Many developers will never write a single pattern, read one of the many pattern books available or attend a Pattern Languages of Programs conference. These people need to be convinced of the merits of patterns before
they will ever use them.
Quest Software has released JClass ServerViews 3.0, a set of server-side components that offer XML support for Web services developers.
Oracle has released its Oracle9i JDeveloper Version 9.0.3. IDE, which makes available a number of improvements that better position the product as an enterprise tool in a very competitive Java tools market.
Phaos Technology Corp. has released a Java-based toolkit for implementing Liberty 1.0.
Borland Software is continuing its software tool buying spree. The company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Java design and analysis tool maker TogetherSoft for about $185 million in cash and stock.
Sun discloses that it will not only join the Web Services Interoperability (WS-I)organization, but plans to run for election to the organization's newly expanded board.
IBM has updated WebSphere Studio to support Version 2.0 of the open-source Eclipse tools plug-in IDE, Version 1.3 of the J2EE standard and Version 1.4 of the Sun JDK.
A list of Web sights providing frameworks and libraries to help you build your own tests.
Given the lawsuits and general bad blood between Microsoft and Sun, most people are not banking on anything breaking on the .NET and Java integration front anytime soon.
SPEC has released SPECjAppServer2001, a benchmark for measuring the performance of Java 2 Enterprise Edition application servers connected to databases.
Sybase Inc. is touting its facilities for Java application server deployment.
Our experts say developers can turn to Java servlets for smaller jobs, to Enterprise JavaBeans for complex projects and for some others, a mix of the two technologies.
Crystal Decisions Inc. this week reached
out to the Java developer community with the unveiling of a new version of its
reporting software.
The Eclipse consortium moved this week to expand on earlier IBM efforts with the creation of the Eclipse Technology Project, an open-source project that supports research, education and engineering initiatives undertaken to integrate multiple computing technologies using the so-called Eclipse Platform.
Sybase Inc. has introduced Borland JBuilder 7 Enterprise--Sybase Edition, a Java development solution that provides integration of application development life-cycle elements.
Embedded systems developers appear to be implementing Java Virtual Machines in increasing numbers, according to a survey completed
last month by Evans Data Corp.
It is probably
easier for Red Sox and Yankee fans to find common ground than it is for adherents to Java or .NET.
Collaborative tools and accurate UML models promote reuse for the high-profile online brokerage.
Users say the transition to .NET is mostly smooth so far, but Java appears safe for now.
Even though I know testing is work, and there
might be a specific feature or two in other languages I would like to use, I
still prefer developing and testing my applications in Java.