Publisher's Synopsis
1111G-9 CD-ROM Included. * IBM's end-to-end guide to successful thin-client development. * Covers every key technology: Java, HTTP, RMI, sockets, servlets, JDBC and more. * Get results with thin-client computing - right now! * Design, development, deployment and optimization. Great CD-ROM! Trialware: IBM VisualAge(R) for Java, IBM DB2(R) Universal Database V.5, Lotus Domino(R) Go Web Server, ModelWorks SitePad Pro(R) professional Java/HTML/VRML IDE, plus free MindQ(R) Java training, Sun's JDK(R) 1.1.6, and all the book's source code! Java and network computing promise lower costs, greater efficiency, easier management, and support for revolutionary new applications. In this book, an IBM team of Java experts shows you how to deliver on those promises - right now. You'll start by gaining an in-depth understanding of the network computing paradigm. Then, you'll walk step-by-step through designing, developing, and implementing thin-client Java applications for any environment: intranet or Internet, LAN-based or enterprise-wide. Review each key mechanism for building distributed Java applications, including HTTP, RMI, sockets, Java servlets, and JDBC.;Discover advanced techniques for optimizing thin-client code; and watch Java at work in IBM SmartCard and X-10 home control applications. Finally, learn exactly how to deploy distributed Java applications on IBM's new Network Station 1000. Network computing has arrived - and Java Thin-Client Programming for a Network Computing Environment is all you need to make the most of it. Sharing Technical Expertise from Around the World. This book and other IBM Redbooks are products of IBM's International Technical Support Organization, where worldwide specialists work alongside you to harness IBM technologies. IBM Redbooks make the answers to your most pressing technical questions easily and immediately accessible. For more information: http://www redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks.
