The Symantec Internet Tools Division pioneered the
Java development tools market by delivering the first integrated development environment (IDE) for Java in March 1996 and has been the #1 selling Java application environment for three years running.
Aviva for Java 2.00, replete with programming and customization options, provides full support of JavaBeans as well as other industry-standard
Java development tools and API's such as OHIO (the emerging Application Programming Interface for terminal emulation), Eicon's Aviva Class Library (ACL), and Eicon's Page API, a unique scripting tool that enables automation via HTML pages.
Stanek says the product is more customizable than Windows-based
Java development tools. He says it also gives third-party developers the ability to build add-on modules to NetBeans to enhance its capabilities.
NetBeans Inc, a
Java development tools specialist, is a Silicon Valley type company in the middle of Central Europe.
Further down the road, Progress will enhance its Apptivity
Java development tool to combine with the open application server to form one common application server currently code-named Vader and due late 1999 or early 2000.
The bundle, called Bea WebPak, will consist of Symantec's Visual Cafe
Java development tool, Bea's Jolt Java client and Weblogic Java application server.
IBM is adding support for Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) to its VisualAge for
Java development tool and WebSphere Java application server.
Details of the first of such bundles began to trickle out yesterday when the RedWood City, California-based database supplier announced the shipment of the beta version of JDeveloper 2.0, its visual
Java development tool. As well as offering tight integration with Oracle8i and Oracle Application Server 4.0, the company said the software also includes enhanced support for Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) and Java servlets.
While Sun has made some money from Java licenses, it has missed out on big opportunities to sell lucrative
Java development tools and middleware servers.<p>Sun remains, at its heart, a hardware company; Oracle sells software.<p>To some extent, Sun's failure to cash in on Java has helped it remain a neutral steward of the technology, but that dynamic will change under Oracle.
Nokia said that it plans to donate several components of its existing
Java development tools technology as well as actively develop new software to introduce tools for the creation of both MIDP (Mobile Information Device Profile) and CDC (Connected Device Configuration) based mobile Java applications.
BlackBerry Enterprise Server v4.0 provides an enhanced browser and
Java development tools that enable developers to easily create and deploy applications for BlackBerry.