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Java visual web with Derby/MySQL database applications

Install, test and use DBDesigner: A database design and modeling

Visual C++ .NET (C++/CLI) programming

C and C++ programming tutorials resources

Other useful resources on install, setup, configure and use the open source software

Install, test and use Apache on Windows XP Pro

Install, test and use Apache on Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition SP2

Install, test and use Java JDK

Install, test and use PHP and Eclipse PDT on Windows XP and 2003 Server

Install, test, use and practise MySQL (include MySQL GUI Tools)

Install, test and use jGRASP - the Java IDE with Java programming tutorials

Intro to NetBeans, Java Programming, Derby and MySQL database Application Development

A Complete Java Desktop GUI and MySQL database Application Example

GUI Administration tools. After playing with MySQL Command Line Client tool previously, we try this MySQL GUI tool and believe us it is very interesting lol! At this stage, after completing all the tutorials, we can say that we are quite familiar with MySQL. Next, let proceed to the next level.

We continue to explore the Java related technologies then. Starting to install the Java IDE, the jGRASP and then do some Java programming. We found that jGRASP lacks of many features available in modern IDE.

Using jGRASP for the first time take some time and we managed to find NetBeans, the multi languages and scripts programming Integrated Development Environment (IDE). After NetBeans was installed successfully, we downloaded the tutorials at netbeans.org and try those tutorials that related to Java and databases. Most of the tutorials using Java Derby database, however, at the end we successfully converted all the related tutorials to using MySQL.

While having the NetBeans in hand, we also tried many Java old plain codes. It is very nice IDE and can be considered comparable to Visual Studio (you may want to see the fix import feature!).  We tried Java programming from the basic up to the object oriented level though in the fast track manner.

Then, we upgrade our level in developing the Java desktop GUI with database applications. We learn the Java Derby and then convert it to using MySQL. Well, it is so many things that we found can be developed making us to upgrade our level to learn developing Java web GUI applications. This track is most interesting we thought because the web application can be used for both the Enterprise and Internet domains,  sidelining the Java desktop applications. We learned so many things not just the features available in the NetBeans such as controls, GUI components that can be found in Visual Studio, also the Java technologies such as Java Server Faces (JSF) and Java Persistence API (JPA).

All these tutorials presented in the step-by-step, with tons of screen snapshots, very detail and result oriented manner. Learn and master Java and its open source friends faster that very suitable for absolute beginners and the advanced users as well, from a plain Java codes programs, desktop applications to the graphical user interface web applications.

At the end, we closed this learning track by introducing and practising the database design aspects - the database modeling. In this final section, we use DBDesigner, creating Entity Types, drawing the ERD, converting the ERD to Relational model, reverse engineered a web site to review the database design aspects and so on...It is Do-It-Yourself tutorial. Take your own time, learn part by part...