Yesterday Sun won awards in four categories of the annual Dr. Dobb's Journal Jolt Awards. These awards recognize the most innovative, trend-making and ahead-of-the-curve development products the industry has to offer.
NetBeans 5.5 was awarded a Jolt Award in the "Best Development Environment" category, while the Sun Developer Network was recognized as the "Best Web Sites/Developer Network." In addition, NetBeans was recognized as a Productivity Winner in the "Collaboration Tools" category; NetBeans Mobility Pack and Sun Java Wireless Toolkit as a Productivity Winner in the "Mobile Development Tools" category; and NetBeans Visual Web Pack as a Productivity Winner in the "Web Development" category.
You can check the Jolt Award announcment here:
CMP Technology Announces Winners of the 17th Annual Jolt Product Excellence & Productivity Awards
Overall, these awards are great wins for NetBeans and SDN! Congratulations to the teams!!!