Official Marimba Guide to Castanet
Publisher: SAMS.NET
Author: Laura Lemay
ISBN: 1575212552
Publication Date: 01-FEB-97
Retail Price: $39.99

The only official guide to the hottest new Internet technology!

Founded in 1996 by four original members of the Sun Java team, Marimba Inc. is creating a whole new way of developing and distributing applications with its Castanett technology-taking Java beyond flashy Web-based applets to the next step, where Java can begin to fulfill its true promise for creating secure, cross-platform applications.

With this book you will learn why Castanet is revolutionizing the way companies will distribute information, applications, software, and data internally and worldwide across the Web. It covers all aspects of the Castanet technology, including installing and using both the Castanet Tuner and Transmitter, as well as full coverage of developing large-scale, media-rich Castanet channels. Regardless of the interest you have in Castanet-whether from the user, administrator, or developer side-the Official Marimba Guide to Castanet provides ample information and advice for getting started.

  • Install and use the Castanet Tuner to subscribe to and view channels
  • Set up and configure the Castanet Transmitter to publish and distribute your own channels
  • Build simple channels with HTML pages and applets
  • Develop new presentations and channels with Bongot and Java
  • Learn how to use the rich Marimba Java classes
  • Fine-tune and troubleshoot your Castanet Transmitter

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