InformIT Java Newsletter - Sep 21, 2004

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Title: InformIT Java Newsletter - Sep 21, 2004

InformIT Java Newsletter Sep 21, 2004 Win an iPod mini! Solve the Find the Bug Challenge! and you could win an iPod mini and a copy of Adam Barr's brand-new book, Find the Bug: A Book of Incorrect Programs. It's all part of Bookpool's 10th Anniversary Celebration going on now at www.bookpool.com. While there, check out this month's special sales on Addison-Wesley, Prentice Hall PTR, and Cisco Press titles. Visit Our Sponsor Java Reference Guide Your Host Steven Haines I read an interesting press release last week announcing that Betfair, an online gambling site in the UK, evaluated .NET and J2EE and decided to rebuild their ASP-based site in J2EE using JBoss. On InformIT this week Virendra Mehta presents an article on how to properly use exceptions from a performance perspective, and we have a sample chapter from Java Garage by Eben Hewitt discussing Why Java Interfaces Are So VERY Cool. I updated the Java Reference Guide to include the third segment in our Hibernate series that discusses the persistence of our generated Java object to our generated database schema. In a relatively small amount of code you can seamlessly persist Java objects without having to think strictly in terms of a relational database. Next week we will look at object relationships and see how much time Hibernate can really save us! Visit The Java Reference Guide New Content   Articles and Sample Chapters All Articles and Sample Chapters Why Java Interfaces Are So VERY Cool By Eben Hewitt   Weblogs All Java Weblogs 1.5 or 5.0 or what!?!? By Steven Haines JDOM 1.0 RELEASED!!! By Steven Haines Apache Geronimo v1.0 M2 Released By Steven Haines  Subscribe to the Java Reference Guide RSS feed. New Books and Safari Online Books   Book Store All Java Books Java™ Application Development on Linux® By Carl Albing, Michael Schwarz, Michael Schwarz Published by Prentice Hall PTR � Nov 22, 2004 Premium Member Price: $29.99 USD (Save 25%) J2EE Web Services on BEA WebLogic By Anjali Anagol-Subbarao Published by Prentice Hall PTR � Oct 11, 2004 Premium Member Price: $33.74 USD (Save 25%)   Safari Online Books All Java Online Books BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 Kick Start: Simplifying Java Web Applications and J2EE Published by Sams � Mar 5, 2004			Spotlight: New Book Tomcat is the most widely used Java-based Web application server available, and the latest version, Tomcat 5.x, has a variety of features that allow developers and administrators to create and maintain sophisticated enterprise-level Web applications. Tomcat Unleashed is a comprehensive book that shows readers how Tomcat 5.x can meet such expectations and use it as the cornerstone of the modern enterprise. Weblog of the Week: 1.5 or 5.0 or what!?!? To summarize, it's not Java 1.5 and it's not Java 5, it's Java 2 5.0, got it? If not, Steve Haines explains. C++ Without Fear: A Beginner�s Guide That Makes You Feel Smart! If you've always wanted to learn how to program a computer, or to learn the popular C++ programming language, here's the perfect book and CD to get you started. You'll find everything you need patiently explained and clearly illustrated, from general programming concepts and techniques to the particulars of the C++ language. In no time, you'll be writing your own programs! Grab Our Java RSS Feed You can get our Java Reference Guide additions and weblog entries in your RSS Aggregator — click here to grab the code! Become a Member and Save up to 25% in Our Book Store! Profile yourself with InformIT and you'll receive an additional discount — up to 25% off many titles in the InformIT Book Store. The best part is that this offer will never expire! Safari Clip of the Week Preview an excerpt from Safari, our online subscription service, with a new clip each week! This week: It's Just a View, from Pragmatic Programmer, The: From Journeyman to Master.

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