Java & Eclipse


Smoother way to build Notes-like apps in J2EE

Unify has released Unify NXJ Composer, designed to give Lotus Notes developers the ability to build Lotus Notes-like applications in J2EE without having to code by hand.

JetBrains has a new idea for international Java

JetBrains has released IntelliJ IDEA 5.1, the latest version of its Java IDE.

Good Discussion on JavaLobby

Pros and cons of a central component repository for Java

Eclipse-based BEA Workshop tool supports blended development model

BEA Systems is announcing the latest version of its Eclipse-based BEA Workshop Studio.

Java Needs an On-Line Component Browser

Leveraging Java’s networking strengths to ignite its commercial component marketplace

Covalent announces support for Apache Geronimo 1.0

Open-source solution provider Covalent Technologies will offer full commercial support for Apache Geronimo 1.0, an open-source J2EE application server developed and recently made available by the Apache Software Foundation and distributed under the Apache license.

LogicLibrary's Logidex integrates with Eclipse BI toolkit

LogicLibrary has announced its flagship Logidex solution now integrates with Eclipse's Business Intelligence and Reporting Toolkit (BIRT).

Eclipse shines light on BI and reporting tools

On Monday, the Eclipse Foundation released version 2.0 of its Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) project.

Licensing framework aimed at protecting Java app agreements

jProductivity has released Protection! v. 2.0, a licensing framework for Java that ensures users will adhere to the terms of their application licensing agreements, according to the company.

zSeries: App-specific processing engines ahead?

This year could bring relief for mainframe organizations struggling to justify the cost of running native COBOL or Assembly applications in the IBM z/OS.

Sun offers up draft of Java SE 6 specs for comments

The early draft of Sun's JSR 270 specification, which governs the content of the Java SE 6 Mustang release, is now available, says Sun's chief Java2 engineer, Mark Reinhold in a recent blog post (http://weblogs.java.net/blog/mreinhold).

Apache releases Geronimo 1.0 Java server

The Apache Software Foundation has released Apache Geronimo 1.0, its Java app server.

ClearNova AJAX platform released as open source

ClearNova is releasing ThinkCAP JX, a visual dev environment for building rich Internet apps with AJAX, as open source.

Hey Kids, Try Groovy!

The latest scripting language for Java begs the question... Why?

Word of the Year?

The Dictionary Dudes Miss the Boat

Eclipse Web and J2EE Tools Platform Project rolls out

Project mangers at Eclipse went live with the Web Tools Platform Project last week.

Build apps using Structs and Nodes environment

SANDev has released the first production version of SANDev 1.0.0.

New NetBeans Profiler is add-on technology to open source NetBeans IDE 5

Sun Microsystems announced NetBeans Profiler Milestone 11, the latest release of its Java app profiler, and an add-on to the upcoming open-source NetBeans IDE release 5.