JBuilder® 2008 continues to drive innovation
and deliver value to Java developers by providing an enterprise-class
IDE based on the Eclipse open source framework with support for the
leading commercial and open source Java EE 5 application servers.
Expanding on the core Java functionality provided by the Eclipse 3.3
(Europa) open source framework and Eclipse Web Tools Platform (WTP)
2.0, JBuilder 2008 includes:
- Updated application server support
- Enhancements to TeamInsight™
and ProjectAssist™ for expanded ALM tool support now including
StarTeam
- Improvements to the code coverage
and performance analysis tools including new Progress Tracker and
ProbeKit functionality
- Expanded support for code audits
and metrics within the code archeology capabilities
- An updated version of InterBase
Collaborative development
environment with integrated tracking, source code management,
project planning, and continuous builds, allowing team members
to easily monitor and manage project activity and progress.
Based on Eclipse 3.3 open source framework, and Web Tools Platform
(WTP) 2.0
In addition, CodeGear has added
a comprehensive set of user interface construction tools enabling
developers to rapidly create sophisticated Java Swing applications
with full bi-directional editing capabilities while maintaining 100%
synchronization between the code and visual design at all times.
Introducing Application Factories
- game changing technology that dramatically reduces the complexity
of real world Java development The JBuilder 2008
story doesn't end with a few new features or a handful of improvements;
CodeGear has reinvented the Java IDE with the introduction of Application
Factories.
Application Factories offers a new
approach to software development and code reuse which can best be
described as an application-centric methodology. This innovative development
metaphor, and the associated collection of tools which are now part
of JBuilder 2008, allows developers to focus more
on the nature and purpose of the application, and less on the underlying
platform, framework, and technologies being used.
Supporting Application Factories,
JBuilder 2008 has a collection of tools to record
the developer's intent as an application is being created so that
the workings of the code can be easily ascertained at a later date.
And while Application Factories will certainly yield higher levels
of productivity during the development of an application, one of the
biggest benefits may come when that application has to be modified
or enhanced, which frequently is long after the original thought behind
the application can be captured, or maybe even after the original
developer is available to work on the project again.
This is because the metadata created
by the Application Factories tool sets, which stays attached to the
code when it is created, can be opened by any subsequent developer
to understand the context and purpose of code snippets, methods, and
classes which are part of the application.
JBuilder 2008 comes
with pre-built application modules including end-to-end data-aware
Web application modules for Struts 2, Spring MVC, and JSF, an e-commerce
application module, and template application modules for PetStore
and Book Store.
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