Tutorials & Training: Beans

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JavaBeans let you interactively build graphical user interfaces, and Enterprise JavaBeans let you write software components that execute business logic that runs on the server. With Enterprise JavaBeans transaction and state management, multithreading, and resource pooling are left to the server implementation.

JavaBeans for Release Java 2

January 2001

JavaBeans 101 Tutorial, Part III by Beth Stearns — Release Java 2

Advanced Bean programming is about customization. Customization entails providing a basic behavior for a Bean and allow its specific behavior to be controlled by end users who interact with the Bean, typically through application builder tools.

November 2000

JavaBeans 101 Tutorial, Part II by Beth Stearns — Release Java 2

This second part of the JavaBeans series looks at how to create, compile, test, and modify your JavaBeans.
Look for Parts III in December.

October 2000

JavaBeans 101 Tutorial, Part I by Beth Stearns — Release Java 2

Work through this introductory tutorial on JavaBeans, and you'll understand how to create and use these self-contained, reusable software units.

July 1999

Introduction to the JavaBeans API by MageLang Institute — Release Java 2

Use the JavaBeans API to create independent, reusable, platform-independent, marketable components.

Enterprise JavaBeans

Feb 1999

Enterprise JavaBeans Tutorial by Tom Daly & Uday Shetty — Release Enterprise JavaBeans 1.0

Learn how to write a simple session Bean using the Enterprise JavaBeans component model.

JavaBeans for Earlier Releases

January 1998

Java Beans, Part 4 by Greg Voss — Release JDK 1.1.2

To write truly useful Beans, you need a deeper understanding of reflection and Bean customization. This concluding segment of the tutorial shows you how to write advanced Beans, and how to provide programmatic and visual interfaces to accompany them.

October 1997

JavaBeans Short Course by the MageLang Institute — Release JDK 1.1.2

Check out this Beans tutorial. Yes, we know we already have several on the site, but this one is so good we just couldn't resist. Everything you need to know to build useful Beans.

February 1997

JavaBeans, Part 3 by Greg Voss — Release JDK 1.1

How to use the BeanBox application provided with the JavaBeans Developer Kit (BDK) to test beans you have built.

November 1996

JavaBeans, Part 2 by Greg Voss — Release JDK 1.1

The second article in the series presents code that shows you how to build simple beans and package them for distribution as JAR files.

November 1996

JavaBeans, Part 1 by Greg Voss — Release JDK 1.1

This article presents Beans from a conceptual point of view, and introduces you to component technology, properties, methods, events, and application builder tools.

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