Java

Java is an interpreted, concurrent and object-oriented programming language originally designed to be highly portable, as such it can be thought of and indeed is frequently used as much as a platform on its own as a programming language.

Java virtual machines and compilers for OS/2

• IBM Java - VM supplied with IBM's OS/2 Warp Version 4 and later.
• Golden Code J2SE for OS/2 - Commercial VM
• InnoTek Java
• OpenJDK

Compiler

• Jikes - Java bytecode compiler - Open Source
• kaffe - Never officially released for OS/2 but an internal port existed - Open Source

Add-ons and libraries

• Apache XML Commons - Sundry Java based XML tools - Open source
• Apache Xerces2 Java - Modular XML parser - Open source
• BISS-AWT - UI library & awt replacement - Open source
• Java+ - Preprocessor - Open Source
• LZ4 - Compression library - Open source
• Magician - Java interface to OpenGL - Commercial
• NetRexx - Scripting language
• Snappy - Compression lib. - Open Source
• TOPLink - Database connection/persistence classes- Commercial (Available in a different form)
• xBaseJ - Access and use xBase databases - Open source

Foreign libraries with Java bindings

• e_Db - Library for C & C++, also has Java APIs/bindings

Java IDEs

• JFactory - Commercial
• VisualAge Generator - Commercial

Utilities and test software

• ANTLR - Parser generator - Runs on and generates Java code.
• Ephedra - C/C++ to Java - Open source
• Exuberant ctags - Creates index files out of Java source files - Open source
• Mauve - Java Class Library test suite - Open Source
• Pillarsoft Suite - Contains a code template tool with Java support - Shareware

Applications with a Java programming interface

• PostgreSQL - SQL relational database system - Open source

Publications

• James Gosling; Henry McGilton: Tha Java Language Environment: A White Paper - Sun Microsystems 1995
• M. Zenger: Evolving Software with Extensible Modules]
• Christian Plesner Hansen, Mads Torgersen and Erik Ernst: Wild FJ - Explains the formalised Wildcards that were introduced with Java5

Books

• Patrick Niemeyer; Joshua Peck: Exploring Java - O'Reilly, ISBN 1-56592-184
• Ronny Richardson: Java Applets and Channels Without Programming - Manning 1997, ISBN 1884777392
• Kris Jamsa: Java Now! - Delmar Cengage Learning 1996, ISBN 1884133304

Links

• Joop Nijenhuis's Java for OS/2 page
• DZone's Java Page - Lots of Java links and info
• Russ Harvey Consulting's Java page - Lots of info both for OS/2 and other OS's.
• USENET comp.lang.java.programmer - Unmoderated Java discussion group

Tutorials

• Object-Oriented programming with Java
• The Java™ Tutorials (Oracle Corp.)