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O'GARA'S VIEWPOINT: Sun Out to Snare Windows Developers with Java Version of VB

O'GARA'S VIEWPOINT: Sun Out to Snare Windows Developers with Java Version of VB
By Maureen O'Gara
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April 2, 2004 12:00 AM EST
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Sun's Project Rave, now dulled down to something called Java Studio Creator and described by Sun as its "most significant developer tool in years," is being released for "public access" for the first time on April 8.

Which is not to be mistaken for in the can.

Nope, Sun means early access after four months of previewing the thing with 100 developers. Final release is sometime this summer when it's supposed to support Solaris, Linux and Windows.

Sun says it's got 10,00 developers signed up for early access. The stuff is supposed to entice Windows developers used to a Visual Basic environment to Sun's cause and the Java banner with its comprehensive develop/debug/deploy capabilities.

Creator drips Java and is based on the open source NetBeans platform. It's apparently good for turning out relatively simple apps quickly.

The toolkit is made up of the first production release of JavaServer Faces (JSF) technology, a Java Enterprise System run-time, including the Java System Application Server, Platform Edition, PointBase, the SQL database server and the Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) SDK. It's all supposed to be integrated.

JSF is supposed to simplify the development of visual, multi-tier applications. It allows Creator to support two-tier Web apps that conform to Java BluePrints design patterns, accessing databases and Web services behind dynamic HTML interfaces.

Pricing hasn't been determined, but given its mission it'll be priced to sell unbundled, maybe even for a monthly subscription fee.

See www.sun.com/jscreator.

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