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Java -- Objected Oriented version of C/C++ supporting Interactive Distributed Computing. Original Web architecture (e.g. CGI) was server-side. Java allows design and Implementation of balanced Client Server Applications
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Java likely to be a dominant software engineering and Scientific Computing language -- see http://www.javagrande.org
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This course will not discuss Java as a language but rather as a system building tool
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Java will probably be preferred language for development of next generation general or custom Web servers and clients
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NPAC's TANGO collaboratory built around a custom Java Tier-2 server
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Java can build client side customized GUI's and graphics/image processing but JavaScript and DHTML competes here and MOST Industry use of Java is in middle tier
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New Java 1.1/1.2 have several enhancements including very many specialized API's
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Javabeans are (visual) component model for Java applications
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