JONNI KANERVA, JavaSoft
FRANK YELLIN, JavaSoft
This talk overviews the functionality, design, and extensibility of the
class packages in the 1.0 Java API: java.lang, java.io, java.util, java.net,
java.awt, java.awt.image, java.awt.peer, and java.applet. In addition to
surveying the packages, we discuss and exemplify pervasive design issues
such as simplicity, architecture neutrality, and modularity. Extensibility
is a special focus of the talk, in two ways: how the existing classes are
extensible, and how the API will grow to accomodate fuller functionality
in all areas.
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JAMES GOSLING, JavaSoft
A detailed tour through the aspects of the Java technologies that enable
platform independence. This will include sections on the design of the Java
language, the Java virtual machine, and the dynamic linking mechanism. The
session will also cover how these design choices make reusable components
a reality.
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FRANK YELLIN, JavaSoft
TIM LINDHOLM, JavaSoft
This talk discusses what the Java runtime system does "under the hood".
Among the topics we will discuss are: the Java interpreter, the byte codes,
the garbage collector, the security manager and the verifier, the threads
implementation, and where the Java implementation is going. Come to this
talk if you're interested in a technical, backstage look at Java technology.
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JAMES GOSLING, JavaSoft
This session will give an overview of all of the many projects underway
that extend the Java technologies. Most of these projects are covered in
detail in other talks: this is the roadmap that covers them all at a high
level and links them together.
PAVANI DIWANJI, JavaSoft
DAVID CONNELLY, JavaSoft
PRASAD WAGLE, JavaSoft
This session will introduce JavaSoft's server framework and how to extend
the HTTP server using the generic servlet API. Part of the session will
be a tutorial that will take you through steps involved in writing a network
server using this generic framework. We will also cover the design of the
HTTP server and HTTP servlets, and various ways in which the HTTP server
can be extended.
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RICK CATTELL, JavaSoft
A key component for the use of the Java language on corporate intranets
is database connectivity. JavaSoft recently developed a solution for this
problem based on a SQL API called JDBC. JavaSoft has also laid the groundwork
for Java-based object databases and higher-level relational APIs and tools.
In this talk we will summarize different kinds of databases and database
APIs, and JavaSoft's plans in each area.
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RICK CATTELL, JavaSoft (moderator)
ROGER SIPPL, Visigenic Software
JOHN GOODSON, Intersolv Software
MARK SANDEEN, Object Design
FRANCOIS BANCILHON, O2 Technology
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BENJAMIN RENAUD, JavaSoft
MARIANNE MUELLER, JavaSoft
In this presentation, we will introduce all the new security features in
Java v1.1. and how to use them in real-world applications and applets. New
features will include the security API and library, digitally signed classes
and the new security manager. We will also show you how to implement server-side
security for real-world applications, including access authorization, SSL
and customized security managers.
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GRAHAM HAMILTON, JavaSoft
JDBC is a Java API that has been designed by JavaSoft in conjunction with
the leading database and database connectivity vendors in order to allow
Java-powered programs access to relational databases. This talk will describe
the goals and motivation of the JDBC API and describe the key classes that
constitute the API. We will also walk though some simple JDBC examples and
describe JDBC implementation status.
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JERRY EVANS, SunSoft
DUANE NORTHCUTT, SunSoft
This session provides an overview and demonstration of a new suite of media-oriented
open interfaces defined by Sun in conjunction with several partners. These
APIs offer applet and application developers a simple, high level means
for incorporating a variety of rich media types into their designs. They
provide enhanced capabilities in the areas of 2D graphics and imaging, 3D
graphics, audio, video, telephony, collaboration, and other media. Furthermore,
they provide a dynamic and highly extensible framework into which a wide
range of specific media technologies (e.g., media delivery network protocols,
media format handlers, etc.) can be embedded.
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PETER KESSLER, JavaSoft
ROGER RIGGS, JavaSoft
The benefits of using the Java language for developing applications can
be increased by distributing the computation across the network. The distributed
object systems developed by JavaSoft leverage these benefits in two ways.
First, we support integration with the distributed object model defined
by OMG and CORBA. Second, the remote method invocation system supports distributed
objects as a simple and natural extension to the Java language's object
model.
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TED GOLDSTEIN, SunLabs
This talk presents Sun's Java-based framework for electronic commerce, which
will allow Java applets and applications to safely cause transactions to
occur in the financial world, and how this framework could be used to implement
a "virtual wallet." Just like a real wallet, a virtual wallet
could organize all of a user's credit cards, electronic checks and electronic
cash as well as organizing receipts, coupons and other electronic identification.
By leveraging the Java language's capabilities to download code, a virtual
wallet could also be able to add in new payment mechanisms.
PETER MADANY, JavaSoft
Java-powered programs typically run in environments that include full-featured
operating systems running on full-featured workstations or personal computers.
But the Java language doesn't inherently require a large amount of software
and hardware resources. This talk will provide answers to questions such
as: What are the minimal software and hardware features required to run
Java-powered programs?
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PATRICK CHAN
This tutorial describes techniques the author has used to build applets
that have been deployed on popular commercial sites. Topics covered will
include incremental loading, parameter parsing, double-buffering, advanced
animations, platform-dependent issues, Netscape frames, applet protection,
client-server communication, and external windows. The tutorial is designed
for programmers familiar with the Java language; it is technical with many
code samples. However, it is not necessary to be proficient in the particular
classes discussed.
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PAVANI DIWANJI, JavaSoft
DAVE BROWN, JavaSoft
This tutorial primarily focuses on how to write client-server network applications
in the Java language. It will introduce the basic networking classes including
sockets, datagrams and URLs. The tutorial will also cover more advanced
topics like how to write a multicast-based application. It will also illustrate,
through examples, extending network applications through the use of pluggable
protocol handlers.
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ANNETTE WAGNER, JavaSoft
HTML and Java-powered applets open a world of opportunities for human interface
design. We will explore some of these opportunities using the HotJava(TM)
Browser as an example. The examples will include the use of applets for
layout, animation, and sound. We will also discuss how designing human interfaces
with HTML and Java-powered applets differs from more common approaches used
in today's monolithic applications and offer some pointers on which approaches
work best.
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RAWN SHAH, RTD Systems & Networking, Inc. (Moderator)
BRENDAN EICH, Netscape Communications, Inc.
JIM ARSENAULT, AimTech, Inc.
BC KRISHNA, FutureTense, Inc.
FRANK GALDES, Kinetix, Inc.
This panel is an overview of current Java-based technologies which allow
end-users and programmers alike means of developing applications through
visual development environments. These tools allow rapid application or
applet development using sets of predefined components or tools. Now instead
of days and weeks of direct development, programmers can spend minutes or
hours to bring a project to a completion. A general overview of authoring
tools will be followed by brief presentations of projects by the members
of the panel.
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AMY FOWLER, JavaSoft
JIM GRAHAM, JavaSoft
Instructs attendees how to utilize the AWT class library to create robust
and attractive user interfaces for Java-powered applets and applications.
Explains the peer architecture and how it affects using the AWT; teaches
how to use the layout managers to create complex user interface structures;
explains the process of creating completely new Java-powered components
using subclassing techniques. Presents the foundation of the graphics rendering
model, including the architecture of the image code with details about how
the ImageProducer & Consumer objects interact and how to take best advantage
of them. Attendees will get a preview of the new media-oriented APIs being
defined by Sun and other partners which will open the door to device-independent,
high-quality 2D rendering.
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NOVA SPIVACK co-founder, EarthWeb
ALEX CHAFFEE The Dalang of Gamelan
This talk will focus on challenges and solutions encountered while implementing
commercial-grade functionality for use on multiple platforms by large audiences,
and will discuss case studies from work developing Java-powered internet
services. The Java language can provide much more than flying logos---we
will explore the inner workings of applets and applications which provide
new levels of real-time social interaction and information within Web services.
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HERB JELLINEK, JavaSoft
STEVE BYRNE, JavaSoft
The HotJava browser is designed to be highly customizable, allowing users
to configure it to suit a variety of purposes -- without programming or
source code. We will show examples of how the HotJava browser can be customized
for a company's private Intranet, and how individual users can make it their
own "private" browser.
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KARL JACOB, Dimension X
PATRICK SCHMITZ, Dimension X
This session will discuss techniques we have used to build 2-D and 3-D multimedia
toolkits and class libraries written in the Java language. We will explore
the use of packages and scoping rules, class design using native extensions,
and problems and solutions associated with delivering Java-powered applications.
TOM BALL, JavaSoft
For both beginning and seasoned developers, the Java language's integrated
support for multithreading can be challenging. Multithreaded design can
significantly improve both performance and reliability, but many developers
are unsure how it can best be used in "real-world" applications.
This talk focuses on practical ways to utilize multithreading in your projects,
while avoiding the pitfalls many developers encounter when first working
with it.
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KARL JACOB, DimensionX
LARRY MCDUNNA, Silicon Graphics, Inc.
MIKE MCCUE, PaperSoft
Several groups are extending the Java language to support 3D graphics. We
will outline some of the issues involved with implementing Java-powered
3D graphics. Panelists will discuss and demonstrate how they have addressed
these issues and how you can add a new dimension to your Java-powered applications.
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JIM WALDO, JavaSoft
Traditionally persistence and distributed computation have been provided
by separate facilities. This talk will discuss a different approach that
unifies these two facilities in a widely distributed system (like the internet)
using shared repositories that contain sequences of objects. By using this
approach, both persistence and distributed computation can be supported
using a single type of object with a simple interface. We will talk about
how to design programs using this approach, and show how the resulting programs
are simpler and more reliable than those with equivalent functionality based
on more traditional approaches.
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DOUGLAS CROCKFORD, Electric Communities
The development of social spaces presents some significant design challenges,
both at the technological and inter-personal level. This session includes
advice on the construction of reliable systems for collaborative computing,
on-line recreation, and information marketplaces.
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JON KANNEGAARD, JavaSoft
DAVID SPENHOFF, JavaSoft
The Java technology has attained widespread use through its inclusion in
web browsers. But there is more to the strategy than interactive web pages.
This talk will discuss the vision for the JavaSoft business discussing life
above and below the platform, and the opportunities for JavaSoft and our
partners.
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LEW TUCKER, JavaSoft
This sessopm will review the impact Java has had on the software industry,
the dynamics that led us, and some of the future challenges. In addition,
a discussion regarding key market segments and opportunities for Java-powered
applications will be addressed.
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Short talks from various JavaSoft partners who provide Java database
systems and tools. RICK CATTELL, JavaSoft (moderator);
KEITH BIGELOW, Borland
JOSEPH VASSALLO, Oracle
JEFF BARCA-HALL, Symantec
ROB VEITCH, Sybase
TOM MILLER, Informix
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HONG Q. BUI, JavaSoft
CHRIS ZULEEG, JavaSoft
This talk will present the features, strategy and opportunities of our Java-powered
HTTP server and how it fits into JavaSoft's overall strategy. Why another
internet server? Part of that answer lies with what you can do to extend
it. What are others doing with this technology already? Who are our partners?
What market opportunities are provided? How can you take advantage of this
technology for your own benefit? How does this product relate to the HotJava
browser, and the overall client-server paradigm? What are the advantages
of our server over the competition? Come find out the answers to these questions
and more.
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ERIC SMITH, JavaSoft (moderator)
HAL STERN, Sun Microsystems
JEFF SCHERB, Dun and Bradstreet Software
GABRIEL VIZZARD, IBM
The availability of the Java language provides corporate developers with
a new money-saving approach to providing on-line services and information
within corporate intranets. We will discuss how the Intranet is being utilized
to capture worldwide corporate knowledge, the expected business value and
payback of Java-based extensions to enterprise transaction systems, and
the lessons we have learned about building enterprise application functionality
with the Java language.
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RUTH HENNIGAR, Onlive! Technologies
JOHN DOERR, Kleiner, Perkins, Caulfield &
Byers
In this confusing and fast moving world of the web every day new players
are emerging. Companies are partnering in ways that even months ago were
unimaginable. Industries are overlapping, corporate charters are changing
and IPOs happen every day. So, how can you tell who's who? Who are the movers
and shakers? Spend an hour with some of the people who are closest to the
industry and get a sense of the game, the teams and the players in the Internet.
AMY PEARL, JavaSoft
With the advent of the personal computer, we saw the creation of the desktop
metaphor and an emphasis on usability to enhance individual productivity.
With the proliferation of the World Wide Web, increasingly the network is
the file server. How is a net-aware desktop different from the current desktop
metaphor? Can we fulfill hypertext inventor Doug Englebart's vision of networked
computers augmenting human enterprise? What lies beyond using the network
simply as a file server? In this talk, I will address how emerging Internet
standards, including the Java language, can change the way we work and work
together on the networked "desktop."
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CARLA SCHROER, JavaSoft
What does "Java-Compatible" really mean? How do we determine if
a Java implementation conforms to the specifications? This talk covers several
aspects of compatibility testing, including why compatibility is important,
which testing approaches we are using at JavaSoft, and some interesting
issues in determining compatibility (such as applet vs standalone application
support).
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FRANK GRECO, Crossroads Technologies (moderator)
GERALD PETERS, Trimark
MARK CATES, First Union Corp.
ROBERT AIRASIAN, Fidelity
This panel of leading financial service developers and customers will discuss
their project plans and issues in the development and deployment of Java-based
technology in insurance, brokerage, banking and capital markets.
(View the presentation slides.)
JIM MITCHELL, JavaSoft
The Internet's exponentially growing content and the growing body of Java-powered
applications are making network computers an attractive idea. At the same
time, the simplicity of the Java language makes possible the development
of small memory implementations of the Java Virtual Machine. As well as
driving the development of Java-based network appliances such as Internet
computers, this confluence of forces is leading to a wide range of embedded
systems including, for example, PDAs, printers, car navigation systems,
and even cellular telephones that are Java-enabled appliances. This talk
will describe how Java-based technology is beginning to play a role in this
world of small devices and where these developments may lead.
(View the presentation slides.)
TIM LINDHOLM, JavaSoft (moderator)
ALISON FISHMAN, Earthweb
BILL HEADAPOHL, c|net
SCOTT SCHNELL, RSA
JIM STAFFORD, Softbank Expos
The Java language has taken the computing industry by storm, gaining mindshare
in an unprecedented speed and changing the directions of whole corporations.
But little waving figures on web pages offer more promise than substance.
Java-based technology also supports fundamental changes to the ways that
software can be designed, packaged, and distributed. This panel draws from
the community of developers to consider some of the directions in which
Java-based technology is steering the future of the software industry.
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STRATTON SCLAVOS, Verisign
ASIM ABDULLAH, CommerceNet
Join us in discussions with industry luminaries who will address some of
the largest issues posing barries to profitable online commerce over the
internet, including secure transations, international commerce, digital
cash, public/private encryption.
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PAUL HOLLAND, Adobe Systems
SCOT SHINDERMAN, Adobe Systems
This is an overview of Adobe's enhanced imaging model for 2D graphics and
type for the Java language. We will discuss a set of classes which will
extend the current AWT package. These classes provide a powerful set of
tools for representing today's visually rich information. We will also present
the model an application uses to interact with these new classes for drawing
to screen, printing, and saving to various file formats, and will demonstrate
server applications of this technology.
WILLIAM DUNLAP, Borland Borland's Latte Rapid Application
Development tool provides the performance, re-use, and scalabilty required
to create business-critical cross platform applications. Build robust Java-powered
applications using Latte's unique component architecture and visual development
tools. This talk details the Latte environment and component model and also
presents a database connectivity solution using JDBC and Borland's InterBase
database server.
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IAN BRACKENBURY, Chief Scientist, IBM UK Labs
In a world where end users have a choice of desktop systems, it can be difficult
to coordinate enterprise-wide software solutions without employing large
programming and support staffs. To alleviate this problem, IBM is committed
to deploying Java-based technology through its product range, blazing the
trail for new network-centric computing applications and maximizing existing
databases and systems. Java-based technology makes this possible because
it allows a single application to run on all desktops, regardless of the
operating system. IBM has already produced Java-based implementations for
AIX and OS/2 platforms, and has plans for VisualAge development tools, OS/400
and MVS implementations, and JDBC access to DB2 databases and gateways for
electronic commerce.
DR HIDETO TOMABECHI, Justsystem
This session will offer some perspective for developers currently asking
"Do I need Java?" In corporate environments, users and developers
require distributed applications. While Java technology has promising potential,
it is still an unproven commodity. For corporate developers and VARs, the
reality gap partially lies in the fact that today, it does not come with
class facilities that leverage truly functional application developments.
Dr. Tomabechi will describe an amalgamated development environment approach
that incorporates the future benefits of a cross-platform Java-based architecture
and today's power of component software architecture.
(View the presentation slides.)
GREG GALANOS, Metrowerks inc.
CLINTON POPETZ, Metrowerks inc.
MIKE LOCKWOOD, Metrowerks inc.
Metrowerks has just introduced its suite of programming tools for the Java
language. AWT and the Java VM have both been re-implemented on top of PowerPlant,
the CodeWarrior C++ framework. Support for the Java language has been implemented
in Metrowerks CodeWarrior debuggers. This talk will cover Metrowerks' plans
as well as implementation details of the AWT to PowerPlant mapping mechanism
and a complete overview of source-level debugging of Java-powered applets
and droplets.
(View the presentation slides.)
ERIC NGUYEN, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
YUICHI NAKO, Mistubishi Electric Corporation
MAMORU SAKAMOTO, Mistubishi Electric Corporation
Until now, end-user consumer computer applications required multiple chips:
CPU, memory and other logic functions to store and handle locally-resident
application software. In this talk, Mitsubishi focuses on broadening the
cost-effective application space for developers by providing a radically
improved hardware platform. This platform includes a high level of integration
with 2M bytes of DRAM and the Java programming language embedded on a low-power,
32-bit microcontroller.
(View the presentation slides.)
ECKART WALTHER, Netscape Communications Corp.
Interested in learning more about the JavaScript language, Netscape's Java-based
scripting language for developing client and Internet applications? Its
constructs for database connectivity provide a high degree of independence
from a specific database vendor for Netscape Livewire Pro applications,
allowing the applications to be portable across major database systems.
It alsi allows developers to use an object-based language for enhancing
HTML development efforts. This talk will focus on the JavaScript language
as it allows developers to enhance both client and server Internet applications.
Real world examples will demonstrate how you can embed statements directly
in an HTML page and create robust server-side connectivity to major database
systems.
(View the presentation slides.)
DREW MAJOR, Novell Inc.
Novell's support of Java-powered applications executing on NetWare servers
and clients presents a significant new opportunity to developers (NetWare's
installed base is over 40 million clients). Topic will include NetWare support
and mapping of standard class libraries, cooperative efforts with Sun to
define new class libraries in the non-browser and server spaces, and new
value Novell brings to the Java environment from NetWare services and infrastructure.
(View the presentation slides.)
ANDY PALAY, Silicon Graphics, Inc.
JIM HELMAN, Silicon Graphics, Inc.
The Java language and VRML are great technologies --but only through their
integration will innovative and compelling applications get produced. This
session will cover the tools and technologies necessary for developing a
new class of applications. Included in the discussion is Silicon Graphics'
visual development environment, Cosmo Code(TM), as well as the new 3D graphics
API that supports VRML 2.0.
MARC TREMBLAY, Sun Microelectronics
The proliferation of Java technology in the embedded market, where the right
combination of performance and required memory footprint is critical, offers
designers the opportunity to develop processors better tailored to executing
Java-powered applets. PicoJava, a hardware implementation of the Java Virtual
Machine, executes bytecodes directly therefore eliminating the need for
an interpreter or a JIT compiler.
(View the presentation slides; see also the slides on New Mobile Applications.)
Dennis Tsu, Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation
What types of hardware are coming down the pike that will be suitable for
the developer working with Java technology? What trends and changes will
the industry undergo in the future? Dennis Tsu, Director of Internet Product
Marketing at SMCC, will share Sun's vision of a world full of technology
advances promising to keep developers competitive and on the cutting edge.
JOE KELLER, Director, Developer Products
Java turns the Web into a client/server application platform and distribution
channel for both Internet and intranet developers. Client/server development
now means software development, content creation, and even Web publishing
in a Java world. In this session, SunSoft provides an overview of new ground-breaking
tools such as Java WorkShop and Joe for building, extending and deploying
client/server applications for the Web.
(View the presentation slides.)
MANSOUR SAFAI, General Manager, Internet Development
Tools
Discover how advancements in development tools technologies can help you
become more productive and create better code faster than ever before. This
session will show you where the cutting edge of Java-based technology is
headed and how development tools of the near future will enhance and simplify
access to those new technologies for developers at all skill levels. Symantec
will provide a demonstration and discussion of the latest generation of
tools currently available for applet and application development and execution,
and will also reveal a glimpse of what the future holds.
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