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"Project Rave" Beta Released

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the look-of-things-to-come dept.

Glenn Holmer writes "The long-awaited beta of Sun Java Studio Creator (the IDE formerly known as Project Rave) has been released. This is the product that is supposed to make Java development easy (especially for web apps) by using drag and drop technology. It is based on NetBeans and uses JavaServer Faces technology."

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  1. Re:Limited functionality, high price? by the+eric+conspiracy · · Score: 4, Informative

    No one I know uses Java Server Feces. Does anyone in here?

    JSF has just recently been released. It's an important new technology that brings J2EE UI development up to snuff with many of the ideas MS used in .Net. While it isn't in wide use right now, it will be integrated into frameworks like Struts etc. over the next year or so, making it part of the standard J2EE toolkit.

  2. Re:OS X by Arkham · · Score: 5, Informative

    I recently asked James Gosling ("father of Java" and head of Sun's tools development group) about this very issue when I attended a speech he gave in Atlanta. He was demoing on a Powerbook so I thought it was an apt question.

    He said all of Sun's tools run on Macs, and indeed many of their developers used Macs on a daily basis. He said that they really need to work on Mac installers, and hopefully the situation would improve over time.

    If anyone has influence over this, it's Gosling. If you're interested in seeing Mac tools, email him and let him know.

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    - Vincit qui patitur.