Sun will include an "application framework," which is a set of prewritten software components and tools, with the standard edition of Java Studio, which costs $695.

Update: The Java creator seeks to gain ground on rivals with the Sun ONE Web Services Platform, a bundle of new tools and a plan to simplify Java programming.

This review can assist in this migration process by offering a comparative look at the differences among the leading Java IDEs: Eclipse, JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA, NetBeans, and Oracle JDeveloper.

Sun is developing the new tool in an attempt to lure corporate application developers familiar with graphical programming tools, notably Microsoft's Visual Basic. A "technology preview" of Java ...

As software development teams get larger, application packaging and deployment tasks become much harder. Handwritten scripts and low-level JDK utility calls just don't scale as teams grow, which is ...

"New Java Programming Tools Employs Human-centered Design Techniques." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 25 June 2009. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2009 / 06 / 090617104916.htm>.

Ten software vendors, including Sun Microsystems Inc., BEA Systems Inc. and Oracle Corp. on Tuesday announced the Java Tools Community (JTP), an organization devoted to improving interoperability ...

Borland Software has joined an industry group that advocates for better programming tools within the Java industry. Borland announced that it is joining the Java Tools Community on Monday at the ...

But Java programmers have been urging Sun to match Microsoft's programming tools, said Jonathan Schwartz, Sun's executive vice-president for software.

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