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Links

• Documentation
  • Java 1.4.1 Platform Specification - an index of all Packages, Classes, Methods
  • JDK 1.1 Platform Specification - an index of all Packages, Classes, Methods
  • Java 1.1 Language Specification (to download) Syntax, Operators and non-object Types
  • The Java Foundation Classes (JFC) - frames, widgets, events
  • LaLi Luna Tutorial -
  • A users guide to JAR files
  • Javadoc - how to use it
  • Java Native Interface - how to create shared libraries
  • The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) specification
  • Unicode - the complete(!) list of Characters
  
  
• FAQs
  • Javasofts FAQ index
  • Java FAQ Archives - a link list to other Java FAQ Archives
  • Digital Espresso - a summary of the Java Language Newsgroup. (well, a bit outdated by now)
  
  
• Tools
  • Emacs JDE - an emacs package for working with Java
  • JacaCC - an java parser generator (comparible to yacc)
  • Java Virtual Machine Profiler Interface (JVMPI) - (well, not really a tool, but close)
  
  
• Training & Tips
  • Java Docs and Training - a good help to get started with Java
  • Javaworld - a online magazine, containing tips and an index
  
  
• Getting Java Code
  • JARS Archive - a big colletion of downladable Java software packages
  • TuCows Java Software Archive
  
  
• Related Sources
  • A lot about XML
  • Danny Goodman's JavaScript Pages - brush up your web pages.
  • Online Javascript Reference Manual (SUN)

• My own Toys
  • Playing around with Sorting Algorithms
  • Send me a secret message (with public key encryption)

A Small Glossary

   API : Application Program Interface - the cabels and connectors between your program and the rest of the world
   AWT : Abstract Window Toolkit       - the collection of Java classes connecting to the GUI
   BDK : Beans Development Kit         - a tool supporting Java software components (aka beans)
   FAQ : Frequently Asked Questions    - a compendium to the most common answers to the most common problems
   FTP : File Transfer Protocol        - used to snarf (usually big) lumps of data over the net
   GUI : Graphical User Interface      - i.e. basically your screen and your mouse ;)
   HTML: HyperText Markup Language     - the language, e.g. this document is written in
   HTTP: HyperText Transfer Protocol   - the (standardized) way your browser reads most network data
   JAR : Java ARchive tool             - a nice archiver in PKZIP style, who can also do some more...
   JDB : Java DeBugger                 - a part of the JDK; command line based and nasty
   JDI : Java Debugger Interface       - a package, com.sun.jdi, containing mirrors for values, types and the JVM itself
   JDE : Java Development Enviroment   - (for Emacs) a collection of packages helping you writing/organizing/debugging Java - in case you like Emacs 
   JDK : Java Development Kit          - the package including compiler, interpreter, JAR and more
   JNI : Java Native Interface         - this allows you to include e.g. calls to C++ functions in your Java code
   JRE : Java Runtime intErpreter      - can be used to run Java applications
   JFC : Java Foundation Classes       - the replacement/extension of the AWT from Java 1.2 on
   JVM : Java Virtual Machine          - a specification how all Java code has to be interpreted 
   SDK : Software Development Kit      - (here) the JDK bundle; sounds cool, doesn't it?
  SGML : Standard Generalized Markup L.- mother of all markup languages 
 XHTML : eXtebsible HTML               - an XML-compliant modification of HTML
   XMI : XML Metadata Interchange      - translation from one XML grammar to another
   XML : eXtensible Markup Language    - like HTML where you define your own tags