Java™ Application Development on Linux - Dator

166Chapter 5The Sun Microsystems Java Software <strong>Development</strong> Kitprograms that support the Java plug-in, which is a way to make Java availablein browsers. 305.13REVIEWFor all of its humble command-line interface, the Sun Java 2 SDK provides acomplete software development package, with everything you need to writeand run a wide gamut of Java applications.5.14WHAT YOU STILL DON’T KNOWOh dear, where to start? There are all those programs in the kit we glossed overright at the end there. We barely scratched the surface of JNI and RMI. Wepositively orbited the topics of policy files and JAR manifests.You now have exposure to the bulk of the Java SDK. It is only the firststep up the learning curve. We’ll take you up a few more as the book progresses,but mastery comes only with time and experience. So use the tools. Write,compile, and debug a lot of Java code.5.15RESOURCESOne of the best sources of information on Java is Sun’s Web site for Java,http://java.sun.com, where you can find a wide variety of information—tutorials, white papers, API specifications, and more.30. Those browsers that had Java built into them generally used Java 1.0 or 1.1. After Java 1.1it became clear that it would be a major pain to have to reintegrate each new version of Javainto each browser product. It would make browser versions and Java releases dependent on oneanother and would, in general, be a pain both for Sun and for Microsoft and Netscape (rememberNetscape?). Thus, the plug-in architecture was born (okay, plug-ins were for thingslike RealPlayer and Macromedia Flash too). Since Java 1.2, browser integration has beenvia plug-ins.