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Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) is the second revolution in Java’s short history. When Java was introduced in 1995, it looked like the future of computing was in applets, small programs that could be downloaded and run on demand. A slow Internet and a restrictive all-or-nothing sandbox security model accounted for the initially slow adoption of applets. Java, as a platform, really took off with the advent of servlets, Java programs that run on a server (offering a modular and efficient replacement for the vulnerable CGI). Java further expanded into the server side of things, eventually picking up the moniker of Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE). This was the first revolution, the blitz of server-side Java.
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© 2005 Sing Li and Jonathan Knudsen
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(2005). Introduction. In: Beginning J2ME: From Novice to Professional. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0020-8_1
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