Andy Nguyen

The following questions on JavaBeans were recently asked of Andy Nguyen, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Authoring and Development Tools, Sun Microsystems, Inc. JDJ: Why are JavaBeans components important for tools developers? AN: JavaBeans is the only component architecture for Javaª technology. JavaBeans is a portable, platform-independent component model written in Java that cuts down on application development time and leverages a portable code base to bring the "Write Once, Run Anywhere", Reuse Everywhere benefits of the Java platform to component software. JavaBeans components are 100% device-independent, 100% platform-independent and the component software architecture that allows a component or application to be certified as "100% Pure Java." They are designed to be reusable in the widest variety of development tools, containers and popular environments. S... (more)