Sun releases Java Studio Creator 2
Sun Microsystems has announced the availability of Sun Java Studio Creator 2, a tool for developing and deploying Web applications.
Irish Dev.com says this version is based on the latest NetBeans integrated development environment, providing enhancements that will help ease development of all Java standards-based applications.
The enhancements include a drag-and-drop environment for Web application and portlet development, code reuse through a more comprehensive set of JavaServer Faces technology components, and simplified access to heterogeneous data types.
Canoo`s Java mobile apps tool available
Switzerland-based Canoo Engineering has announced a new version of its tool for building rich Internet applications (RIAs) for mobile devices and thin-client terminals, reports eWeek.
Canoo says it adapted its UltraLightClient (ULC) technology to run on J2ME and J2SE clients.
ULC is a library to develop RIAs in Java. Canoo says ULC is a pure Java-based alternative to other RIA technologies such as AJAX and Macromedia Flex.
New governance tool from IBM Rational
IBM Rational Systems Developer is a new tool aimed at enabling engineers to manage their software and systems development efforts more effectively, reports eWeek.
According to IBM Rational, this new integrated development environment (IDE) supports the UML 2.0 modelling environment and code development utilities for C++, Java and CORBA.
The new IDE is able to create a visual model of a system`s software design and generate code from the design automatically.
Opera promotes mobile Web-browsing
Opera Software is offering a mini-browser that works on Java-enabled cellphones, not just smart phones and PDAs, to promote cellphone Web browsing by improving the Web-rendering abilities of cellphones.
Information Week says the Opera Mini works around the limited processing power and memory of mobile handsets. A phone`s Java client contacts a server hosted by Opera, which fetches the requested page, compresses it, and sends it back.
Although the application is free, cellphone users still need to purchase a data plan from their carriers or pay monthly data-transmission and usage fees to get Web access.
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