Most Java companies--such as IBM, Oracle, SilverStream, and now Sun--have been releasing their own Web services toolkits that offer differing guidelines to build Web services using Java.

The company is expected to tout Java Studio Creator, a tool designed to lure developers away from Microsoft's easy-to-use tools, notably Visual Basic.

Sun Microsystems this week released a new version of its Java software development tool with support for Web services. Sun previously released test versions of the tool and Web services technology ...

Executives from IBM and Sun Microsystems defend their positions with respect to a common tools framework for Java. Here in Part 2, Sun's Simon Phipps has his say.

Whether you're a seasoned Java programmer or a Java neophyte, testing Java applications is important. It ensures your application does what it's supposed to. Fortunately, there are plenty of automated ...

Java tools vendors may form an organization to make Java-based IDEs more interoperable, officials at Java tools vendors confirmed on Monday. The organization, which may be called the Java Tools ...

Java developers, with their proficiency in one of the most widely used programming languages, have a wide array of tools at their disposal to tackle the challenges of Big Data.

The Java tools market is shrinking in terms of dollars “because there’s so many free good free options out there for most of the kinds of simple Java development that people need,” he said.

Most Java companies--such as IBM, Oracle, SilverStream, and now Sun--have been releasing their own Web services toolkits that offer differing guidelines to build Web services using Java.

IBM didn't join the Java Tools Community; Sun didn't join the independent Eclipse group spun off by IBM. Here, executives from the two companies defend their differing positions on the notion of a ...