Sun gave itself a mighty challenge when it set out to create a Java IDE that lets you build Web applications visually with all the ease and convenience of Visual Studio or ColdFusion. Despite some issues with this early access version, Java Studio Creator might actually live up to its billing.
A. Russell Jones, Executive Editor
April 29, 2004
hen it first announced the nascent product then known as Project Rave, Sun said Java Studio Creator would be the carrot to finally attract corporate developers to Java. It would be a Visual Basic-like drag-and-drop development environment, and it would attract not only current Java developers, by simplifying Web development tasks, but also developers from organizations that want to move their applications off of one-platform .NET and into cross-platform-capable Java.
Jim Inscore, Product Marketing Manager for Java Studio Creator (Creator) says Sun targets the tool at corporate developers who need to:
build Web (especially intranet) applications quickly
prefer to work with a visual design tool, are currently using ASP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, or another tool
need access to databases
Judging by the early access version, released to the public earlier this month, Sun has taken this mission to heart. Java Studio Creator is slick and flexible, standards-based, easy-to-use, has a built in application server and relational database server, and outputs standard J2EE and JSP code.
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hen it first announced the nascent product then known as Project Rave, Sun said Java Studio Creator would be the carrot to finally attract corporate developers to Java. It would be a Visual Basic-like drag-and-drop development environment, and it would attract not only current Java developers, by simplifying Web development tasks, but also developers from organizations that want to move their applications off of one-platform .NET and into cross-platform-capable Java.
