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Building in Java By David S. Linthicum In the brief time since its inception, the Java programming language has gone from providing cute bouncing heads on Web pages to enabling full-blown, industrial-strength enterprise applications for the Internet and Intranets. This article examines Java application development today, classifying the current toolsets into three emerging categories: pure Java tools, hybrid tools, and Java generation tools. JavaBeans in Action By Dan Rahmel The lack of a component model has hampered Java's competitive positioning. To remedy this situation, JavaSoft has extended the Java API with the JavaBeans specification, which brings a component model to the Java framework. In this article, Dan Rahmel explains JavaBeans technology and provides an overview of the current development environments that support JavaBeans. Java Database Class Libraries By Kay Ewbank Developing a Java database application requires more than just the core Java API. You must also employ a JDBC driver or a Java database class library. Kay Ewbank explains four alternative methods of connecting Java to databases. She also surveys several Java database drivers and class libraries.

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