JBuilder 3 Unleashed [Paperback]

Neal Ford (Author), Talal Azzouka (Author), Casey Williams (Author)

Book Description

Series: Unleashed | Publication Date: September 1999

JBuilder 3 Unleashed is designed to help intermediate to advanced level Java developers obtain the information and techniques needed to create mission critical JBuilder applications. The book picks up where most JBuilder books leave off and provides the information needed by developers to create robust and maintainable JBuilder Client/Server and multi-tier applications. Topics covered include: Advanced object-oriented design and programming techniques in Java, Enterprise JavaBeans, Serialization, Threading, NMI, Multi-tier development: implementation of applications and applets, RMI, CORBA, Enprise's MIDAS technology, N-tier, Application Development, Source code control, Deployment.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

JBuilder 3 Unleashed does an excellent job of explaining how to write Java programs in Borland's newest Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the language. With plenty of code (all of which ships on the accompanying CD-ROM) and lots of documentation on Java classes, this book enables the intermediate-level Java programmer to become more capable with JBuilder and the language as a whole. You'll find good information if you want to write servlets, interface with databases, or do any of dozens of other software development tasks.

JBuilder 3 Unleashed naturally covers the JBuilder user interface, but the authors don't explain interface elements for their own sake. Rather, they explain the JBuilder interface in the context of doing certain Java programming jobs. Subjects include some fairly exotic aspects of the Java language, including elaborate user interface design, multithreading, internationalization, and client/server architecture.

Coverage of programming JavaBeans (and especially serialization as it applies to Beans) with JBuilder is exemplary, as are the sections on Remote Method Invocation (RMI) and CORBA. In addition to their coverage of the mechanics of JBuilder and Java, the authors include quite a bit of management and engineering information on using Borland's development environment as the centerpiece of a development team, including versioning, testing, and object-oriented analysis and design. --David Wall

Topics covered: JBuilder user interface, multithreading, internationalization, client/server architecture, programming JavaBeans, RMI, and CORBA.

From the Back Cover

JBuilder 3 Unleashed is designed to help intermediate to advanced level Java developers obtain the information and techniques needed to create mission critical JBuilder applications. The book picks up where most JBuilder books leave off and provides the information needed by developers to create robust and maintainable JBuilder Client/Server and multi-tier applications. Topics covered include: Advanced object-oriented design and programming techniques in Java, Enterprise JavaBeans, Serialization, Threading, NMI, Multi-tier development: implementation of applications and applets, RMI, CORBA, Enprise's MIDAS technology, N-tier, Application Development, Source code control, Deployment.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1072 pages
• Publisher: Sams (September 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672315483
• ISBN-13: 978-0672315480
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,015,305 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This is not a book about JBuilder. Very disappointing, April 6, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: JBuilder 3 Unleashed (Paperback)

Don't buy this book, if you want to learn how to use JBuilder. This book is more about Java than JBuilder and there are much better books out there that teaches you Java. The JBuilder tutorials were far better than this book.I really wonder how this book is different from JAVA 2 Unleashed by the same publisher. I really regret having bought this book, and should have taken the readers reviews more seriously.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Jack of all trades..., February 5, 2000

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TheDrifter "alphadawg18" (Denver, Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: JBuilder 3 Unleashed (Paperback)

...but master of none. I have experienced great success with the "Unleashed" series and when I saw this book was available, I purchased it without a second thought. What I hoped for was a book that really taught me the hidden details of the JBuilder developer environment. Instead, what I got was a book that tries to cover the entire gamut of java development within the JBuilder scope. The first section titled "Design and Team Development Strategies" contains 4 chapters of information on topics such as O-O development and coding standards that have been treated far more effectively in other publications such as Eckel's invaluable "Thinking In Java". The remainder of the book can be better described as Java development, with a tilt towards the JBuilder method of doing it.

You get a taste of "what could be" in pages 22-38 of chapter 1. In that text the authors document several very useful JBuilder IDE tricks and tips the authors use when developing applications. That's what I need! Unfortunately, they go no further exploring this desperately necessary area. I don't want 17 pages of IDE coverage, I want several chapters.

Fortunately, this book has saved me a few hours of work already, so it was worth the money in that respect. Unfortunately it was of little help to me in the area I need help most; the IDE.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This book has nothing to do with JBuilder, January 12, 2000

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Paul Miu (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: JBuilder 3 Unleashed (Paperback)

I bought this book because I wanted to learn about JBuilder 3, but this book does not touch on what it is supposed to do - JBuilder. The first few chapters of this book are junks. The rest of the book is about Java but not JBuilder. If you want to learn Java there are many books better than this one; and if you want to learn JBuilder this book is completely useless. The title is deceptive and I returned the book.