Oracle delivers simplified Java tools The company releases JDeveloper 10g with a "framework" to simplify services-oriented Java development, in an effort to take market share from IBM and BEA Systems.

A standard Java class-based API is also available that exposes M7s data persistence, data validation and data caching layers to direct developer control.

The company said it's readying a "technical preview" of Project Rave for this quarter; Sun VP Joe Keller cited rival Microsoft's Visual Basic as an influence on Sun's rapid development tool ...

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During a teleconference, Sun Java executives sketched out a plan-expected to be unveiled at the upcoming JavaOne show-to provide simplified developer tools aimed at enabling an entirely new class ...

The latest version of Java, Java 18, is now available, with nine new approved enhancements. A Simple Web Server is now available in Java 18, and it can be used for prototyping and testing purposes ...

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Pivotal Software, Inc. today announced Pivotal Spring Runtime, a comprehensive support package for Java environments.

Sun chief welcomes a battle with 'over-complex' Windows. Java will bring much-needed competition to Microsoft, and reverse the trend toward increasingly complex clients, delegates at Internet ...