A book/CD-ROM package on designing, developing, and using Java components. Covers basic and advanced concepts of JavaBeans, with code examples building on one another from chapter to chapter. Includes material on basic language constructs, the JavaBeans event model, the GUI builder, and JavaBean integration with ActiveX and JavaScript, plus light-hearted sidebars on the history of coffee. Assumes familiarity with fundamentals of object-oriented programming and Java. The CD-ROM contains tools for JavaBeans development. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.