Sun released its Sun JavaTM Studio Creator under a new subscription model that offers the software free when users subscribe to the SunSM Developer Network program at a cost of USD$99 per developer per year. Designed for skilled developers, Sun Java Studio Creator is a visual development tool capable of rapid delivery of business-critical applications.

Sun Java Studio Creator is the first pure JavaTM technology visual development tool and is part of a comprehensive develop/debug/deploy solution that includes the Sun JavaTM System Application Server 8, Platform Edition as a target development and deployment platform. It also includes the JavaTM 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SETM) Software Development Kit (SDK).

Key features:

• Data aware user interface components that automatically connect to data sources dragged onto them, providing quick visual access to SQL queries.
• Simple event-driven coding model enabling developers to focus on business logic and hiding infrastructure details.
• Visual Web Services consumption for easy access to Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA).
• Ability to visually create JavaTM 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EETM) 1.3 technology compatible Web applications that run on any Web or application server supporting JavaServer PagesTM (JSPTM) 1.2 software.
• Intuitive page navigation design, allowing visual connection creation between pages and defining navigation cases through simple rules.

Currently, the Sun Java Studio Creator is available on the SolarisTM Operating System (Solaris OS), Windows and Linux platforms. A version for Mac OS X will be made available as a free download under a Sun Developer Network subscription that will be included with the purchase of an Apple 15- or 17-inch PowerBook.

"Java Studio Creator is the culmination of a strategy Sun announced last year at the JavaOneSM conference to address the market for corporate developers -- a hot, high-growth market," said John Loiacono, executive vice president of Software at Sun. "Sun is setting the pace in the Java technology market, delivering an unbeatable value by offering innovative tools, updates and comprehensive support forums, all for an incredibly low subscription price."

Lead system engineer Dick Wall at Siemens Company's New Energy Associates, attributed his company's ability to designate its server-side developers on to higher-level application issues and integration of diverse components, to Java technology and its recent innovations.

"Java Studio Creator has the potential to significantly accelerate the development of future Web user interfaces, which can take up to one-third of the time on our projects," Wall said. "The product will also let us rapidly develop cross-platform GUIs, which until now have been too expensive and complex."

For more information on Sun Java Studio Creator, visit: http://sun.com/jscreator [...read more...]

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