This page provides links to the articles of my Jiniology column in JavaWorld, and to the discussion forum topic associated with each article.

The Articles

Survival of the Fittest Jini Services, Part III -- October 2001

Implement transactional Jini services.

Survival of the Fittest Jini Services, Part II -- July 2001

Use transactions to coordinate the reliable interaction of Jini services.

Survival of the Fittest Jini Services, Part I -- April 2001

Ensure the quality of Web services in the age of calm computing.

Browse User Interfaces for Jini Services -- March 2001

Build a JFC-based application for browsing and launching Jini services.

Object Mobility in the Jini Environment -- January 2001

Reduce the complexity of installation and configuration of complex Jini applications with mobile code.

Object versus Document, Part III -- November 2000

Why objects are for people, not for computers. (4,000 words)
Related Discussion Forum Topic: Object versus Document

Make Room for JavaSpaces, Part VI -- July 2000

Build and use distributed data structures in your JavaSpaces programs. (3,000 words)
Related Discussion Forum Topic: Make Room for JavaSpaces

Object versus Document, Part II -- July 2000

Determining the best approach when there is no client-side user. (4,000 words)
Related Discussion Forum Topic: Object versus Document

Make Room for JavaSpaces, Part V -- July 2000

Make your compute server robust and scalable with Jini and JavaSpaces. (3,000 words)
Related Discussion Forum Topic: Make Room for JavaSpaces

Object versus Document, Part I -- June 2000

Comparing two ways that software can interact with software. (4,000 words)
Related Discussion Forum Topic: Object versus Document

Make Room for JavaSpaces, Part IV -- May 2000

Explore Jini transactions with JavaSpaces. (4,500 words)
Related Discussion Forum Topic: Make Room for JavaSpaces

Cleaning Up After Jini Services -- April 2000

Proposes a standard way Jini clients release finite nonmemory resources consumed by services. (4,500 words)
Related Discussion Forum Topic: Cleaning Up After Jini Services

Make Room for JavaSpaces, Part III -- March 2000

Coordinate your Jini applications with JavaSpaces. (4,500 words)
Related Discussion Forum Topic: Make Room for JavaSpaces

Finding Services with the Jini Lookup Service -- February 2000

Discover the power and limitations of the ServiceRegistrar interface
Related Discussion Forum Topic: The Jini Lookup Service

Make Room for JavaSpaces, Part II -- January 2000

Build a compute server with JavaSpaces, Jini's coordination service. (4,500 words)
Related Discussion Forum Topic: Make Room for JavaSpaces

A Walk Through Cyberspace -- December 1999

How Jini could transform the web (7000 words)
Related Discussion Forum Topic: A Walk Through Cyberspace

Make Room for JavaSpaces, Part I -- November 1999

An introduction to JavaSpaces, a simple and powerful distributed programming tool. (4,500 words)
Related Discussion Forum Topic: Make Room for JavaSpaces

Separation of Functionality and UI -- November 1999

The flexible way to architect a Jini service. (1,000 words)

How to Add a UI to a Jini Service -- October 1999

An in-depth look at the serviceui project from the Jini community. (4,500 words)
Related Discussion Forum Topic: Adding UIs to Jini Services

The Jini Vision -- August 1999

The vision behind Jini technology, including insights from Jim Waldo, James Gosling, and Bill Joy. (5,000 words)
Related Discussion Forum Topic: The Jini Vision

Objects, the Network, and Jini -- June 1999

How Jini raises the level of abstraction for distributed systems programming. (2,000 words)
Related Discussion Forum Topic: Objects, The Network, and Jini