The company details a number of enhancements to its existing Java programming tools and discloses the name of its forthcoming tool, formerly called Project Rave.

New Java Programming Tools Employs Human-centered Design Techniques Date: June 25, 2009 Source: Carnegie Mellon University Summary: Researchers have developed two new tools to help computer ...

Sun Microsystems will describe on Wednesday new software designed to make its Java programming tools more popular with smaller businesses. With "Rave," Sun is trying to match the speed with which ...

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 ...

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.

In the early development of the language, the team focused on creating a tool for mobile devices, but that quickly changed when version 1.0 of Java was released for public consumption in 1996.

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Fast forward to today -- Java is a mainstay of enterprise application development. Let's look at the history of Java and how it became a go-to programming language for developers everywhere. Humble ...