Latest information and help from ACM Crossroads on JDK 1.1.3. Part One of a Two Part Article

Latest information and help from ACM Crossroads on JDK 1.1.3. Part Two of a Two Part Article

ACM Crossroads is the student magazine of the Association for Computing Machinery. Crossroads has published several articles on Java, in addition to having a regular column on Java programming.

"Java threads enable programmers to write parallel programs very easily and conveniently. However, the current Java specification does not adequately provide for the protection of shared resources or for deadlock detection, two of the most common problems arising from parallel programs. The ability to solve these problems is crucial for Java concurrent programming. In this paper, we introduce and implement a model that can aid in writing parallel programs by providing shared resource protection and deadlock detection." Published in Crossroads, the ACM student magazine.

"The Java language is compiled into a platform independent bytecode format. Much of the information contained in the original source code remains in the bytecode, thus decompilation is easy. We will examine how code obfuscation can help protect Java bytecodes." Published in Crossroads, the ACM student magazine.

"During the fall of 1996, the Georgia Insitute of Technology initiated the transition from teaching procedural programming to teaching object-oriented programming at the introductory level. Our main goal was to produce an introductory class that taught solid programming and design skills, using Java as the programming language. We will look at some of the problems we encountered, as well as some of the issues involved in using Java to teach students object oriented programming at the introductory level." Published in Crossroads, the ACM student magazine.

"Java3D is part of the Java Media APIs and enables Java programmers to develop large interactive 3D universes... The APIs also include support for 3D sound functionality." Published in Crossroads, the ACM student magazine.

The creation and design of Java Chat Programs with sections on ChatServer and ChatHandler

An introduction of distributed computing with Java Remote Method Invocation, includes a contrived example.

Abstract Window Toolkit - Instruction on the use of the AWT with sections on Frames, Layout, Boarders, Grids and Panels

Using the Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) interface to connect to and utilise a database from within Java

The basics of input and output (I/O) in the Java Environment

Using the swing library to improve interfaces in java - ACM Crossroads 6-4

"In this installation of Objective Viewpoint, we'll examine the implementation of a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) client-side framework that can be used in Java applications and applets. This framework demonstrates the effective use of Java network communication." Published in Crossroads, the ACM student magazine.

An introduction to a standard Java API document generator.