Executives from Sun said Wednesday that the tool will be geared toward developers who are proficient with the Java language but are not trained in the most advanced capabilities in the Java specifications. As previously reported, Sun officials have said this simpler Java tool will be displayed at the company's JavaOne conference in San Francisco next month, in part to garner feedback from Java developers.
Sun's Java is employed in a broad range of applications, including complex systems such as financial programs that demand fast performance or e-commerce setups that deal with a high volume of data. The new tool will be appropriate for building relatively simple applications, such as those that might serve a single company department, executives said.
At JavaOne, Sun will also highlight changes to the Java specification itself that are aimed at easing programming. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company and its customers will use the venue to discuss the use of Java in mobile applications and to announce extensions to its developer relations programs, including its open-source NetBeans tools initiative, according to Sun executives.
Sun's quest to simplify Java development is important to expanding the population of programmers that use Java to build custom applications, according to analysts. By making Java more "approachable" to a larger group of programmers, Sun and others can drive sales of Java-based products, such as portal applications or integration software, analysts said.
Simplifying Java is also a key element in deflecting developers from Microsoft's Visual Studio.Net line of tools. Sun, along with IBM, Oracle, BEA Systems and other software makers, sells products that are based on Java and the Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) specification, while Microsoft promotes its .Net tools and software.
Programmers who are versed in the J2EE specification can build more sophisticated applications. But professionals trained in the latest Java specs, particularly J2EE, can be expensive to employ or difficult to find.
Sun executives said that, until now, Sun and other Java-tools companies have not adequately addressed the large contingent of people who are comfortable with Microsoft's Visual Basic tool. Visual Basic, which is used by an estimated 3 million developers worldwide, is regularly used to build applications that need to be constructed rapidly and do not involve a great deal of complexity.
The tool that Sun will demonstrate at JavaOne is aimed at developers who have a skill level equivalent to that needed to use Visual Basic tools, said Rich Green, vice president of tools at Sun. It will include a more visual development method and have an appropriate design for working with Web services, or modular application components that adhere to a set of XML-based standards, he said.
"Going forward, we plan to ensure that, for the masses, Java can be viable--or more so than any other programming environment," said Green.
The easier Java tool is also designed to work in conjunction with Sun ONE Studio, which is targeted at more highly skilled developers. Green said developers who use Sun's simpler tool and Sun ONE Studio can transfer Java code between the two tools.
Sun may have an opportunity in targeting the Visual Basic developers, according to a recent report. Evans Data last month released the results of a survey that found that 43 percent of Visual Basic developers were considering alternatives, including Java, for future projects.
But Sun does face competition from other Java-tools companies. IBM's Rational division this week introduced a Java-based tool targeted at easing J2EE application development. Borland is building a suite of Java development tools that spans the development process, from upfront design to testing.
In tandem with tool enhancements, Sun's Green said that over the next six to 12 months, Sun and other Java companies will be adding improvements to the Java specifications that will speed up development.
The planned features for Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE), for example, are focused on ease of development, better performance and Web services. This update to the Java specification, code-named Tiger, is set for release some time this year.
相关推荐
sun studio用于Linux下的集成开发工具 sun studio用于Linux下的集成开发工具
JSF将是J2EE5.0中所包含的web开发框架,这应该是第一个成为jcp标准,并且随j2eesdk一起发布的web框架,可以看出sun对它的期望很高。JSF最大的竞争对手是tapestry,是apache的产品,但是apache又弄出了个myfaces,是...
经典JAVA EE企业应用实战基于WEBLOGIC JBOSS的JSF+EJB 3+JPA整合开发——源码.part1 其他部分详见我的上传列表,全部分卷下载完成才能解压。 本书介绍了Java EE规范的三大主要规范JSF、EJB 3和JPA,其中JSF是Sun...
经典JAVA EE企业应用实战基于WEBLOGIC JBOSS的JSF+EJB 3+JPA整合开发——源码第6章 其他部分详见我的上传列表。 本书介绍了Java EE规范的三大主要规范JSF、EJB 3和JPA,其中JSF是Sun公司提供的JSF RI;EJB 3部分则...
大企业的笔试题大部分来自这个附件,sun的认证题我只有这么多,希望有人更多,可以发给我,我的信箱se.jason@163.com
经过分析,我们使用 SUN公司的JSP开发工具,利用其提供的各种面向对象的开发工具,尤其是数据窗口这一能方便而简洁操纵数据库的智能化对象,首先在短时间内建立系统应用原型,然后,对初始原型系统进行需求迭代,不断修正和...
SUN认证——SCJP考试题库(310-055)
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver"); String url = "jdbc:odbc:xueyuan"; Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(url); Statement statement = connection.createStatement(); ...
Java语言是SUN公司开发的一种编程语言。 1.1 Java语言产生和发展的背景 Java语言源于Oak语言,这是SUN公司在一项消费性电子产品软件发展方案中采用的语言。Oak的设计目标是用以开发可靠、紧凑、易于移植的分布式...
JDK中有一些工具是我们不太常使用的, 这些工具被Sun公司作为"礼物"附赠给JDK的使用者,并在软件的使用说明中把它们声明为"没有技术支持并且是实验性质的产品, 但事实上, 这些工具都非常稳定而且功能强大, 能在处理...
经典JAVA EE企业应用实战基于WEBLOGIC JBOSS的JSF+EJB 3+JPA整合开发——源码第14章 其他部分详见我的上传列表。 本书介绍了Java EE规范的三大主要规范JSF、EJB 3和JPA,其中JSF是Sun公司提供的JSF RI;EJB 3部分...
经典JAVA EE企业应用实战基于WEBLOGIC JBOSS的JSF+EJB 3+JPA整合开发——源码第9章 其他部分详见我的上传列表。 本书介绍了Java EE规范的三大主要规范JSF、EJB 3和JPA,其中JSF是Sun公司提供的JSF RI;EJB 3部分则...
经典JAVA EE企业应用实战基于WEBLOGIC JBOSS的JSF+EJB 3+JPA整合开发——源码.part5 其他部分详见我的上传列表,全部分卷下载完成才能解压。 本书介绍了Java EE规范的三大主要规范JSF、EJB 3和JPA,其中JSF是Sun...
经典JAVA EE企业应用实战基于WEBLOGIC JBOSS的JSF+EJB 3+JPA整合开发——源码.part2 其他部分详见我的上传列表,全部分卷下载完成才能解压。 本书介绍了Java EE规范的三大主要规范JSF、EJB 3和JPA,其中JSF是Sun公司...
经典JAVA EE企业应用实战基于WEBLOGIC JBOSS的JSF+EJB 3+JPA整合开发——源码第3章 其他部分详见我的上传列表 本书介绍了Java EE规范的三大主要规范JSF、EJB 3和JPA,其中JSF是Sun公司提供的JSF RI;EJB 3部分则包含...
经典JAVA EE企业应用实战基于WEBLOGIC JBOSS的JSF+EJB 3+JPA整合开发——源码.part3 其他部分详见我的上传列表,全部分卷下载完成才能解压。 本书介绍了Java EE规范的三大主要规范JSF、EJB 3和JPA,其中JSF是Sun公司...
经典JAVA EE企业应用实战基于WEBLOGIC JBOSS的JSF+EJB 3+JPA整合开发——源码第二章 其他部分详见我的上传列表。 本书介绍了Java EE规范的三大主要规范JSF、EJB 3和JPA,其中JSF是Sun公司提供的JSF RI;EJB 3部分...
经典JAVA EE企业应用实战基于WEBLOGIC JBOSS的JSF+EJB 3+JPA整合开发——源码.part4 其他部分详见我的上传列表,全部分卷下载完成才能解压。 本书介绍了Java EE规范的三大主要规范JSF、EJB 3和JPA,其中JSF是Sun...
经典JAVA EE企业应用实战基于WEBLOGIC JBOSS的JSF+EJB 3+JPA整合开发——源码第13章 其他部分详见我的上传列表。 本书介绍了Java EE规范的三大主要规范JSF、EJB 3和JPA,其中JSF是Sun公司提供的JSF RI;EJB 3部分...