GUIs and Web-Based Applications

The standard C libraries do not contain any GUI or web-based application capability. Java has entire libraries devoted to GUI development. You can also develop your own custom GUI components . With Java you can write a sophisticated GUI front-end for your scientific and engineering application without having to learn or use another programming language. A brief introduction to Java GUI development is provided in Chapter 26. Java also allows you to develop powerful web-based applications with an extraordinarily powerful set of facilities such as servlets, JavaServer Pages (JSP), and Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs). An introduction to web-based applications can be found in Chapter 27.