March 1999
Web-Enabled Devices
Jini: The Universal Network?
By Al Williams
The premise behind Java is "write once, run anywhere." Sun's Jini applies that principal to network-attached devices, from removable storage to digital cameras. Al shows you how Jini might change the way devices find and exploit network services.
The Embedded Browser Revolution
By Susan Shepard
Industry gurus predict that your kitchen will soon be Web enabled. Does that mean that your next project will be to develop apps for refrigerator doors? Maybe we're not at the digital-icebox stage yet, but Susan shows you the state of Internet appliance art.
Netscape's Gecko
By Rick Gessner
The layout engine is at the heart of a Web browser, parsing incoming text, applying styles, and rendering the page for display. Netscape is in the process of rewriting Mozilla's core layout engine, and Rick takes you on a tour of the next generation: Gecko.
C O L U M N S :
Webmaster's Domain
FastCGI speeds up scripts by running them continuously in a separate process. Java servlets extend a Web server's capabilities with small modules of Java code. Lincoln D. Stein
combines the flexibility of both with Apache JServ.
Visual Designer
Web sites can tell stories, but there's more to storytelling than displaying text and graphics. In fact, it's rather like putting out a good magazine. Bart Marable walks you through a storytelling project for the National Geographic Society.
Database Developer
Making a database accessible via the Web involves increased security risks. This month, Ken North examines database security and mission-critical databases.
Programming with Perl
Broken links are every Webmaster's nightmare. Randal Schwartz has a solution, in the form of an improved link-verification script.
Java@Work
This month Al Williams shows you how to adapt a borrowed applet (after you obtain permissions, of course) to do your bidding.
Beyond HTML
Jamuary's feature story on Cascading Style Sheets introduced this technique for controlling the appearance of HTML documents. Michael Floyd takes us to the next step, by exploring browser support for CSS and CSS2.
D E P A R T M E N T S :
Script Junkie
Debugging CGI programs can be a chore. Phil Glatz presents a technique, written with the PHP scripting language, that's easy to apply to many CGI scripts without a lot of extra work.
Lab Note
J. Scott Hamlin highlights two new features in Flash 3, Movie Clips and Tell Target, that let you implement simple if/then logic.
The Home Page
Guest editor Alan Zeichick still remembers the "Eureka!" when the World Wide Web first clicked in his mind.
News & Notes
The Web is in your reach, page the Web and go wireless!
The Last Page
Editorial Director Dale Dougherty talks about how messy to have all kinds of wires hanging out of the back of his PC.
