Contents
Chapter 1: Shortcuts to key topics
Chapter 2: What's new in JBuilder 4
Web Development
JavaServer Pages and servlet support
XML support
InternetBeans Express
Enterprise JavaBeans
Application server support
Team development
Version tracking and control
OpenTools API
User Interface changes
JBuilder IDE
Wizards
Editor
Running and Debugging
Database tools
JDataStore
JDBC Explorer improvements
Using JBuilder's online help
How to get Help
The main parts of the Help Viewer
Using the Help Viewer
Navigating in the Help Viewer
Viewing class reference documentation
Documentation conventions
Chapter 3: Introduction
What is JBuilder?
Introducing the AppBrowser
Navigating in the AppBrowser
Java language support
Chapter 4: Learning more about JBuilder
The JBuilder documentation set
Learning more about Java
Chapter 5: Using the editor
Completing code with CodeInsight
Using code templates
Keymaps for editor emulations
Cursor Movement
Selection
Editing Text
Clipboard
Search and Replace
Buffers and Files
Compile and Debug
CodeInsight
Code Templates
View and Help
KDE keystrokes
Chapter 6: Automating application development
Using wizards
Using the object gallery
Additional JBuilder tools
Working with projects
Saving projects
Using the Project wizard
Displaying project files
Setting project properties
Managing projects
Creating JavaBeans
Working with applets
Using the Applet wizard
Chapter 7: Building a user interface
Using the UI designer
Viewing a file
Adding and manipulating components
Designing menus
Setting component properties and events
Opening the Inspector
Designing layouts with layout managers
Chapter 8: Compiling and running Java programs
Compiling Java programs
Running Java programs
Debugging Java programs
Debugging
Deploying Java programs
Using the Archive Builder
Deploying CORBA applications
Deploying web-based applications
Running deployed programs
Using command-line tools
Chapter 9: Building distributed applications
Team development
Java technologies
Building database applications
Developing international applications
Internationalization features in JBuilder
Contacting Borland developer support
Online resources
World Wide Web
Borland newsgroups
Usenet newsgroups
Chapter 10: Tutorial: Building an application
Step 1: Creating the project
Step 2: Generating your source files
Changing the project properties
Step 3: Compiling and running your application
Step 4: Customizing your application's user interface
Step 5: Adding a component to your application
Step 6: Editing your source code
Step 7: Compiling and running your application
Step 8: Running your application from the command line
Step 9: Adding more components to your application
Step 10: Preparing your application for deployment
Step 11: Running your deployed application from the command line
HelloWorld source code
Source code for HelloWorldFrame.java
Source code for HelloWorldClass.java
Chapter 11: Tutorial: Building an applet
Overview
Step 1: Creating the project
Changing the project properties
Step 2: Generating your source files
Step 3: Compiling and running your applet
Step 4: Customizing your applet's user interface
Step 5: Adding AWT components to your applet
Step 6: Editing your source code
Step 7: Deploying your applet
Deploying your applet with the jar tool
Deploying your applet with the Archive Builder
Step 8: Modifying the HTML file
Step 9: Running your deployed applet from the command line
Step 10: Testing your deployed applet on the Web
Applet source code
Applet HTML source code
Applet class source code
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