Not Just Java (Sunsoft Press Java Series) [Paperback]

Peter Van Der Linden (Author)

Book Description

Series: Sunsoft Press Java Series | Publication Date: May 1997

Designed to help software professionals understand new technologies impacting on their careers and the way they develop software. As well as Java, the author covers ActiveX, CORBA, RMI, IIOP and other packages, illustrating now new technologies fit into evolving development methodologies.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Written with the Information Systems professional or general reader in mind, Not Just Java: A Technology Briefing provides an introduction to today's Internet, gives an overview of what's best in Java (though with a distinctly anti-Microsoft spin), and stresses the growing importance of Java technology.

The book begins with a tour of today's major software and hardware corporations and their strategies regarding Java. (Predictably, Sun fares well, while Microsoft is portrayed as the enemy who wants to "kill" Java, which is probably an oversimplified view of the matter.) Introductory material on the basics of the Internet, from the basics of HTTP and hypertext, follows. Author Peter van der Linden then covers programming within today's browsers, discussing plug-ins, JavaScript, Common Gateway Interface (CGI), and Java. Throughout Not Just Java, he uses brief case studies to illustrate Java in action.

Next, he discusses e-commerce, obviously an area with tremendous potential, and then security on the Internet. Here again, Microsoft technology fails to measure up. A tour of Java as a better object-oriented programming language follows, including additional multimedia Java APIs and JavaBeans (including Enterprise JavaBeans).

Later sections in the book look at today's multitiered distributed architectures and what Java offers for the enterprise, including network and distributed computing. Readers who don't mind strong opinions will appreciate Not Just Java's argumentative approach to what Java is and how it might well transform computing as we know it within the next few years. --Richard Dragan --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

From the Back Cover

Not Just Java is the book for everybody who needs to understand why Java and other Internet technologies are taking the software industry by storm. Peter van der Linden, author of the best-selling Just Java, carefully explains each of the key technologies driving the Internet revolution and provides a much-needed perspective on critical topics including:


*Java and its libraries—present and future.

*Security on intranets and the Internet.

*Thin clients, network computers, and webtops.

*Multi-tier client/server systems.

*Software components, objects, and CORBA.

*The evolution and role of intranets.

*JavaBeans' versus ActiveX.

Also included are case studies of leading-edge companies that show how to avoid the pitfalls and how to leverage Java and related technologies for maximum payoff.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 313 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall Ptr (May 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0138646384
• ISBN-13: 978-0138646387
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,932,835 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Like a girl's skirt!, October 8, 2003

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David A. Koontz (Fayetteville, AR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Not Just Java (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

Like a girl's skirt!

Just long enough to cover the subject, but short enough to be interesting!

I enjoyed this book - great for the manager, who wants to know what is this thing called JAVA.

David

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A useful survey of technologies, tarnished by hatred, July 3, 2000

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Nicholas Sterling "AmigoNico" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Not Just Java (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

I'd like to rate this book 4 +/- 1. Peter has a very readable style, and the book is a useful survey of a number of forces shaping the future use of technology, particularly in business. For that I'd give it a 4. Note that it does NOT show you how to use any of these technologies; it just tries to tell you why they're important.

Whether you add or subtract one depends on how you feel about his attitude about Microsoft. If you look at the steady stream of improvements Microsoft has made over the years and feel grateful to the company, you'll hate this book. Peter can fairly be accused of bashing Microsoft.

If, on the other hand, you believe that the innovation that WOULD HAVE taken place -- had Microsoft not used its monopoly power as it did -- would have left us with a richer world of software, then you will at least have some sympathy for his obvious anger against the company. You might even find some of his many historical notes quite interesting.

And if you keep abreast of the technology but largely ignore the political/economic forces that shape the industry, you'll probably find all of this distracting and attribute the rants to hormones and/or stock positions. :^)

Seriously, though, there is a lot of venting.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good balanced summary of industry, August 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Not Just Java (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

I don't understand people who slam a book because it has a different perspective than their own biases and point of view.

"Not Just Java" is a good, balanced appraisal of the computer industry, the players and products, and where Java fits in. It points out the shortcomings of Java and Microsoft equally. Recommended