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Review: JBuilder 2005 by Borland Software Corporation

Review: JBuilder 2005 by Borland Software Corporation
By Ken Sipe
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January 5, 2005 12:00 AM EST
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Borland Software Company
100 Enterprise Way
Scotts Valley, CA 95066-3249
Phone: 800 632-2864
E-mail: customer_service@borland.com
Web: www.borland.com

Specifications Platforms
Windows 2000 - Windows XP, OSX, Solaris 9, Linux (official support for Sun Java Desktop and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3)

Pricing
Enterprise: new - $3,500; upgrade - $1,900. Developer: new - $500; upgrade - $299. Foundation: free (including for commercial use)

Test Environment
Dell Inspiron 8200, 2GHz Intel P4 processor, 60GB disk, 1GB of RAM, Windows XP

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JDJ Product Snapshot
Target Audience: Java programmers
Level: Beginner to advanced
Pros:

  • Best choice for consultants and shops required to support multiple application server environments
  • JDK 5 support
  • JSF support
  • Project structure flexibility
  • Refactoring

    Cons:

  • No support for application servers and frameworks released after JBuilder's release, which includes Tomcat 5.5, WebSphere 6.0, and JBoss 4.0

    Borland has since released an update pack on JBuilder 2005 that offers the integration of JBoss 4.0, two J2EE 1.4 App servers, and the Sun Java Application Server 8.0, along with Web services updates and JBoss 3.2.6.

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    Ken Sipe is the CEO and founder of Code Mentor, Inc. He provides coding, mentoring, and training in OOAD and Java technologies. In addition, Ken is an internationally recognized speaker in the field of distributed computing, speaking often at JavaOne, NFJS, and BorCon.

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    Most Recent Comments
    Peter Carr 02/09/05 04:33:46 PM EST

    I installed JBuilder 2005 Foundation on a WinXP Pro system which I already had Java 1.5 and Eclipse 3.0.1 and Eclipse 3.1M4.

    After installing JBuilder, my Eclipse wouldn't start.

    Apparently the JBuilder installer makes modifications to the registry.

    To fix the problem I had to regedit,
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment\CurrentVersion=1.5

    JBuilder installer silently changed this setting to 1.4.
    Doychin Bondzhev 01/07/05 02:01:55 AM EST

    There is now support for JBoss 4.0 which was added as part of Update 3. Also The full support for J2EE 1.4 was added with this update plus support Sun App server 8