Visual J++ for Not Yet Techies

"Computer Careers: How to Program Java in Windows for High Tech Jobs"

by Richard Stooker, President Info Ring Press and author of Secrets of Changing to a Computer Career

Visual J++ is not really a computer career programming language, it’s a Microsoft application to help you program Java. J is still a relatively new language and is under attack from MS itself. Visual J++ is MS version of that language.

Visual J++ is one of the most popular implementations of Java, because it is a graphical, Windows interface similar to what Microsoft uses for Visual Basic

To its credit, although Microsoft and Sun Microsystems are arch-rivals, and Java was developed by Sun, Microsoft’s Visual J++ supports the entire Java language. It is not designed to implement Sun’s Java language, not compete with it. It is basically a tool to help you write Java programs. You can use J++ to develop entire Java applications, or Java applets to put on a web site.

Note: recent information I've seen indicates this may be changing. Also, it's apparent from the "++" in the name that Microsoft thinks it has added to Sun's own language. (In some programming languages, "++" means adding to something, so "J++" is J with something added to it.)

J++ includes not only the Java compiler, but also an editor, debugger and online documentation. It uses the same Microsoft Visual Studio interface for programming that Visual Basic does.

J++ also includes a Microsoft wizard to help you build applets, and an applet viewer to let you see and test your applet before placing it on a web site

You can also use J++ to integrate Active X technology into your applications. Active X could well be called Microsoft’s answer and competition to Java applets. Having them together is actually convenient for programmers who aren’t trying to take sides in a corporate war, but just want to get the job done with the best tools available.

There are other Java tools available for Visual J++, such as Symantec’s Visual Café and Borland’s Jbuilder, but it has the advantage that it is similar to all other Windows applications you have used, so it’s easy to learn

Especially if you have experience with Visual Basic. And of course, once you’re familiar with Microsoft’s Visual Studio Interface, that would make learning Visual J++ that much easier for you if you later decide to add that language to your set of skills.

If you want to learn Java, an investment in Visual J++ is an obvious way to start learning and having a computer career programming with it.

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