Learning Resources

Contents

General Programming

• Design Patterns
• Tools

Java

• 2D API
• 3D API
• APIs, tutorials, tips, specifications, ...
  
• Assertions
• I/O, non-blocking package
• Jar files
• JavaHelp
• Java Tech Review
• JavaWebStart
  
• Jini
• Java Naming & Directory Interface (JNDI)
  
• JXTA
  
• Remote Method Invocation (RMI)
• Security
  
• Swing
  
• Testing
• Threads
  

General Programming

General Java

Assertions

• Programming with Assertions
  

Jar Files

• Sun's tutorial 
• JAR specification (1.4)
  
• What is the correct way to nest JAR files for Java Embedded Server^TM 2.0? 
• Programmatically Signing JAR Files

Testing

• www.junit.org
  

Threads

• Sun's Thread tutorial
• Threads in Applets: Examples
• Threads and Native methods
• Threads and Swing
• Bingo - contains a discussion of thread use
• (Wrox Press) Beginning Java 2: JDK 1.3 Version - Threads
• Threads and Swing (Chapter 9 of Java Thread Programming by Paul Hyde)
• Thread Pooling (Chapter 13 of Java Thread Programming by Paul Hyde)
• Java Language Specification: Threads and Locks
• The Java Virtual Machine Specification: Threads and Locks
• Articles about Threads and Multithreading
• Simplifying Graphics With Java and Threads
• Sun's Thread FAQ
• The relationship between Solaris threads & the Java Thread model

RMI

• Sun's Java RMI home page
• Another tutorial
• 
• Checklist

Java Foundation Classes also known as Swing

• Sun's Java Tutorial: Creating a GUI with JFC/Swing
• Advanced Java 2 Platform: How to Program (Deitel & Deitel): Chapter 2: Advanced Swing Graphical User Interface Components.
• Advanced Java 2 Platform: How to Program (Deitel & Deitel): Chapter 3: Model-View-Controller.

2D API

• 
• Java 2 API
• Advanced Java 2 Platform: How to Program (Deitel & Deitel): Chapter 4: Graphics Programming with Java 2D & Java 3D.

3D API

• Sun's home page for the Java 3D API
• The Java 3D API Specification

Security

• Advanced Java 2 Platform: How to Program (Deitel & Deitel): Chapter 7: Security.

JINI

• Overview (PowerPoint)
• Javadoc for Service Writer's Toolkit
• Example, using the Service Writer's Toolkit.
• ServiceProxyInterface
• Deployment scenarios (PowerPoint)
• Join protocol (PowerPoint)
• Advanced Java 2 Platform: How to Program (Deitel & Deitel): Chapter 22: Jini.
• http://jini.org/
• http://www.sun.com/jini/
• Jini Technology Fact Sheet (pdf) (2 pages)
• The End of Protocols, Jim Waldo, Sun Microsystems.
• Jini Technology Architectural Overview (pdf) (29 pages)
• Why Jini Technology Now? (pdf) (16 pages)
• Jini Technology and Emerging Network Technologies (pdf) (3 pages)
• Cees de Groot's Archived Jini Newsletter (15 articles)
• Books
• Success stories
• Comparison article:
• Golden G. Richard. "Service Advertisement and Discovery: Enabling Universal Device Cooperation". IEEE Internet Computing, Sep/Oct 2000. Compares Bluetooth, Jini, Salutation, UPnP, and SLP.
• John Rakesh, California Software Labs. "UPnP, Jini and Salutation - A look at some popular coordination frameworks for future networked

devices". http://www.cswl.com/whiteppr/tech/upnp.html.
• "Discovering devices and services in home networking ". http://www-3.ibm.com/pvc/tech/networking.shtml -  An overview that includes common traits of discovery protocols.

Related Software

• Davis project
• Rio
• Sun's Buildtool
• DynaServer
• GroupServe
• WebOS

JXTA

• Introduction (PowerPoint)
• JXTA Protocols
• Jxta.org: http://www.jxta.org
• JXTA Specification: http://spec.jxta.org/
• JXTA Search
• Sun: http://www.sun.com/p2p/
• O'Reillly P2P: http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2001/04/25/jxta.html
• Book: Early Adopter JXTA: Chapter 3 excerpt:Extending the JXTA Shell

Java Naming & Directory Interface (JNDI)

• Sun's home page for JNDI
• Sun's tutorial for JNDI

Java Nonblocking I/O Package

• Matt Welsh's home page

Java Web Start

Sun's Java Web Start home page

JAVA

• O'Reilly On Java
• New-to-Java Programming Center
• Java IDE: Forte
• Javadoc Home Page
• The Swing Connection
• JDK Tech Tips
• JavaMail
• JavaServer
• jGuru - a great place to learn about Java
• www.codeguru.com (java page)

Tools

• Ant
• CVS
• ArgoUML - "The Cognitive CASE tool"
• Screen saver Java code

Design Patterns

Patterns Home Page

A source for information about all aspects of software patterns and pattern languages.

Design Patterns, Pattern Languages, and Frameworks

A good direct source of information from Doug Schmidt.

A Learning Guide To Design Patterns

This learning guide has been written for those who want to learn and use design patterns, rather than ust read about them.

Concurrent Programming in Java

This is the supplement to the book Concurrent Programming in Java: Design Principles and Patterns by Doug Lea (ISBN 0-201-31009-0). 2nd edition published by Addison-Wesley, November 1999.