Java Archive

Holger Benl writes "Sun's Java site has a very informative article about the most important new language features planned for J2SE 1.5 (expected beta-release: late 2003). Looks like Java may finally replace C++ as my favorite programming language."

IntelliJ IDEA is a Java IDE packed with leading-edge development features which include: industry setting refactoring support, intelligent code editing assistance, a wide range of J2EE development features for rapid web-application and other enterprise development, a powerful Code Inspection tool, integrated CVS, VSS and StarTeam support, an Open API for third-party plug-in support, and a mountain of other productivity features that make Java development a pleasure. Version 3.0.4 was released recently for Mac OS X, Windows, Solaris/Unix and Linux.

Broadening the reach and appeal of Java is at the top of Sun Microsystems Inc.'s list for the next major release of the platform, code-named Tiger, next year, although developers may not be ready to jump in. Read it at eWeek.

Joe Brockmeier looks at EJB Solutions' Out-of-the-Box 1.0, a collection of open source Java software. Out-of-the-Box has everything you need to develop Java applications using open source tools on Linux or Windows?if you don't mind a few rough edges.

IST announced the launch of its Motif to Java Migration Solution, a complete solution for the rapid and automated conversion of legacy C/C++ X/Motif based applications to the Java Platform.

The server maker expects major PC makers soon will begin bundling Sun's software for running Java programs on their computers.

This (kind of old but interesting) article gives you an overview of the Eclipse Platform, including its origin and architecture. Starting with a brief discussion about the OSS nature of Eclipse and its support for multiple programming languages, it then demonstrates the Java development environment with a simple program example. The article also surveys some of the software development tools that are available as plug-in extensions and demonstrates a plug-in extension for UML modeling. Info/shots of Linux version.

This is an update release targetting bug fixes and new optimizations. It does not change the functionality of original 1.4.1 release. Check out the release notes and/or download new Java VM. In a related note, the Java porting team at beunited.org reports that they have reached a significant milestone. The java and javac programs are now building under BeOS.

Blackdown Java-Linux Java 2 SE v1.4.1-01 for ix86 and SPARC is available from ftp mirrors . Both the ix86 and the SPARC version include the HotSpot Client and Server VMs, as well as an enhanced version of Java Web Start 1.2 and a Java Plug-In for browsers based on Mozilla. The ix86 version also includes a Java Plug-In for Netscape 4.x browsers.

An insider at Sun says there's frantic discussion inside the company about big problems with the Java platform that, he claimed, "prevent general acceptance of Java for production software within Sun". He said: "It strikes me as hypocritical for Sun to blame Microsoft for any failure of the Java platform when Sun's own engineers find developing common software applications in Java impractical". One of the problems, he claimed, is that while Java has a lot of benefits compared to C and C++, its implementation on Solaris makes it difficult to deliver reliable applications. The Inquirer has the scoop.

A Sun-led Java standards group today will announce specifications designed to bring Java's write-once run-anywhere promise closer to reality for wireless handsets.

"A federal judge's order that would force Microsoft Corp. to include Sun Microsystems Inc.'s programming language in the latest version of Windows is necessary to prevent the language from becoming extinct, Sun argued in a court filing. The company filed its response Tuesday to Microsoft's appeal of the order. Sun said its Java programming language is damaged each day the injunction is not imposed because the market tilts toward Microsoft's .NET framework." Read the reports here and here. Good to see Sun being realistic regarding the status of and race between Java and .NET's framework.

Sun Microsystems officials on Wednesday presented a laundry list of technology and promotional efforts planned for the Java language, including the February release of Version 1.4 of J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition), featuring integrated Web services support.

Nokia, the top seller of mobile phones, has released software to let Linux programmers develop Java software for its cell phones, the company said on Tuesday. Read the article at News.com.