This is a comprehensive approach to learning how to develop and implement a professional level Java 2 database program using the Java database connection API (JDBC 3.0). It includes an introduction to relational databases and designing database applications; covers interacting with a relational database using a Java program; and shows how to create and work with XML data storage using a Java program.

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* Master the ins and outs of RDBMS technology, SQL, and JDBC
* Create two-tier and multi-tier database applications
* Harness JSP, servlets, EJB, JDO, XML, and related technologies

If Java can do it, you can do it too . . .

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"This is the best book on the subject I have seen. I bought my first Murach book in 1987, have bought several more over the years, and have never been disappointed."

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An exciting, new approach to Java instruction that includes the latest Java releases (1.3.1 and 1.4). In just 20 chapters, you grow from beginner to entry-level professional. Along the way, you learn how to develop GUIs with Swing components; how to work with files; how to use JDBC to work with databases; how to develop applets that are run from Internet browsers; how to work with threads; and much more. It’s all there in the unique Murach style that has been training professional programmers for more than 25 years.

With the XML "buzz" still dominating talk among Internet developers, there's a real need to learn how to cut through the hype and put XML to work. Java & XML shows how to use the APIs, tools, and tricks of XML to build real-world applications. The result is code and data that are portable. This second edition adds chapters on Advanced SAX and Advanced DOM, new chapters on SOAP and data binding, and new examples throughout. Following a concise introduction to XML basics, the rest of the book focuses on using XML from your Java applications. Java developers who need to work with XML, or think that they will in the future--as well as developers involved in the new peer-to-peer movement, messaging, or web services--will find Java & XML a constant companion. Includes a quick reference on SAX 2.0, DOM Level 2, and JDOM.

Presents case studies which show how the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition has helped ten companies or organizations develop distributed applications and deal with such issues as connecting dispersed users with centralized applications, building applications quickly and efficiently, and connecting heterogeneous clients and servers.
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Are you ready for a concise book packed with insight and wisdom not found elsewhere? Do you want to gain a deeper understanding of the Java programming language? Do you want to write code that is clear, correct, robust, and reusable? Look no further! This book will provide you with these and many other benefits you may not even know you were looking for.
Featuring fifty-seven valuable rules of thumb, Effective Java Programming Language Guide contains working solutions to the programming challenges most developers encounter each day. Offering comprehensive descriptions of techniques used by the experts who developed the Java platform, this book reveals what to do - and what not to do - in order to produce clear, robust and efficient code.

Java™ and SOAP provides Java developers with an in-depth look at SOAP (the Simple Object Access Protocol). Of course, it covers the basics: what SOAP is, why it's soared to a spot on the Buzzwords' Top Ten list, and what its features and capabilities are. And it shows you how to work with some of the more common Java APIs in the SOAP world: Apache SOAP and GLUE.
Java™ and SOAP also discusses interoperability between the major SOAP platforms,
including Microsoft's .NET, SOAP messaging, SOAP attachments, message routing, and a preview of the forthcoming AXIS APIs and server. If you're a Java developer who would like to start working with SOAP, this is the book you need to get going.

Java Message Service, Second Edition, is a thorough introduction to the standard API that supports "messaging" -- the software-to-software exchange of crucial data among network computers. You'll learn how JMS can help you solve many architectural challenges, such as integrating dissimilar systems and applications, increasing scalability, eliminating system bottlenecks, supporting concurrent processing, and promoting flexibility and agility.

This book leads the reader in building an IM system using the Java programming language. I believe that the best way of showing how something like instant messaging is done in general is to illustrate how it is done with a particular example. Our IM system uses the Jabber protocols and architecture and we’ll cover both in depth as we build our software. Once you understand how the Jabber protocol work to create an IM system, I hope that you will be able to extrapolate your experience to build other IM systems based on Jabber or other protocols if necessary.

Sun Microsystems experts Steve Stelting and Olav Maassen bring together today’s best pattern-based techniques and demonstrate pattern use for a variety of business systems. This practical guide features proven techniques for all types of patterns, from system architecture to single classes. Pattern-based solutions for every stage of the development lifecycle Documents 30 patterns, including the 23 core patterns for the Sun Certified Enterprise Architect exam.