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Very Positive eWeek Review of Java Studio Enterprise 7

Peter Coffee of eWeek has published a very positive review of Java Studio Enterprise 7.

Sun's Java Studio Enterprise 7 is an impressively complete and smoothly integrated package for building Java applications in team environments, with unique and useful IM capabilities tailored to developers' needs. Its interaction among code and diagram views is unsurpassed.

In particular, he praised JSE's unique developer collaboration features:

Teams may become addicted to Sun's development-oriented instant messaging facility, with a syntax-aware editor and collaborative editing tools integrated into the workbench. Long listings or outputs can be sent, without the message-length restrictions that hamper lightweight IM systems.

When another developer is editing a shared file, affected lines are highlighted and guarded in other team members' windows to prevent collisions while enabling simultaneous work in different sections of the code. Sun officials promise to expand support for XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol)-based run-times; messaging security can be configured using HTTPS (HTTP Secure) and SOCKS Version 5. The system is easy to use and could quickly make converts of those who've never before found IM compelling.

Peter didn't mention all the cool developer collaboration features, so check out my developer collaboration webinar for the skinny, including a demo (the demo starts about 20 minutes in). Afterward, mosey on over to the Java Studio Enterprise 7 Try and Buy page to download a 90-day free trial.

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Posted at 07:08PM Feb 15, 2005 by Todd Fast in NetBeans  |  Comments[1]
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