Well, it's my turn to show my ignorance about
java.
I have been trying to teach myself java, more due to a curiosity than an explicit need. My biggest problem is trying to establish a common point of reference.
You see I have been writing computer software for a living since 1968 (yeah I am a real dinosaur) but the software I have been writing has been operating system related (for big IBM mainframes) and written in assembler a few years ago I had to learn C (well enough to implement RSA's crypto software into a mainframe application) but now I have been tasked with a challenge.
I have been asked to develop a tcp/ip based application which has a server component running on an ibm mainframe which can accept file browse requests for data (which resides on the mainframe) from an application which is running on a distributed platform (pc for a lack of a better term).
My question is, does the java language provide the ability to develop and deploy an application which functions as the client application in this scenario?
If this is possible where might I look for the necessary tutorials to develop and implement such an application?
I have done this sort of client/server app in the mainframe environment many times in the past but this is my first foray in to the world of distributed computing and I am stumbling around in the dark.
Any help/direction would be real appreciated?
Thanks.
JD
[ August 21, 2008: Message edited by: Michael DeChirico ]