Jon Byous reported on the JavaOne Conference keynote of March 28
which featured discussions about Java technology and the future.
Taking part in the discussion were John Gage of Sun; Paul Saffo,
director of the Institute of the Future; Alfred Chuang, CEO of BEA;
Adam Bosworth of BEA; Ernie Cormier, Bob Ewald and Ragu Rau of Nextel.
Topics included mobile computing, Nextel's use of Java technology and
the challenge of developing methods of establishing end-to-end identity
and trust for Web services applications.
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More than 35 companies demonstrated NetBeans and Forte for
Java Software products and integrations that are "Built on
NetBeans" technology at the JavaOne Conference. Third-party
products range from wireless device emulation software to Web services
infrastructure products. This article is a continuation from an article
last week about some of the companies, listed alphabetically.
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At the recent JavaOne Conference, the Java Foundation Classes
(JFC) and Swing Technology API team from Sun presented two technical
sessions that showed developers how to build several striking client
applications using the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition
(J2SE). Thomas Ulrich reported on the technical sessions. The two
sessions were "Rich Java Technology-Based Clients for Web Services,
The Sequel" and "How to Build an Awesome Swing Client."
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James Gosling, vice president
and fellow at Sun, known as the "father" of the Java programming
language, answered questions submitted by members of the Java Developer
Connection (JDC) Program.
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One of the features at the recent JavaOne Conference was a panel
discussion on the challenges and solutions in the application of
Java technology to mobile devices. In his report on the panel, Ed
Ort noted that small footprints, low price points and reduced screen
sizes all make the task of providing Java technology on mobile devices
challenging.
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Reporting on the JavaOne Conference session "High-Performance GUIs
with the Java Foundation Classes (JFC) API," Dana Nourie notes that GUI
programs written using the Java programming language have a
reputation for rendering slowly or incorrectly. Nourie says developers
can resolve these problems with coding techniques, however, by proper
use of threads and the new
the J2SE 1.4 platform acceleration capabilities.
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The new Java Specification Request (JSR #168) will be the
industry's first portal API standard. Eighteen companies, including
BroadVision, Plumtree and Vignette will collaborate with Sun on the
specification that will enable interoperability between Portlets and
Portals. This specification will define a set of APIs for Portal
computing, addressing the areas of aggregation, personalization,
presentation and security.
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