Java News

Java Politics

• Java: Closer to .NET than You Think! The Java versus .NET discussion is heating up again. Microsoft releases Visual J# (read: "Visual Jay-Sharp") which takes your Java applications and compiles them right into .NET "intermediary language" representation. That's part of Microsoft's JUMP (Java User Migration Path) strategy. Once you have compiled your Java libraries using J#, they can be used right from C#, Visual Basic, etc. Anyway, here are some links to the noteworthy "Java vs. .NET" resources I ran into during the past weeks.
  http://www.devx.com/upload/free/Features/
  Javapro/2002/01jan02/jt0102/jt0102-1.asp
  http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-11-2001/jw-1121-iw-jsharp.html
  
• SAP to back Java over .NET. SAP AG has decided to back the software development platform based on Java over the .Net software platform from Microsoft, according to a report in the Financial Times newspaper.
  http://idg.net/ic_721396_1773_1-3921.html
  http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-11-2001/jw-1109-iw-sap.html

Enterprise Java News

• J2EE Clustering. Java server clustering will be one of the hottest topics of 2002. Oracle is investing in that big time. J2EE application servers are flexing their muscles trying to grab more market share in the high-end application server market. This 2-part article shows you how to migrate your J2EE applications from one server to a cluster.
  http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-02-2001/jw-0223-extremescale.html
  http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-08-2001/jw-0803-extremescale2.html
• The Battle over Web Services Goes On. Web services are getting a lot of attention (and hype!) these days. Web services are touted as "the solution" for building open and vendor-neutral services, which can be called over the Internet using HTTP as transport protocol.
  Java and Web Services, Part I:
  http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2001/08/07/webservices.html
  Practical Considerations in Implementing Web Services:
  http://www.webservicesarchitect.com/content/articles/irani01.asp
  Getting Started on Developing Web Services:
  http://dcb.sun.com/practices/howtos/developing_webserv.jsp
• JavaMail quick start. JavaMail allows you to develop Java applications that can send and receive e-mail using SMTP, POP, and IMAP.
  http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-10-2001/jw-1026-javamail.html
• Unifying JMS and JSP. Applications based on Java Message Service (JMS), tend to be more scalable than those based on RMI or CORBA. In this article, Tarak Modi shows how to bring the power of JMS to JavaServer Pages developers who are excellent at content development but not interested in the intricacies of asynchronous JMS programming.
  http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-02-2001/jw-0209-jms.html

• J2SE 1.4 Features Assertion Checking. Assertions are a valuable tool in assuring program correctness.
  http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-12-2001/jw-1214-assert.html
• Add MP3 Capabilities to Your Java Applications.
  http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-11-2000/jw-1103-mp3.html