Developing JavaBeans Using VisualAge for Java [Paperback]

Dale R. Nilsson (Author), Peter M. Jakab (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471297887 | ISBN-13: 978-0471297888 | Publication Date: May 5, 1998

Learn how to develop JavaBeans and applets using VisualAge for Java. This book provides you with a quick, painless way to master VisualAge for Java. Coauthored by IBM insiders who have successfully taught VisualAge for Java to programmers around the world, Developing JavaBeans Using VisualAge for Java provides everything you need to know to use this critically acclaimed development tool to build enterprise-ready JavaBeans and applets.

Taking the same approach used in their popular VisualAge for Java training seminars, the authors:

• Help prepare you for IBM's VisualAge for Java certification.
• Cover VisualAge for Java's IDE and Visual Builder along with techniques for applying Visual Design Patterns.
• Demonstrate how to create GUI, Invisible, and Composite Beans, including Menus, Dialogs, Radio Buttons, and Online Help.
• Guide you through the steps for deploying Java applications and applets such as how to create JAR files.
• Teach how to debug Java programs interactively.
• Provide detailed information on advanced topics such as the Enterprise Edition with emphasis on the Data Access Builder.

  The CD-ROM includes:

• VisualAge for Java Entry Edition and Patch Set 1.
• Sun Java Developers Toolkit 1.1. x.
• All code examples and sample JavaBeans found in this book.

  As a stand-alone guide, or as a companion to the VisualAge for Java certification classes, Developing JavaBeans Using VisualAge for Java is a must-read for programmers who need to quickly master the product and all its add-on features.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Rapid application development environments, like VisualAge for Java, are meant for people who don't particularly enjoy the primitive virtues of writing all code by hand. As such, documentation for these environments must be suitable for readers who just want to accomplish tasks and don't want to spend forever learning a language. Developing JavaBeans Using VisualAge for Java does a good job of explaining Bean-building to this crowd, though the depth of its coverage (in Bean terms) is limited by the capabilities of VisualAge for Java.

Nilsson and Jakab begin by introducing VisualAge for Java, helping the reader install it, and offering a tour of its interface. They then show how to create a "Hello World" applet before explaining the process of converting it to a Bean. After that, the authors show the reader how to create more-complicated Beans, including an adding machine (both visible and invisible). In later chapters, they show how to debug and improve the adding machine. New VisualAge users will appreciate the chapter about creating .java, .class, and .jar files.

In short, this book explains the mechanics of programming JavaBeans with the tools available in the VisualAge for Java toolkit. If that's what you need to do, you'll be able to use the guidance that's found in these pages.

From the Publisher

The buzz surrounding VisualAge for Java is growing. Programmers and developers need to master the product--and its recent add-on features--and apply this fresh knowledge to the development of enterprise-ready JavaBeans and applets. And they need to do it fast. Luckily, this indispensable guide will eash the pressure. From the country's top VisualAge for Java teacher, this book is the ideal programmer's companion for quickly working around the product's idiosyncratic bugs, accessing documentation for the new add-ons, and flying through the VisualAge for Java certification class.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (May 5, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471297887
• ISBN-13: 978-0471297888
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,017,790 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to read with clear examples!, June 7, 1999

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This review is from: Developing JavaBeans Using VisualAge for Java (Paperback)

This was the first book I read regarding developing Java Beans with VisualAge. I have read many since and have not found a better book. Great read! I would love to be able to find more books like this one.

4.0 out of 5 stars Efective use of Visual Programming and OO programming, December 10, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Developing JavaBeans Using VisualAge for Java (Paperback)

Few books tell you the proper way to use Visual Programming tools alongside Object Oriented concepts. Even when I use VAJ 2.0, this book avout VAJ 1.0 proved to be an invaluable guide.

If just the authors could write another book expanding on the subect of Visual Design patterns... :-)

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, a VisualAge for Java book worth the price!, October 19, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Developing JavaBeans Using VisualAge for Java (Paperback)

Although fairly expensive, this book does an excellent job of walking you through the basics of VisualAge for Java. I once was skeptical about the benefits of IBM's fancy Java IDE, but no more. This is a big step for a dinosaur who three years ago insisted on a UNIX command line interface for everything. Buy a copy of this book.