Kenneth J. Kranz

More recently, due in part to Sun's "Java Everywhere" campaign, we are beginning to see applications featuring server-side Java (servlets) and imbedded Java devices (phones, light switches, etc.), as well as large-scale standalone applications (Sun Java Server). What continues to be a seldom discussed subject is small-scale standalone Java applications. While there have been several major standalone Java applications released, many are geared toward the Internet. Some are even more narrowly focused as Java development tools. What many of these applications have in common is that they tend to be graphical in nature and are invoked via a wrapper function. These wrapper functions are typically written in shell or batch script. They define the proper Java runtime environment and then invoke the application. What is missing today is the ability for non-Internet developer... (more)

The Future of Enterprise Java

By all accounts, 1996 was the year of Java. In that short year, Java made the transition from a humble, almost academic, cross-platform computing paradigm to becoming the virtual center of the Internet development world. The introduction of applets has helped drive the move from static Web pages to dynamic client-side processing. Java's explosion onto the scene is not over yet. Today, servlets promise to do for the server side what applets have done for the client side. Furthermore, standalone Java-based applications will soon become the norm. Companies like Sun, IBM and Asymetr... (more)