— Appendix A —
Java Resources on the World Wide Web

One of the best places to find information about Java is on the World Wide Web. Several sites deal specifically in Java resources from the official Sun Java Site to independent developers. This appendix lists the major Java resources on the Net. There are certainly more pages out there then can listed here, so please keep in mind that these resources are only starting points.

Java Sites

There are too many sites on the Internet dedicated to showcasing Java applets. They range from large commercial sites, to smaller individual sites. You should always go ahead and perform searches to find the most complete information regarding Java sites, but there are a few standard sites that are dedicated to providing Java info which are large enough, and well established and worth mentioning here. These are the same sites we’ve discussed in detail in Chapter 5, listed here with the major site URLS. These three major Java sites (JavaSoft, Gamelan, and JARS) on the Internet are described in the following sections.

Sun’s Java Site: Javasoft

The Sun Javasoft site is the official Java site on the World Wide Web. Here you can find developers' information, examples, tutorials, and other types of offical release information. This is an invaluable Java site:

http://www.javasoft.com

The resources include the following:

About Java:
What’s New:
Downloading:	http://www.javasoft.com/download.html
Documentation:	http://www.javasoft.com/doc.html
HotJava:	http://www.javasoft.com/HotJava/index.html
Applets:	http://www.javasoft.com/applets/index.html
Developers:	http://www.javasoft.com/devcorner.html
Licensing:	http://www.javasoft.com/license.html[end]

Gamelan: The Directory and Registry of Java Resources

EarthWeb’s Gamelan is one of the most extensive un-official Java Web sites. This site is a compendium of Java applets and resources organized by category:

http://www.gamelan.com

Gamelan’s resources include the following:

What’s New:	http://www.gamelan.com/frame/New.html
What’s Cool:	http://www.gamelan.com/frame/Cool.html
Gamelan News:	http://www.gamelan.com/frame/news.html
Find a Resource:	http://www.gamelan.com/find.cgi
Add a Resource:	http://www.gamelan.com/add/add.shtml
Who’s Who:	http://www.gamelan.com/whoswho.shtml
Community:	http://www.gamelan.com/frame/community.html

JARS: The Java Applet Rating Service

JARS provides a listing of Java applets and a rating system for the applets based on the input of a panel of judges. You can find JARS at the following URL:

http://www.jars.com

JARS features include the following:

Info:	http://www.jars.com/info.html
New:	http://www.jars.com/new.html
Ratings:	http://www.jars.com/ratings.html
Features:	http://www.jars.com/features.html
Submissions:	http://www.jars.com/submit.html
Search:	http://paradise.littleblue.com/Architext/AT-javaquery.html

Search Engines

In addition to the Java-specific sites, you can use a number of available Internet search engines and indexes to find Java resources. The following list gives the URLs to many of the major search engines and index sites:

Yahoo	http://www.yahoo.com
Lycos	http://www.lycos.com
WebCrawler	http://www.webcrawler.com
Excite	http://www.excite.com
InfoSeek	http://www.infoseek.com
Alta Vista	http://altavista.digital.com

Resources from the Text

Integrated Development Environments:

Café Carouser	http://www.coastside.net/stratum/
FIDE	http://amber.wpi.edu/~thethe/Documents/Besiex/Java/FrIJDE.html
JavaMaker	http://net.info.samsung.co.kr/~hcchoi/javamaker.html
JavaWeb IDE	http://insureNetUSA.com/javaIDE.html
Symantec Café:	http://cafe.symantec.com/index.html[end]

Browsers:

Appletviewer	http://www.javasoft.com
HotJava	http://www.javasoft.com
Netscape	http://www.netscape.com

Sites:

Adelaide Fringe Show	http://www.va.com.au/afringe
Dave Matthews' Band Site	http://www.ids.net/~reddog/dmb/
Grey Associates	http://www.greyassoc.com
Hotwired	http://www.hotwired.com