Here you can talk about ways to use this powerful, popular programming language. Check out the Discussion areas currently available and meet the sysop. JDK 1.2 JDK 1.2 promises many, many "improvements" and here's your opportunity to learn, share, and edify. Browsers and Java Applets. Nothing but applets. If it runs in a browser, from Navigator to Explorer to HotJava, it belongs here. Java and Databases Here you'll find people discussing the ins-and-outs of JDBC (the Java DataBase Connectivity API), along with questions and experiences about object-relational and object-oriented databases. General Doesn't fit anywhere else? Put it here. Java for Non-programmers Not a Java developer but you want to use Java? Questions such as how to embed a Java applet in a Web site should go in this section. Java GUI Anything that is graphics-related or uses any of the toolkits such as the AWT, JavaSoft's JFC, Netscape's IFC or Microsoft's AFC can be found here. Java in the OS From which OS is better to problems running Java class files, if it has to do with your OS, bring it here. Java Network Programming From sockets to SMTP, from protocols to proxies, from TCP/IP to RMI and CORBA, this is the place to be (even if you don't know your POP3 from your LDAP). Security and Firewalls Discuss security issues and problems in the available implementations of Java and how to use Java in secure environments, such as through firewalls. Server-side Java Implementing servlets or other Java-based server applications? Here's where you find out what works, how they work and what to do when they don't. Your Java Sysop: Carl Dreher is an electrical engineer and computer programmer specializing in real-time embedded systems. He holds bachelor's degrees in Physics and EE from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. His consulting company, Focus Research, provides service to companies ranging from the fast food industry to semiconductor manufacturers. He has been programming in Java for two years and is a frequent contributor to Web Techniques. magazine. When not behind the keyboard, Carl can be found on the dance floor teaching Scottish and English Country Dancing or in the garage restoring a 1933 Morgan. He lives in Dallas, Texas, with his wife, Charlotte. Read the User Guidelines. Also check out the Java Author Forums.

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