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Making Sense of Java A guide for managers and the rest of us Bruce Simpson, John Mitchell, Brian Christeson, Rehan Zaidi, and Jonathan Levine 1996 | 180 pages ISBN: 132632942 |
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$29.95 | Softbound print book | |
Contents
| Introduction | xi |
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| What this Book isn't | xi |
| What this Book is | xi |
| About the Authors | xiii |
| Chapter 1 History | 1 |
| Chapter 2 Where We Are, How We Got There | |
| The Monolith: One Mainframe, Many Dumb Terminals | 7 |
| The Island: Personal Computers | 12 |
| The Bridge: Local-Area Networks | 13 |
| The World: Wide-Area Networks | 19 |
| The Internet: The Global WAN | 19 |
| Processor + Operating System = Platform | 22 |
| The Need for a New Paradigm | 24 |
| Chapter 3 Where Do We Go From Here? | 25 |
| Breaking Tasks into Smaller Parts: Object-Oriented Programming | 27 |
| Structured Programming | 28 |
| Object Orientation and Encapsulation | 29 |
| Object Orientation and Inheritance | 33 |
| Realizing the Potential of Object Orientation | 36 |
| A Common Vocabulary: Portability and Platform Independence | 38 |
| Communicating Tasks: Distributed Program Code | 43 |
| Back to the Future: HTML = Block mode '95 | 43 |
| Client-Server and the Internet | 44 |
| Load Balancing: Applets and their Role | |
| in Distributed Processing | 47 |
| Chapter 4 Applets, A Key Component Of The Web | |
| Extending Browser Functionality | 49 |
| The First Applets | 51 |
| Second-Generation Applets | 54 |
| Applets of the Future | 57 |
| General Utilities | 57 |
| Smart Agents | 57 |
| Internet Commerce | 58 |
| FaxMail, a Case Study | 59 |
| Chapter 5 Beyond Applets | 63 |
| The Java Face-Off | 64 |
| Developer Support | 67 |
| Is Anyone Actually Using Java? | 68 |
| What Types of Applications are Suited to Java? | 70 |
| Enterprise Network Connectivity | 71 |
| Applying Multiple Features | 72 |
| Friends and Foes | 73 |
| Chapter 6 Performance | |
| The Virtual Machine | 75 |
| Background | 76 |
| Relative Performance | 77 |
| Garbage Collection | 80 |
| Multiple Threads of Control | 81 |
| Performance Options | 82 |
| Compiling Just In Time | 82 |
| The Java Chip | 84 |
| The Right Tool for the Job | 86 |
| Chapter 7 Productivity | |
| Measuring Productivity | 87 |
| Java Productivity Features | 88 |
| Gains from Object Orientation | 88 |
| Gains From Platform Independence | 89 |
| Gains from Interpretation | 90 |
| Java vs. C/C++ | 91 |
| OO Purity | 91 |
| No Preprocessor | 93 |
| No Operator Overloading | 94 |
| No goto Statement | 95 |
| No Global Variables | 95 |
| No Explicit Pointers | 96 |
| No Structures, No Unions | 97 |
| Unicode Character Support | 97 |
| Boolean Type | 98 |
| First-Class Arrays | 99 |
| Multiple Inheritance | 99 |
| Tools | 101 |
| Class Libraries | 101 |
| Rapid Application Development | 102 |
| Changes to the SDLC | 103 |
| Making the Transition | 104 |
| Chapter 8 Security | |
| The Risks | 108 |
| Trojan Horses | 108 |
| Viruses | 108 |
| Snoopers and Sniffers | 109 |
| Java's Built-in Safeguards | 109 |
| Language Safety | 110 |
| Protection Provided by the Virtual Machine | 110 |
| System-Access Restrictions on Applets | 112 |
| Can Applets Still Be Useful? | 113 |
| Design Considerations | 114 |
| Chapter 9 Protection of Intellectual Property Rights | |
| Sun's Rights | 117 |
| Developers' Rights | 118 |
| Copyright | 119 |
| Protecting Applets by Legal Means | 120 |
| Protecting Applets by Technical Means | 121 |
| Capitalizing on Applet Redistribution | 122 |
| Chapter 10 Third-Party Support | 125 |
| In the Starring Role of Creator | 126 |
| Supporting Players | 128 |
| IBM | 130 |
| Microsoft | 131 |
| Netscape | 131 |
| Oracle | 132 |
| ...and a Cast of Thousands | 132 |
| Chapter 11 The Future of Java | 137 |
| Technologies that Complement | 138 |
| Software Tools | 138 |
| Hardware Devices | 139 |
| Object Technology | 140 |
| Technologies that Compete | 141 |
| The Crystal Ball | 144 |
| Glossary | 145 |
| Index | 153 |
DESCRIPTION
The meteoric rise of interest in Java, and the simultaneous rise in Java-related hype, make this book's no-nonsense evaluation essential reading for all levels of professionals, from managers to programmers. Making Sense of Java clearly and concisely explains the concepts, features, benefits, potential, and limitations of Java. It is not a programmer's how-to guide and assumes little technical knowledge, though software developers will find this lucid overview to be a valuable introduction to the possible uses and capabilities of Java.
What's inside:
- How Java's features and functionality stack up against the competition
- Java applets and their impact on the Internet
- Will Java become a general-purpose programming language?
- Performance, productivity, and security issues
- Copyrights, patents, and intellectual rights
- Supporting software and technologies
- The future of Java
ABOUT THE AUTHORS...
Bruce Simpson, John Mitchell, Brian Christeson, Rehan Zaidi, and Jonathan Levine -- consultants, programmers, managers -- are all active participants in the Java maelstrom.