Presentations

March 13: Java Programming Links
java.sun.com, XP Wiki, books, tools, and technologies.
A Threading Demonstration
In which two comedians share a microphone.
March 20: The Design of KDialog
Simplifying the most common GUI task--option setting dialogs.
Debugging Layout Management
Solving common layout problems.
March 27: The Design of the Resource Package
Resources, categories, and resource servers. The Collective. The CVS challenge.
April 3 DOT Meeting: Exceptions in Java 1.3 and 1.4
     Try, catch, and finally. Why Sun embraced the Convert Exceptions pattern.
The Collections Classes
     Beyond Vector and Hashtable. Sorting. Why classes override equals().
Java I/O
     The taxonomy of the I/O classes. High performance and low overhead. What's new in 1.4.
April 9: The Design of XML Dialog
Widgets, delegates, validators, and DTDs in an XML soup--tasty!

April 10: The Design of the Resource Chooser
Server panels, list models, combo box models, renderers, icons, and filters.
April 17 DOT Meeting: Web Component Development
Servlets, Java Server Pages, and Apache Tomcat. Deploying web applications.
April 23: My Ideal Development Environment
Lazy editing, rapid prototyping, and instant exploration. Seeing the forest and the trees.
Building Your Own Tools
Code generation, reflection, filtering, mangling, and munging.
April 24: How to Write Doc Comments
JavaDoc tags and options. What to say and not. E-Prime as a second language. The DocCheck utility.
The Design of Help Browser and Kahuna Server
HTML in the EditorPane. Custom protocols, URL connections, and stream handlers.
May 1: Computer Job Survival Guide
A discussion of Janet Ruhl's latest book.
Final Thoughts
Whatever's left unsaid. Last minute instructions. The combination to the safe.