DDJ, April 2002
Java Programming


FEATURES

Java's new Considered Harmful
by Jonathan Amsterdam
Even though Java's new keyword is central to the language, there may be better ways of getting the job done.

Implementing the JMS Publish/Subscribe API
by Philip Rousselle
The Java Message Service API provides a powerful message-passing API for distributed computing.

Java Security Architecture and Extensions
by Volker Roth
The Java Cryptography Architecture is a framework that attempts to provide a common interface for accessing basic cryptographic primitives.

The MPEG-4 Java API & MPEGlets
by Aaron E. Walsh
Aaron introduces a suite of Java APIs for MPEG-4 and shows how you can use them to build highly dynamic and interactive content.

GUMBIE: A GUI Generator for Jython
by Peter Brinkmann
Jython is a 100 percent pure Java implementation of Python that makes Java scriptable. Peter uses it to build his Gumbie GUI tool.

Implementing C++ Servlet Containers
by John Hinke
By combining the performance benefits of C++ and the power of the Java servlet API, you can more easily create robust web applications.


EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

Tracking Down Killer Bugs
by Eric McRae
When it comes to embedded system development, you occasionally run across a bug that eludes all normal techniques for discovery.


INTERNET PROGRAMMING

Globalized Web Applications & ASP.NET
by Max Poliashenko and Chip Andrews
The .NET framework and ASP.NET provide many features to support development and deployment of international applications.


WORKBENCH

Programmer's Toolchest
Java's Generic Connection Framework
by Paul Tremblett

Java Q&A
How Can I Make My Java Servlets Faster?
by Tim Kientzle

Algorithm Alley
Unbiasing Random Bits
by Michael Mitzenmacher

Programmer's Bookshelf
Performance Modeling for the Masses
by Stathis Papaefstathiou


COLUMNS

Programming Paradigms
by Michael Swaine

C Programming
by Al Stevens

Embedded Space
by Ed Nisley

Dr. Ecco's Omniheurist Corner
by Dennis E. Shasha


FORUM

Editorial
by Jonathan Erickson

Letters
by you

The New Adventures Of Verity Stob
by Verity Stob

News & Views
by Shannon Cochran

Of Interest
by Della Song

Swaine's Flames
by Michael Swaine