Update: The Java creator seeks to gain ground on rivals with the Sun ONE Web Services Platform, a bundle of new tools and a plan to simplify Java programming.

The company details a number of enhancements to its existing Java programming tools and discloses the name of its forthcoming tool, formerly called Project Rave.

New Java Programming Tools Employs Human-centered Design Techniques Date: June 25, 2009 Source: Carnegie Mellon University Summary: Researchers have developed two new tools to help computer ...

The company releases a test version of a programming tool aimed at luring Java developers to its .Net Web services strategy, an initiative under legal attack from Sun.

Tying programmers closer to development tools can help generate follow-on sales of Java application servers, portals, integration software and databases to run the Java applications.

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science have developed two new tools to help computer programmers select from among thousands of options within the application ...

Sun is developing the new tool in an attempt to lure corporate application developers familiar with graphical programming tools, notably Microsoft's Visual Basic. A "technology preview" of Java ...

The characteristics that distinguish these products have shifted somewhat during the last five years. While the breadth of features for Java development separated the tools in the past, the ...

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