Developing JavaBeans Using VisualAge for Java, Version 2 [Paperback]

Dale R. Nilsson (Author), Bill Sarantakos (Author), Peter M. Jakab (Author), Russell A. Stinehour (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471345342 | ISBN-13: 978-0471345343 | Publication Date: April 7, 1999

Create JavaBeans and JFC components using one of the hottest tools available

This valuable guide was written by two IBM insiders who have successfully taught VisualAge for Java to programmers around the world for IBM's certification courses. It gives programmers the inside track on preparing for IBM's certification and explains how to debug Java programs interactively. Programmers and developers will find helpful coverage of VisualAge for Java's IDE and Visual Builder along with techniques for applying Visual Design Patterns. They'll also learn how to deploy Java applications and applets and create JFC components with version 2.0.

CD-ROM includes VisualAge for Java Enterprise Edition, Sun JDK 1.2 and BDK 1.2, and all of the code examples found in the book.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

IBM VisualAge for Java is a powerful Java development tool, but it doesn't always get a lot of press. The authors of Developing JavaBeans Using VisualAge for Java, Version 2, meet a real need with their well-organized tutorial using this capable Java tool. This book can also serve as an introduction to Java programming.

There is good coverage of JavaBeans with both visual and nonvisual components. Later chapters whet the user's appetite with newer Java features (like Swing/JFC, enterprise beans, and servlets). You'll want to go elsewhere for more thorough coverage of these technologies, but the book lets you try out these features with small working examples that are scaled just right for readers new to VisualAge development. (A working version of the VisualAge tool is included on the accompanying CD-ROM.) The authors show the strengths (and quirks) of VisualAge, with good coverage of its visual programming style (where beans are "wired" together). They even provide a list of "anti-patterns"--things to watch out for in your VisualAge designs.

There aren't many tools-based guides to Java. (Most concentrate on the language itself.) Developing JavaBeans shows that a good way to learn the Java language is with the VisualAge tool. --Richard Dragan

Topics covered: IBM VisualAge for Java 2.0 installation and tutorial, GUI and invisible JavaBeans, debugging, deployment, Swing/JFC and database programming, and Enterprise JavaBeans and servlets.

Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (April 7, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471345342
• ISBN-13: 978-0471345343
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,879,013 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A bit repetitive and simplistic, August 29, 1999

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Timothy R Darrough (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Developing JavaBeans Using VisualAge for Java, Version 2 (Paperback)

Book is "hands on"; reader is led through the construction of several moderate sized examples. Got me started with VisualAge, so I gave it an OK rating.

Repetitive: Goes over how to accompolish various tasks click by click. This a feature the first time, but the author repeats these click by click instructions for every task in almost every subsequent chapter.

Simplistic: Does not take enough time to explain what is being accomplished; it simply instructs the reader to click here and then click there. Some explaination is given but not nearly enough.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars To the point for IBMVAJ 2.0, only, February 9, 2000

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Vinit - See all my reviews

This review is from: Developing JavaBeans Using VisualAge for Java, Version 2 (Paperback)

I have done all the exercises in the book and I found it especially helpful in using IDE IBMVAJ 2.0 and intermediate level development also, but not suited for advance development. It skims thru' the basics on Java Beans and server side implementation details. Need to read another solid book after this for serious development.Nevertheless a good introductory book for IDE in IBMVAJ.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Spend your time on something else., January 25, 2000

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Seabrook Tinch - See all my reviews

This review is from: Developing JavaBeans Using VisualAge for Java, Version 2 (Paperback)

The author needs to group together the VisualAge IDE concepts and separate them from the program development concepts. If you took out all the wordiness the book would be half the size. This book was aweful!