Sun Plans VB-Like Tools For Java

CokoBWare writes "Sun apparently is trying to create a more VB-like experience for developer. This article from E-Week explains Sun's strategy in providing more VBesque tools for the Java developer. Can anyone say "Good luck Sun, and all the best"?"

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Re:Umm... why?

[a hollow voice]

Having worked in a VB shop during college while studying Java in class, I'd say one of the big reasons people use VB in a business environment is because of the relatively quick turnaround for GUI apps. There are lots of apps that get developed in certain business environments solely as simple data front-ends because the people working with the data are non-technical and need a nice interface, but the app is only expected to be needed for a few months, or maybe even weeks, so a full development cycle in a more robust language really isn't practical. What you toss together in VB may not be as efficient or elegant as it could have been, but it generally does what it needs to do and gets done fast.

Sure Java can do a nice flexible cross-platform (in theory, anyway) GUI front end, but even setting aside the performance issues of Swing, it generally takes a good bit more time to set up than a comparable VB interface.