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 Java Watch
By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
2004 | 2003 | 2001
Benchmarks in the Middle
(Issue 068, December 15, 2002)
Here we go again. Another day, another J2EE versus .NET benchmark fuss. This time, the benchmarker in the middle is The Middleware Company, which runs the popular J2EE Slashdot-style Web site, TheServerSide.com. TMC has been a well-respected Java company, even though its parent company, Precise Software Solutions, is a Microsoft strategic partner. TMC recently revealed benchmark results that demonstrated that the .NET version of Sun’s Java Pet Store reference implementation ran much faster than J2EE reference implementations. click for full story
Sun Finally Joins The WS-I
(Issue 067, December 1, 2002)
Back on May 15, I was more than a little peeved that IBM, Microsoft and buddies had decided that Sun couldn’t play in their Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) sandbox (“WS-I: Another Standards Battle Begins,” page 27, or www.sdtimes.com/cols/javawatch_054.htm). That was a heck of a shortsighted stance for a group claiming to support open, uniform Web standards. click for full story
Java’s Role in a Struggling Economy
(Issue 066, November 15, 2002)
It’s sad watching the IT education ads during my daily dose of “The Simpsons.” Make great money! Have a fulfilling career as a network administrator or as a programmer. Ha! Maybe that worked in 1999, but this is 2002. I’ve seen people place “Will program for food” ads, and they weren’t being funny about it. They’re dead serious. click for full story
Should Top Developers Code or Manage?
(Issue 065, November 1, 2002)
The old insult that most people are familiar with is, “Those who can’t do, teach.” In programming circles, it’s “Those who can’t code, manage.” click for full story
Tools: What Works Is What’s Best
(Issue 064, October 15, 2002)
A college student wrote to me the other day complaining that his Java instructor wanted him to write native Java code without the use of either an interactive IDE or a rapid application development (RAD) tool. He wanted sympathy. Being a curmudgeon, I gave him a piece of my mind instead. click for full story
Open Source May Not Be for You
(Issue 063, October 1, 2002)
Can open source work for you? In some ways that’s a stupid question, because many open-source products are obviously successful. Linux is on its way to dominating the business server market. According to the monthly Netcraft survey, Apache, with 63.5 percent market share in August (www.netcraft.com/survey), owns the Web server kingdom. In Java developing circles, programs like Ant 1.5 (http://jakarta. apache.org/ant), Tomcat 4.04 (http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/ index.html) and JBoss (www.jboss.org) have many followers. click for full story
JDBC for You and for Me
(Issue 062, September 15, 2002)
Once upon a time, when keeping my xBase dialects straight and mastering VAX/VMS Datatrieve was my life, I developed certain prejudices. They’re still with me today. So, when I look at today’s Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) drivers, I know exactly what I’m looking for: database drivers that make a developer’s life easier…and the application as fast as possible. click for full story
Lies, Damned Lies & Java Benchmarks
(Issue 061, September 1, 2002)
WebSphere’s faster! WebLogic’s faster! JRun’s faster! .NET’s faster! Press releases and white papers are often filled with such claims by the major platform vendors. Don’t believe it if the vendor ran the benchmark. click for full story
HP Leaves Developers Behind
(Issue 060, August 15, 2002)
As you know by now, Hewlett-Packard has decided to get out of the middleware business. Specifically, say goodbye to Netaction Application Server, Netaction Web Services Platform and Web Services Registry. They’re toast. (See “HP Dumps J2EE Software Stack,” Aug. 1, page 1.) click for full story
Back in Windows Again
(Issue 059, August 1, 2002)
It was late last July when Microsoft, stung by losing its court battles over J++, decided to drop plans to include its antique Java Virtual Machine from Windows XP, and, oh, by the way, let’s block Java applets from running by default within the Outlook e-mail client. click for full story
J2ME Has Competition Brewing
(Issue 058, July 15, 2002)
If you were to ask most people in May what the No. 1 development environment for 3G phones and mobile devices was, I would have bet that, unless you counted all the embedded Linuxes as a single lot—and after you threw out the votes for mainstream x86 Linuxes—J2ME would have been at the top of the heap. click for full story
What Sun ONE Bundling Means for You
(Issue 057, July 1, 2002)
A major operating system and software company recently announced it would now be bundling its flagship application server with its operating system. Now, is that company 1) Microsoft, 2) Novell or 3) Sun? click for full story
Apple and Java: Tasty or Terrible?
(Issue 056, June 15, 2002)
When I think operating systems for Java development, I think of Solaris, Linux and Windows 2000, usually in that order. I don’t think about Mac OS X—which goes to show that I’m out of the loop. It appears that the next generation of Macintosh developers is adopting Java. Who would have thought it? click for full story
How Not to Use Java
(Issue 055, June 1, 2002)
Steven’s the name, and giving informed opinions about using technology to fix problems is the game. I was staring out my office window and wondering if 11 a.m. was too early for lunch, when the phone rang. click for full story
WS-I: Another Standards Battle Begins
(Issue 054, May 15, 2002)
Just when we thought that Sun and IBM were going to make nice with each other (“Can’t We Just Get Along?” May 1), it starts anew, over what kind of membership Sun should have in the Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I). And the villains of the piece? Microsoft and IBM. click for full story
Can’t We Just Get Along?
(Issue 053, May 1, 2002)
JavaOne, the gathering of the tribe. The big party. And, maybe, just maybe, the start of a new day in Java. One in which the Java companies will start working with each other instead of against each other. click for full story
No More Lawsuits!
(Issue 052, April 15, 2002)
Iwould pay good money to see Scott McNealy and Bill Gates in a steel-cage death match. I wouldn’t spend a thin dime on Sun’s latest Microsoft lawsuit. click for full story
Java Programming, Cajun Style
(Issue 051, April 1, 2002)
One beef I’ve heard about Java over the years is that while it’s easy to code trivial things in it, it’s often harder to build serious applications from it. Of course, that’s true of any programming language. Some companies, like Microsoft and Borland, answered this concern and made a reputation for themselves by giving new and middle-of-the-road programmers easy-to-use IDEs, such as Visual Basic and the Turbo line. click for full story
Open, Closed and Web Services Standards
(Issue 050, March 15, 2002)
Web services are hotter than hot, and the standards bodies aren’t working fast enough for ISVs. So in early February, software giants like BEA, HP, IBM, Microsoft and Oracle founded their own industry-driven standards consortium, the Web Services Interoperability Organization, or WS-I. Sun is the only major player not associated with the WS-I, though it’s expected that it will eventually join as well. click for full story
Eclipse: Is .NET the Real Target?
(Issue 049, March 1, 2002)
You don’t really look to LinuxWorld for news related to Java, but the announcement from the Eclipse organization that IBM and Red Hat are adding a C and C++ integrated development environment to Eclipse just proves that you never know where Java software development news may show up. click for full story
Oh, Please! Not Another Vendor Fight!
(Issue 048, February 15, 2002)
Here we go again. Just once I’d like to get through a month without a religious standards or software initiative war. But, no, I’m not so lucky. After being on the stove since December, the Eclipse (www.eclipse.org) versus NetBeans (www.netbeans.org) pot is boiling over. click for full story
Playing Games With J2EE
(Issue 047, February 1, 2002)
It’s a problem as old as programming. Do you stick with the straight and true of the established standard, or do you use proprietary extensions in your coding? click for full story
Web Services: For Real
(Issue 046, January 15, 2002)
At first, I took Web services to be just more marketing drivel. But, underneath the hype, there really is a new and much easier way to do network programming and also make existing legacy network applications more approachable without having to bleed all over your interface code. click for full story
Is Micro Java Too Small?
(Issue 045, January 1, 2002)
It sounds like a good idea: Why not put Java into handheld devices with a version designed for a small memory footprint and low-powered—in every sense of the word—16- and 32-bit processors? The result, of course, was the Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME). click for full story
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