Java & Eclipse


Practical Eclipse

Apply these usage and technical tips to a world-class IDE brimming with features.

Leverage Today's JDO for Tomorrow's EJB

There is extensive overlap between the new EJB 3.0 specification and the mature JDO 2.0. Compare and contrast EJB''s substantial but essential changes to existing features in JDO.

Design Patterns, JMX for Manageability

Controls and visibility are essential for monitoring and managing applications. Learn a best practice for employing design patterns that combine applications with JMX and policies.

Must You Choose a Single Technology?

Will the trend of increasing power and ease of use in development tools continue? See why basing Web application architectures on Java technologies is a smart business decision.

Integrate Java and .Net

Both major platforms push Web services as a means of integrating applications across platforms. Check out another alternative that tightly integrates Microsoft code with Java apps.

Eclipse Foundation Releases First-Ever Roadmap

One of the more intriguing pieces of news to come out of this week's EclipseCon 2005 conference is the Eclipse Foundation's announcement that it has completed its first-ever roadmap. The roadmap document, which the foundation plans to revise annually, is intended to provide visibility to the open-source community around Eclipse and the Eclipse ecosystem, explains Eclipse Foundation Executive Director Mike Milinkovich.

Java IDE Integrated with Seapine Surround SCM

Software development shops using Seapine Software's Surround SCM for software change management can now seamlessly integrate a Java-based IDE from JetBrains Inc.

Sun Delivers Security Announcements

Sun Microsystems is coming to this year's RSA 2005 security conference, under way this week in San Francisco, with several "love for the customer" Valentine's Day announcements. And after years of preaching that "the network is the computer," there's a bit of I-told-you-so swagger in the Santa Clara, CA-based systems company.

Would you like a slice of FUD with your Java?

James Gosling recently claimed that .NET had a giant security hole. Personally, I wish he'd checked the FUD at the door.

Sun pours two shots of Java

JBoss and Sun said on Monday, Feb. 7, they have signed a new multi-year agreement for JBoss to support the Java 2, Enterprise Edition platform.

Why Coding Standards?

Organizations adopt coding standards to ensure the delivery of reliable applications. See how standards can help reduce time for reviews and correct violations automatically.

Open-source users find rewards in collaborative development

IT shops discover that sharing code outside the corporation can result in better software.

Compuware targets development, IT service with new offerings

Compuware has released upgrades of two products: one to assist Java developers and the other designed to improve servicing of Java applications at lower cost.

Sun unveils RFID offerings, including Java-based package

As RFID technology gathers steam, Sun Microsystems has announced new offerings in the market, including an entry-level Java product.

IBM seen challenging software industry with release of patents

IBM seen challenging software industry with release of patents to open source community.

Caucho becomes J2EE licensee

Caucho Technology, Inc., which makes a Java application server used by more than 3,500 corporate, education and government clients, has become a J2EE licensee, the company and Sun Microsystems announced Monday.

New Java-based software suite available for retailers

360Commerce has released its latest Java-based software suite for retailers, the company announced this week.

Global IPTV .NET software provider opens channel to Java

If you had 90 days to port IPTV software from Microsoft .NET to Java running on Tomcat, you’d have a problem Noam Fogel knows well. Fogel is vice president of research and development for Infogate Online Ltd., a Tel Aviv, Israel-based provider of software used by telcos and cable operators to offer video and games on demand to their customers.

Oracle lures developers with the promise of a trip into space

Oracle is adding some rocket fuel to its tools promotion strategy with a contest that promises to send one lucky developer into space--literally. Announced at the recent Oracle OpenWorld conference (but upstaged by the PeopleSoft acquisition drama), the Oracle Space Sweepstakes gives participants a chance to take part in a suborbital spaceflight, experience weightlessness, and view the earth from 62 miles up.

Omnicore tackles the IDE

Does the development world really need another IDE? Well, maybe not. But whether it's needed or not, Omnicore's X-develop (now in open beta) offers an interesting feature set with some worthwhile innovations.