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Accessing Production Databases and Managing Databases with the Bundled Java DB

In the last journal I explored working with the Sun Java Studio Creator bundled database. I found that the Java DB was included with the Java Studio Creator IDE and available for building my applications. The Java DB is Sun’s supported distribution of the open source Apache Derby database.

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Database Connectivity, Part 1: Working with Java DB (Derby)

Now that I’ve worked with components and consumed web services using the Java Studio Creator 2 IDE, I’m ready to learn what I can do with database integration. Mostly, I work with Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL for production and, on occasion, Microsoft Access for development. But for this first part of a two-part article, I’ll work with the Java DB (Derby), which is the database bundled with the IDE. In part two I’ll look at integrating databases for production use, such as Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL.

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Exploring Web Services, Part 2: The E-Mail Validation Service

In an earlier Learning Curve journal I experimented with configuring Google’s spell checker web service, knowing that web services are a powerful tool for building many kinds of web applications. I discovered that configuring them within the Creator IDE is easy through its menus and dialog boxes.

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JavaOne and Trends in the Java Framework

I learned a couple of things at JavaOne. I learned to not ask which technology will one day become the dominant programming framework, but how other technologies will one day come to integrate into the Java framework. I learned not to think of a world where all household appliances are going online, but a world where all of its people are becoming connected. In connecting the world via the Java framework, we have hopes of wiping out starvation, eradicating malaria, and saving thousands of children from dying each day.

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Building an Ajax Application with Components

During my exploration of the Java Studio Creator IDE, I have found that one thing that impresses a lot is that it helps me begin programming with new technologies fast. With drag and drop placement — and some minor coding — I can quickly become proficient in technologies such as Web services, Ajax, XML and more. This journal entry is a description of my first explorations of Ajax technology using the sample Ajax components included with Java Studio Creator.

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