Additional Technical Resources

This article lists various sites on the web where you can get information about JBuilder or Java. This article is kept in three places:

1. This JBuilder book
2. The CD that comes with the JBuilder book. This version can be viewed on a computer so that you can take advantage of hyperlinks.
3. The version on Charlie and Margie's web site at http://www.elvenware.com/charlie/java/links.html can be veiwed on a computer and can be updated.

These items are listed in the reverse order of usefullness. Articles of this type are best viewed online so you can take advantage of hyperlinked text. Furthermore, the version on our website can be updated as links change, or as new sites are discovered.

You will notice that in many cases I do not list the actual URLs in this article. Admittedly, that makes the text based version less than entirely useful. However, many of the URLs shown here are long, ungainly, and likely to change. As a result, the printed version of this article is really meant to point you to the online version, and to give you some sense of what you can expect when you reach it. Needless to say, that version uses hyperlinks to take you to the actual web pages associated with the subjects listed here.

Here are the major resources for JDK information:

• JDK 1.4 Overview: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/relnotes/features.html
• JDK 1.4 API Docs: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/index.html

If you have a questions about how to program, you should post them in the Borland/Inprise newsgroups, which are described at the following URL:

• http://www.borland.com/newsgroups
• http://community.borland.com

If you want to find code samples, utilities or components, here are two good places to look:

• http://jbopentools.sourceforge.net/
• http://codecentral.borland.com/codecentral/ccweb.exe/product?prodid=3
• The impressive and extensive list of opentools on John Kaster's CodeCentral
• http://www.javabuilders.com/opentools
• http://info.borland.com/jbuilder/resources/jbopentools.html

Here are some specific OpenTool sites:

• http://antrunner.sourceforge.net/
• http://jrefactory.sourceforge.net/
• http://www.javabuilders.com/opentools/codetemplates.html

Newsgroups are a great free way to get information, and to share your knowledge with the programming community. Its not wise for me to get involved in a one to one discussion of programming with a reader when I could be working on a chapter or article that can be shared with many readers. If I'm not working on an article, then I too can go to the newsgroups and participate in discussions where knowledge is shared with many programmers. Given the nature of our computer based electronic forums, it simply does not make sense for anyone to ask questions in a one to one exchange of messages when more knowledge can be disseminated in a broader forum such as a newsgroup.

Other important sites include:

• http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/
• http://www.jguru.com/faq/topicindex.jsp?topic=JBuilder
• http://www.sys-con.com/jbuilder/
• http://www.drbob42.com/JBuilder/
• The SlashDot Java Articles are a great way spend some time thinking about Java from the meta level.
• The JavaRanch has a wide ranch of Java resources presented in a friendly and humorous manner.

JavaBeans Specification

JavaBeans home page: http://java.sun.com/products/javabeans/

The Borland TechPubs WebSite

The complete documentation for the JBuilder product, plus updates, are available on the Borland web site at:

http://www.borland.com/techpubs/jbuilder/

For instance, here is a link to the JBuilder 6 docs:

http://www.borland.com/techpubs/jbuilder/jbuilder6/index1024x768-ent.html

Here is a link to the section of the docs on refactoring:

http://www.borland.com/techpubs/jbuilder/jbuilder6/pg/whatsnew.html#refactoring

- Charlie