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Updated: The new release of Sun"s visual development environment allows users to develop Java applications on Mac OS X, Windows XP and Solaris for deployment on any platform compatible with the Java 2 Standard Edition.
As Apple begins a major push to win developers over to the next major update to Mac OS X, Sun Microsystems has announced an update to its Java Studio Creator tool designed to lure more Mac developers toward its programming language.
Formerly known as Project Rave, Java Studio Creator is a visual development environment for rapid creation of Java applications, typically used for custom development work in business. It provides a visual development environment, as well as support for JavaServer Faces, JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) Rowsets, and APIs for XML-based Web services.
The latest release of Java Studio Creator, dubbed 2004Q2, allows users to develop Java applications on Mac OS X, Windows XP and Solaris (either SPARC or x86 versions), for deployment on any platform compatible with the Java 2 Standard Edition. The product, which also adds support for simplified Chinese and Japanese languages, is available as part of the Sun Java Developers Network subscription, priced at $99 per year.
"Apple has been an important partner on the Java platform, and Mac OS X supports a thriving Java developer community," said Jim Inscore, group product marketing manager for corporate developer tools at Sun. "We think the ease of use of both OS X and Java Studio Creator makes us an ideal offering for the OS X developer community."
Inscore added that the popularity of the Mac internally had also aided the release, as "many of the Project Rave engineers are active Mac users."
Java application development on the Mac has enjoyed something of a renaissance since the release of Mac OS X, which brought support for Java up to date compared with previous versions of the operating system and included a Java Development Kit as standard.
Over the past year, several significant Java-based Mac applications have been launched, including versions of ThinkFree Office and Servoy Developer, a database rapid application development environment built entirely in Java.
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