Java Thin-Client Programming for a Network Computing Environment with Cdrom, 1st edition
Authors: Jurgen Friedrichs, Henri Jubin
Venue:  (1998)

From the Book:PREFACE: Preface In an astonishingly short period of time, Java has emerged as a major force in the computing landscape, both as a programming language for the '90s and as a new platform for the development of heterogeneous network-centric systems. Along with the rise of Java has come the idea of network computing. This redbook looks at these two major forces by positioning network computing within the enterprise and showing how Java can be used to build sophisticated applications in the network computing arena. Using a scenario centered around the Lunar Medical Center, this redbook shows how to design and develop Java-based applications, applets and complete systems and highlights many of the related issues and alternatives that must be examined before an organization can feel "safe" with the new technologies. Developing applications with Version 1.0 of IBM's versatile VisualAge for Java Integrated Development Environment is the focus of this redbook. It will help you install, tailor and configure the new IBM Network Station 1000 to run Java-based applications and applets and show you how to work with the new Lotus eSuite Java-based application on the Network Station. The Team That Wrote This Book This redbook was produced by a team of specialists from around the world working at the International Technical Support Organization, Austin Center. Figure 0&ETH;1 The Jalape-o Team Shown above: the team that worked on this book. Clockwise from top-left: Gerardo Bazalar (Peru), Bob Brown (Australia), Jrgen Friedrichs (Germany), Burkhard Volkemer (Germany), Jose Swanepoel (France), Henri Jubin (France) and DennisRemmer(Australia). Jrgen Friedrichs is a project leader in the OO/AD group at the International Technical Support Organization (ITSO), Austin Center. Before joining the ITSO in 1997, Juergen worked in Technical Marketing Support for OS/2, Warp Server and TCP/IP in Germany. Henri Jubin is currently working for the International Technical Support Organization (ITSO) in Austin, where he covers the area of Object Oriented Technology. Henri has previously worked in various support and consulting positions within IBM France. He has dealt with topics such as Object Oriented Technology and OS/2. The Jalapeno Team: Bob Brown is a Principal Consultant with the Distributed Systems Technology Centre (DSTC), based in Brisbane, Australia. He has been associated with computers in various ways for 14 years. He has worked as a computing researcher in the United Kingdom and as a lecturer in computing throughout Asia. At the DSTC, Bob works on controlling technology transfer from the centre to industry and is the manager controlling DSTC's relationship with IBM. Bob's varied activities also include managing nodes on the Australia-wide Asynchronous Transfer Mode-based Experimental Broadband Network and presenting workshops on Java. Dennis Remmer is a Principal Consultant with the Distributed Systems Technology Centre (DSTC), based in Brisbane, Australia. He has over seven years of experience in systems design, implementation and integration in the areas of databases, geospatial information systems (GIS) and network computing. He holds degrees in Computer Science and GIS from the University of Queensland. Dennis has previously worked at Unisys Corporation and ARC Systems, an Australian GIS company. His role with the DSTC encompasses consultancy, software development, course development, and instruction in network computing and distributed system technologies. Gerardo Bazalar is an IT Specialist in IBM of Peru. He has one year of experience in electronic and network computing business. He holds a degree in Information Engineering from the Catholic University of Peru. He is also a professor in that university in the Compilers and Interpreters area. His areas of expertise include software development, consultancy and emergent technologies. Burkhard Volkemer is a consultant for the IBM Global Services at the department for telecommunication and media in Frankfurt/Germany. Before joining IBM in 1996, he was working at the European center for particle physics (CERN) in Geneva/Switzerland, where he earned his Ph.D. in physics. In IBM Global Services, Dr. Volkemer has been working on the analysis and design of telecommunication applications and their implementation. Jose Swaenepoel is a AS/400 System Engineer in France. He has worked with customers and Business Partners since 1988. His skill areas include Application Development, Performance tuning and communications. In January 1998 he joined the IBM EMEA West Region AS/400 Java team. He has previously written a book intended to Business Partners on Communication APIs. Thanks to the following people for their invaluable contributions to this project: Bob Maatta is a Senior Software Engineer from the United States at the International Technical Support Organization, Rochester Center. He writes extensively and teaches IBM classes worldwide on all areas of AS/400 client/server. Before joining the ITSO three years ago, he worked in the U.S. AS/400 National Technical Support Center as a Consulting Market Support Specialist. He has over 20 years of experience in the computer field and has worked with all aspects of personal computers for the last 10 years. Brian White Eagle is a software engineer in the Network Computer Division's Advanced Solutions Center from Austin, TX. His current responsibilities include hardware and software enablement on the Network Station, which includes smart cards on the Network Station 1000 using the OpenCard Framework. He is a recent graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. Sandeep Singhal is a Research Staff Member with IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center. Dr. Singhal's research focuses on network protocol design and implementation for enabling high-performance applications such as distributed multimedia, simulation, and virtual environments in heterogeneous network and computing environments. His other interests include large-scale software engineering and object-oriented design. His current work addresses issues facing the implementation of client/server applications for "pervasive computing" devices. His previous networking research has been adopted in the "Tom Clancey's Politika" video game shipped by Red Storm Entertainment and in the DoD military simulation High-Level Architecture. Dr. Singhal has served on DARPA Technical Advisory Boards and National Research Council efforts to define the modeling and simulation research agenda for the 21st century, Singhal earned his Ph.D in Computer Science from Stanford University in 1996 and an M.S. in 1994. He earned a B.S. in Computer Science, B.S. in Mathematical Sciences, and a B.A. in Mathematics from Johns Hopkins University in 1992. Chris Ritchie is a technical consultant for the Network Computer Division Advanced Solution Center (ASC) in Austin, Texas. He has worked for IBM for 14 years and has experience in high performance graphics device driver development, X Windows Server development, Xlib protocol transport mechanisms, Microsoft Windows NT graphics device drivers, MPEG hardware and software technology, Java integration support, and thin client architecture. He is currently a member of the ASC SWAT team responsible for pre-sales customer support and solution development. 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