Core Java Technologies Newsletter on the Web: August 14, 2002

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August 14, 2002

Product and Technology Releases
Java^TM XML Pack Summer '02 Update Release (August 06, 2002)
JSR-000141 Session Description Protocol (SDP) API...
Java 3D^TM 1.3 API (Jul 10, 2002)

Hot Downloads
Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, (J2SE^TM) v1.3.1_04
Java Development Kit v1.1.8_009
Java Web Services Developer Pack 1.0
Java XML Pack Summer '02 Release
Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition Documentation v1.3.1

Resources
Technical Articles and Quizzes
Tech Tips
Tutorials & Code Samples
Books
CodeCamps
Newsletters
More Resources

Industry News
U.S. Design Corporation Certifies Plasmon's D-Series...
Netaphor Software Inc. released Cyberons for Java (August 02, 2002)

In the Spotlight
Metrowerks Rolls Out Software Tools to Thousands (August 06,2002)

Events
SunNetwork Conference -- Registration Discount San Francisco...
Sun's Worldwide Java Developer Conference Yokohama...

Java Developer's Marketplace
Sun Announces Latest Version of Java 2 Platform Standard Edition(J2SE) v1.4

Viewpoint
From the Source: Open Source Advocate Danese Cooper

Product and Technology Releases:
The following J2SE products and technologies were recently released.

Java XML Pack Summer '02 Update Release
Updated release of all-in-one download of Java technologies for XML.

JSR-000141 Session Description Protocol (SDP) API - Public Review v 0.11
The IETF protocol SDP specifies messages that describe multi-media sessions and are included within other protocol messages as payload. The API will enable users to manipulate SDP messages.

Java 3D 1.3 API
Provides a set of object-oriented interfaces that support a simple, high-level programming model. This enables developers to build, render, and control the behavior of 3D objects and visual environments.

Hot Downloads:
The following are currently the most frequently downloaded J2SE products and technologies.

Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition v1.3.1_04

Java Development Kit v1.1.8_009

Java Web Services Developer Pack 1.0

Java XML Pack Summer '02 Release

Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition Documentation v1.3.1

Resources:
Learn more about, and get "hands-on" training for, J2SE technologies through the following resources.

Technical Articles and Quizzes:

Deploying Software with JNLP and Java Web Start: Going Beyond the Java Plug-in. Learn how to use Java Web Start and JNLP to build and deploy cross-platform, client-side applications.
Teaching Java Technology with BlueJ. BlueJ is a simple IDE used to teach the Java programming language and concepts. It encourages experimentation and exploration through simplicity, visualization, and interactivity.
Are You the CodeMaster? Next Month's SunNetwork^SM Conference Features Big Prizes for Top Coders. If you're a developer with knock-out skills, here's one more reason to register now for the SunNetwork conference in San Francisco next month: $80,000 in prize money in the SunNetwork Coder Challenge, powered by TopCoder.
Certified in San Francisco: Certification-focused Training Day at SunNetwork Conference. Adding value to the SunNetwork Conference in San Francisco next month, the SunNetwork University program brings Certification preparation and testing to developers -- at significant discounts.
Building an Application Quiz. Test what you learned about handling exceptions, writing to and reading from files, and accessing data from the Building an Application tutorial series, parts 3 and 4.

Tech Tips:

Tutorials & Code Samples:

The Java Web Services Tutorial. A beginner's guide to developing Web services and Web applications on the Java Web Services Developer Pack.
Code examples from the Java Developer's Almanac 1.4. This website supplements the book, "The Java Developers Almanac 1.4." All of the code examples from the book are made available at this website for you to copy and paste into your programs.

Books:

Sun^TM Certified Web Component Development (SCWCD) Exam Study Kit by Hanumant Deshmukh and Jignesh Malavia. SCWCD Exam Study Kit teaches developers who use J2EE^TM, and Servlet/JSP technology to pass the SCWCD Exam.
Objects First with Java - A Practical Introduction using BlueJ by David J. Barnes and Michael Kölling. This book is an introduction to object-oriented programming for beginners and focus on programming concepts from a software engineering perspective. Foreword by James Gosling.

Code Camps:

The Java Media Code Camp introduces the Media APIs available for the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition. The Code Camp provides a high level technical overview of all of the Media APIs, then delves in to details of Java 2D^TM, Java Media Framework, and Java 3D with several code level demo programs (source provided).

Newsletters:

June Java Technology Fundamentals Newsletter. Learn how to connect to a database using JDBC^TM technology, and then test yourself to see how much you learned.

More Resources:

Developer Forum Survey. Help us understand what kinds of Java technology forums are needed. Please take this three-question survey.
Compatibility Testing Scholarship Program This Scholarship Program awards free access to Sun's Technology Compatibility Kits, and support services, developed through the Java Community Process for qualifying not-for-profit and individual efforts.
Register for the Free Sun/Macromedia Seminar Accelerating Java Development. Join Macromedia and Sun for a free, half-day seminar where you'll learn how you can create and deploy powerful Java applications faster than you'd ever imagine with ColdFusion MX for Sun ONE! Discover how the ColdFusion MX rapid server scripting environment lets you build applications that can be deployed on the powerful and scalable Sun ONE application server -- without any previous knowledge of Java! You'll also learn how to leverage existing Java assets while incorporating web services, XML, Flash, and more!
Interview the Stars of the 2002 SunNetwork Conference. How would you like to have your "big questions" answered by the likes of James Gosling, "the father of Java technology," Whitfield Diffie, co-inventor of public key cryptography, or Rob Gingell, responsible for the technical and strategic direction of software at Sun Microsystems?

Visit http://soldc.sun.com/sunnetwork/ to learn more about these three software luminaries and to submit your practical or theoretical questions regarding the present and future of software. We'll choose the best questions for interviews that will appear at http://sunnetwork.sun.com and http://soldc.sun.com in the weeks leading up to the conference.

Industry News:

U.S. Design Corporation Certifies Plasmon's D-Series Family of JukeBoxes.
Plasmon Corporation and U.S. Design Corporation, a provider of storage management software, announced that Universal SuperSTOR Version 2.0 (USS v2.0) has been certified to manage Plasmon's D-Series Jukebox libraries, which are comprised of the D120, D240, and D480 respectively. Coupled with Plasmon's dual picker robotics, the bundled solution is capable of storing up to 4.1TB of Data on dual-sided DVD. The Java-technology-based software provides D-Series users with a simplified, yet powerful solution to cross-platform data storage.

Netaphor Software Inc. released Cyberons for Java.
Cyberons version 3.1. for Java is a full line of development tools that greatly ease the creation of a wide range of applications for managing everything from small workgroups to large enterprises. Version 3.1's enhancements include streamlined installation, additional support for allowing SNMPv3 engine discovery, fortification against malicious attacks, optimizations for performance and more. First released in 1999, Cyberons for Java has components that include a compact and highly optimized framework to maximize productivity for SNMP application developers.

In The Spotlight:

Metrowerks Rolls Out Software Tools to Thousands.
Metrowerks, a Motorola company announced distribution of its CodeWarrior software development tools to nearly 3,000 of the Indian Computer Institute Association (ICIA) member institutions. The schools are using CodeWarrior development tools to teach students Java programming, as well as programming for the Windows, Macintosh and Linux operating systems.

Events:

SunNetwork Conference -- Registration Discount
September 18-20, Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA. Learn where the industry is heading, get decisive technical insight on system architecture, management and services development for network computing not available anywhere else, participate in discussions, and hear keynotes from some of the biggest names in technology.

JDC members, register on or before August 17, 2002 and pay the discounted price of $695 -- a $200 discount -- when you use the code JDC334.

Sun's Worldwide Java Developer Conference
Yokohama, Japan, September 25-27, 2002

Java Developer's Marketplace:

Sun Announces Latest Version of Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) v1.4
Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced the general availability of the J2SE version 1.4, the comprehensive platform for rapidly developing and deploying enterprise-class applications and services across multiple platforms. The latest release of J2SE adds new features, major performance and scalability enhancements that represent a leap forward for Java technology.

Viewpoint:

From the Source:
A Talk with Open Source Advocate Danese Cooper. Read her perspective on programming, C# vs. Java technology, and how she got where she is.

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