Java Map Servers and GIS Toolkits - Reporting from JavaOne

Wednesday June 06th 2001
Filed Under Features, Java 

If you remember the days of the browser wars on the Internet, then you probably also know that the Java programming language was first popularized as a client-side technology used to create applets. Since then, people have found better ways to add dynamic behavior to web browsers, such as JavaScript and Flash, and a funny thing happened to Java. Instead of being another forgotten technology, the use of Java to deliver dynamic content on the server-side has exploded. As websites have tried to deliver increasingly personalized experiences to their users, web developers have used Java to deploy sophisticated server-side applications capable of parsing user input, returning a custom response, storing persistent session data, and making connections to server-side databases. Read more