In today's work environment, increasing numbers of mobile employees are using PCs, laptops, and handheld devices to connect to corporate servers. That's great for productivity, but it can also pose a security nightmare. Many of these...

Extreme Programming (XP) has been established as a significant departure from traditional software development methods. The success of the XP 2001 and XP Universe 2001 conferences is no surprise; some of the brightest minds in software engineering gathered at these venues to discuss the discipline that is XP. These...

Macromedia ColdFusion is a powerful Web application server that lets companies build and deploy industrial-strength Web applications, such as those behind dynamic content sites and online stores. Non-programmers find the application easy enough to use for site-maintenance tasks, while developers find it powerful enough to use for...

Come be part of a real-world development team, from the start of a project to the finish! In Reality ColdFusion MX: Flash MX Integration, you get to experience how the power of ColdFusion can help drive the Flash experience by designing Web applications, discussing development issues, finding solutions, and implementating the final products....

Java Data Objects is a standardized Java API for object persistence. It facilitates the storage and retrieval of complex object models with various storage mechanisms, including both object and relational databases. Analysts agree that JDO's transparent persistence will accelerate software development and yield more flexible applications and...

An application server is a crucial component of any serious J2EE application. BEA's WebLogic Server (WLS) is the leading product (34% per BEA), incorporating standard...

Learning a new programming language can be intimidating, especially if you need to get up and running with it quickly. If you are a current Java developer who needs to learn C#, this book is essential. Java and C# share many common characteristics and by focussing on the key similarities and differences between the two languages,...

Design patterns provide programmers with a convenient way to reuse object-oriented code across projects and between programmers, offering easy, time-saving solutions to commonly recurring problems in software design. A practical guide to writing Visual Basic (VB6 and VB.NET) programs using some of the most common design patterns,...

• Leverage your Web and ColdFusion skills to develop powerful Java applications
• Master JSP, servlets, custom tags, JavaBeans, JDBC, and other key Java Web technologies
• Install and run Apache Tomcat 4 and...