BrowserHawk4J product goes beta
BrowserHawk4J from cyScape is a slick product that lets JSPs and servlets determine the capabilities of visiting web browsers to help ensure consistent site operation. With BH4J you can determine more than 40 browser properties like whether the browser supports cookies, frames, SSL, JavaScript, as well as which version of SSL and JavaScript.

Particularly exciting about BH4J is that it's one of the first products available building on JSP 1.0. Previous BrowserHawk versions worked only with ASP. Clearly cyScape has seen the light! I can vouch for BH4J's quality too, as I helped develop the product.

For more information and to download a beta version see http://www.cyscape.com/products/bh4j.

Java Servlet Programming on slashdot.org front page
Another big day for my book! Today the news site for nerds Slashdot.org posted a glowing review of Java Servlet Programming on its front page. You can find the review and some readers chatting about it at http://slashdot.org/books/99/04/14/1254225.shtml. Here's what Slashdot reviewer CowboyNeal had to say.

O'Reilly is known for it's in-depth, tell-all approach to computer related topics. This book doesn't disappoint and features many different ways to use Java Servlets, many of which may not occur to the average CGI scripter. Rating: 8/10

Java Servlet Programming on Amazon.com front page
My book made it big! Today Java Servlet Programming was chosen to be among the select group of books on display on the home page of Amazon.com. Since I'm sure its cherished placement won't last forever, here is what they said:

In Computers & Internet
Serves You Right!
Check out Java Servlet Programming to find out why these cunning and caffeinated programs just may give Common Gateway Interface a run for the money.