://www.Sun.COM/sunworldonline/swol01-1996/swol-01-java.html
Author's Description: A monthly column on Java programming. This month's article discusses layout managers and interactive graphical applications. Much of the source code was contributed by Henry Wong of Sun Microsystems. Past articles have discussed derivative calculators, DNA sequencing programs, interviews with Java team members at Sun, and general introductions to Java. Previous issues are kept online.
All the examples used in this article on GUI element organization come with downloadable source code. Like every other article in SunWorld Online and JavaWorld, you can always tell the editor if you liked what you read using the rating/feedback form at the bottom of the page.
by Chuck McManis
Contact Info: chuck.mcmanis@javaworld.com
URL: http://www.javaworld.com/jw-05-1996/jw-05-mcmanis.html
Author's Description: In the second part of the series, I describe the DataChannel class and how to use it to create communication channels between classes.
The second of a four-part article, with code, on synchronization/communication among threads-parts three and four will arrive in June and July of 1996, respectively. See the next item in the Gamelan directory below for more information on the first installment.
by Chuck McManis
Contact Info: chuck.mcmanis@javaworld.com
URL: http://www.javaworld.com/jw-04-1996/jw-04-synch.html
Author's Description: Part 1 of a four-part series on using threads for interapplet communication.
A relatively short introduction to a four-part series on the subject-illustrated with written example code. Part 2 is discussed in the previous entry above.
by Jeff Berkowitz and Andy Carlson
Contact Info: jjb@netcom.com, andycarlson@attmail.com
URL: http://www.ivas-as.attistel.co.uk/java/vc-java.htm
Author's Description: How to tailor Visual C++ 4.0 to be Java developer-friendly.
Includes a section for source code browsing and a tools menu summary. Other C++-specific resources on the Gamelan directory include c2j (Utilities: Other Utilities), and Paul Santa Maria (Programming: Documents about Java).
by Andrew Leonard
Contact Info: Use feedback link on site
URL: http://gnn.com/gnn/wr/nov22/features/java
Author's Description: None
A discussion of Java within the context of the open-ended nature of the whole net. Not to be missed.
by Jim Flynn and Bill Clarke, @Work Technologies
Contact Info: jflynn@worktechs.com,wdclarke@
work-techs.com
URL: http://www.worktechs.com/ctrart.html
Author's Description: The World Wakes Up to Java! This article was written by Jim Flynn and Bill Clarke, the founders of @Work Technologies, a Java development shop located in New York City. The article's focus is to provide the reader with a solid overview of how Java is different from other development environments. In addition, insight is provided as to how Java can be used to develop commercial applications.
From the January 1996 issue of Computer Technology Review-includes useful links as well as a solid, general discussion of Java.
by Global Publishing Group
Contact Info: info@gpg.com
URL: http://gpg.com/hamsh
Author's Description: The Persian daily Hamshahri employs the HotTea applet to render Persian/Arabic text without any prior software or font installation.
This newspaper scrolls in very slowly after you've chosen the particular issue you want to peruse, too slow to accommodate someone actually reading this text for its content. If you simply want to watch HotTea in action, it's not so bad-also check out Mike Lehman's HotTEA reviewed here on the Gamelan directory (Programming:Development Tools).
by Girish Juneja
Contact Info: girish@fyionline.com
URL: http://www.fyionline.com/sportscast.html
Author's Description: SportsCastApplet combines some interesting Java techniques and displays sports headlines and sports scores as the games are going on and lets users pick up the sports he/she is interested in. Headlines and scores are downloaded every so often and results are displayed in a frame so user can keep browsing and still view sports info of interest.
Also see the Art and Entertainment: Sports section, which lists other sports scores and headlines displayed in frames, tickertapes, and more.
by ITS of Egypt
Contact Info: mnosseir@ritsec.com.eg
URL: http://163.121.10.41/java/JavaDocs
Author's Description: We've indexed the Java API documents beta 2 and the Java language tutorial. We found this resource very useful to us and hope it helps others also.
Search these aforementioned JDK and Java resources by keyword. A list of search tips is also included.
by David Flanagan
Contact Info: nuts@ora.com
URL: http://www.ora.com/catalog/books/javanut
Author's Description: This is the home page for the O'Reilly & Associates Java quick reference book Java in a Nutshell. It contains a link to all the example applets and applications from that book. These examples demonstrate animations, double-buffering, event-handling, GUI-building, file and stream usage, use of the URL and URLConnection classes, client/server communication via streams and datagrams, and advanced thread usage. The examples are also available in a zip file or compressed tar file.
This is as much a reference page for using this book as it is for using Java-you can browse the book's table of contents, a sample chapter, and reviews along with the purely Java-oriented resources. There's also information on how to order the paper copy of Java in a Nutshell, and how to contact the publisher (O'Reilly & Associates). Other resources on the Gamelan directory related to published Java books include Java Sourcebook Resource Page (Programming: Other Programming Resources) and Active Java Book Homepage, The Java Sourcebook, Hooked on Java, and The Java book Series (all in Programming: Documentation).
by Cyber Access Internet Communications
Contact Info: frog@cybernaut.net
URL: http://www.cybernaut.net/~frog/javaide.html
Author's Description: The Consumer Reports of Java programming environments. Complete pricing and availability for IDEs, database tools, and Java code-generators for beginners.
A supremely useful site for Java programmers of all types and proficiencies-IDE reviews are divided by platform (WINTEL, Macintosh, OS/2, Linux, Solaris, SGI, and HPUX) and the linked charts provide product reviews, pricing, availability, and cross-platform performance.
by IDG Communications
Contact Info: webmaster@javaworld.com
URL: http://www.javaworld.com
Author's Description: JavaWorld magazine is a monthly IDG publication based exclusively on the Web and devoted to the community of Java developers and enthusiasts.
This is the place on the Web to find everything Java-news, reviews, programming help, the JARS select list, and much more.
by Dean Turcoliver
Contact Info: deano@pangea.stanford.edu
URL: http://cmr.sph.unc.edu/~deano/bball
Author's Description: Incorporates various applets into a journal setting. Some new applets are interactive graphs and explanatory pop-up windows.
This is a nice application of Java to extend the standard HTML user interface. Other basketball-related resources on the Gamelan directory include BullSweep (Miscellaneous: Other Miscellaneous Resources) and the Individual Win/Loss Calculator (JavaScript: Calculators). Also see the Art and Entertainment: Sports section for more general sports resources.
by Krishna Bharat and Tomonari Kanba
Contact Info: kb@cc.gatech.edu, kanba@mmp.cl.nec.co.jp
URL: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/people/Phd/Krishna/JavaBlitz.html
Author's Description: Demo of an interactive newspaper with nice layout and personalized relevance feedback.
Don't breeze by this URL thinking it's merely a link to the new one-read the Directions and Caveats to prevent doing things that will slow down the loadup even more.
by Prodigy Services Company
Contact Info: webmaster@livingdigital.prodigy.com
URL: http://livingdigital.prodigy.com/surfing/tips/tips.html
Load Time: Very Fast
Source Code Included: No
Author's Description: Living Digital features daily updates, topical stories, columns from noted experts, digital-specific newsgroups, download libraries, and more. Living Digital, the first how-to Web site on the Web, has something for every level of web user from the newest newbie to the most expert surfer-and everyone in between.
Join Greg Sewell's quest to find out if non-programmers can get Javacized and read other Java-type features. And also check out the file library, newsgroups list, and other aspects of this online resource. If you're looking for full-fledged tutorials, check Getting Started With Java (Programming: Learning Java) and Java Jolt and Trail Map (both Programming: Documents).
by Gary's Web Page
Contact Info: use feedback form on site
URL: http://www2.nando.net/nt/nando.cgi?java
Author's Description: None
The Java version of this newspaper features slideshow buttons and a tickertape banner that hits the content highlights.
by Eduardo Dober Investments, Inc.
Contact Info: dober@expert.net
URL: http://www.pa.press.net/news/vidi
Load Time: Very Fast
Source Code Included: No
Author's Description: News headlines transmitted from the P.A. Newscentre straight to your browser!
Get the latest news updates directly from this British news center, just as if you were a journalist watching the Associated Press newswire. The Vidiprinter window opens up at a reduced size in the upper rightcorner of your screen, but don't resize it more than twice or you'll start having problems.
by Thomas Winzig
Contact Info: thomas.winzig@webcom.com
URL: http://www.webcom.com/phantasm
Load Time: Very Fast
Source Code Included: Yes
Author's Description: Download Netscape's current JavaScript documentation in zip or targ.gz format. The archives are always kept current.
An eclectic, general programmer-type information page with a little bit on games, a little bit on Java, PERL, and JavaScript, and a little bit on the foodservice industry. Also check out the author's paper on a gamelan concert if you're into Java, geographically speaking.
by The Sports Network, Inc.
Contact Info: Use feedback form on site
URL: http://www.sportsnetwork.com/java.html
Author's Description: TSN's Live sportswires are pop-up windows that display live sports scoring updates within minutes of the action. The pop-up window format means you can continue to surf the Web or do other work while watching for score updates in the corner of your screen.
Macintosh, Windows 95 and Windows NT users may have difficulty with this site-if you're able, read the bug report toward the bottom of this page before you launch the Sportswire demo. Also see http://www.fyionline.com/sportscast.html (this section) and the Art and Entertainment:Sports section for other sports resources.