This document contains a number of links to Java-specific Web sites.

News groups

• comp.lang.java news group, which discusses the Java Programming Language.
• comp.lang.java.announce news group, which contains Java announcements.
• comp.lang.java.api news group, which contains material on the Java application programming interface.
• comp.lang.java.misc news group, which contains miscellaneous postings on Java.
• comp.lang.java.programmer news group, which discusses programming in the Java language.
• comp.lang.java.security news group, which contains material on security in Java.
• comp.lang.java.tech news group, which contains material on the innards of the Java system.
• comp.lang.java.advocacy news group, which contains material supporting or criticising Java.

Interest groups

The main UK interest group is iJUGGL (Independent Java Users Group - Greater London). A full list of user groups is available on the JavaSoft website.

Magazines and resource centres

There is a resource centre which contains applets and Java development materials at a Web site at the University of Frankfurt.

Almost certainly the best Web magazine devoted to Java is Java World. It contains articles, announcements and links to many other Java sites. Another good source for Java material is Sun World. However, this site also contains information on many other Sun products so you will have to carry out a little navigation. A good directory of Java resources is Gamelan - A commercial site which contains product announcements and a catalogue of applets.

Some recent products

Two of the more interesting Java products are:

• Cafe, an integrated development environment with a GUI builder from Symantec.
• JBuilder, an integrated development environment from Borland.