Try ClearNova's ThinkCAP JX for a complete app development system for AJAX, and go for some wartless database wonking with Quest's Toad. Also, banish language bigotry with three new books about Java, C++ and porting code, and let Glance ease the task of disseminating your demos.
Java's success has been based on its ability to "run everywhere." But the reason this is so useful is that it enables developers to build applications that can deliver data and information to users of various computer platforms, relatively equally.
