Java Resources

General links
FAQs
Java Documentation
Books about Java
Development Tools
Compilers and JVMs
Toolkits and re-usable code
Images and icons
Developer links
Deployment
Programming topics
Servlets
Database Connectivity
Java Help and documentation tools
Real-time Java
Security
Tutorials
Vendors
Games

General links

JavaSoft (Sun subsidiary)
JDK Documentation
comp.lang.java FAQ
The Java Glossary - maintained by Roedy Green
Gamelan - "The official directory for Java"

Frequently Asked Questions lists (FAQs)

comp.lang.java FAQ
Java Programmers' FAQ - Peter van der Linden
Swing FAQ
Java network programming FAQ - David Reilly

Java books and book reviews

Java Tutorial - Javasoft
JavaWorld Book Catalog Index
Java Pages - books about Java
Java book reviews - calSur Internet, in cooperation with Amazon.com (Not accessible 3/2002)
Graphic Java - Geary/McClellan (Not accessible 3/2002)
Thinking in Java by Bruce Eckel

Development Tools

AnyJ - Java IDE with NT/2000, Solaris, Linux and OS/2 versions. 90 day evaluation period with crippleware nags afterwards.
Apple's Java for the Mac site
BlueJ - an IDE designed for teaching introductory courses
Borland/Inprise JBuilder Foundation (free)
- JBuilder OpenTools repository
Chickory - from West Virginia University
CodeWarrior - Metrowerks' IDE/Compiler environment
ConTEXT - free programmer's editor
Eclipse - from IBM
EscJava - Extended Static Checker for Java from Nijmegan University and Compaq Research. "ESC/Java detects, at compile time, common programming errors that ordinarily are not detected until run time, and sometimes not even then; for example, null dereference errors, array bounds errors, type cast errors, and race conditions.
Sun One Studio - IDE from Sun. There is a free community edition. Built on NetBeans technology. (Featureful, but slow on my W2K desktop.)
Gel by Gerald Nunn. Gel is a free, lightweight IDE written in Delphi and compiled for Windows. Written in response to the demise of Kawa.
Javasoft JDK
JCreator - a (currently) free Java IDE (debugging only in Pro version)
jEdit - an open source programmer's editor written in Java
JEXT - a GPL'd programmer's editor written in Java
jGrasp - from Auburn, an IDE that incorporates Control Structure Diagrams
IBM VisualAge for Java - IBM IDE (a bug sometimes causes the anchor text for this url -- http://www.software.ibm.com/ad/vajava/ -- to disappear.)
IntelliJ Idea
Install Anywhere - Zero G is offering a free version of the installer construction package.
NetBeans - an Open Source IDE (at a minimum) written in Java.
UML Tools
- ArgoUML (free)
- Fujaba - free from Uni. Paderborn
- Jude - commercial, but community edition available
- UMLet - a free UML diagram editor
- Violet - GPL'd from Cay Horstmann

Deployment

Java Web Start guide

Compilers and JVMs

gcj - a GPL'ed compiler that can compile to machine executables for Unix systems.
kaffe - a GNU JVM
Pizza - a compiler for a superset of Java

Toolkits and re-usable code

The Lurker's Guide to J2ME - the Java Mobility libraries
JConfig - a cross-platform library designed to make it easier to create shrink-wrap style applications in Java. (local copy of docs)
JUnit - unit testing framework
Free icon images - Freely available icons, provided by Dean S. Jones
Site selector - Applet that allows a hierarchical menu of browsable URLs to be constructed.
Java Generic Library - Objectspace; free library of generic container classes.
- JGL 2.0 documentation (local copy)
JavaPureCheck - a tool for testing Java classes for 100% pure Java compliance (Local copy of docs)
Gamelan - "The official directory for Java"
JavaWorld
Java Shareware repository
Jef Pozkanzer's Java code
subArctic User Interface Toolkit Home Page - GaTech
Java version of Xtango - Algorithm animation library ( Stephen Hartley, Drexel)
Example Java Applets
Grid Bag Manipulator - a (sort of) visual GridBagLayout construction kit.

Image and Icon collections

Java Developer Pages

IBM DeveloperWorks Java Technology site
Java Developer Connection
JavaSoft Developer Early Access page (JDC Password required)
Focus on Java - John Zukowski, editor
Java Programmers' FAQ - Peter van der Linden
Java network programming FAQ - David Reilly
Java Optimization tips (Jonathan Hardwick)
JavaUniverse - formerly Javazine
Java Audio web page - maintained by Greg Sandell, but doesn't appear to have been updated in several years.

Programming topics

Executable Jar file
- Java Tutorial - Jar chapter

Database Connectivity

JDBC Database Access API - Javasoft
JDBC FAQ - Javasoft
Roedy Green's JDBC stuff
Java mSQL Driver
- MySQL
- mSQL - Hughes Technologies' "Mini-SQL" database server.
- mSQL FAQ - (local copy)
Databases written in Java
- hsqldb - open source pure java DBMS
- SimpleText - Thought, Inc. demo flat file database, free
- SmallSQL - eventually to be a commercial product, but a free trial version is available.
- JDBMS, Cloudscape
Free databases with JDBC drivers
- MySQL (Unix only)
  - MySQL - from T.c.X. DataKonsultAB (Sweden)
  - MySQL-JDBC driver - from GWE Technologies (Wales)
- PostgreSQL - Unix only, derived from Berkeley PostGres, distributed with JDBC drivers

JavaHelp tools

Doxygen - Linux/Unix tool for generating help directly from source code. Multi-language, also has a WinNT/9x version. Doesn't seem to aply directly to javahelp
SmartDoc - can generate HTML, Latex, or javahelp.