A veteran Java developer takes the Java Standard Edition 6 beta for a test drive and declares it has the potential to be revolutionary to the desktop.
by Eric Bruno
February 27, 2006
he recently released Java Standard Edition 6 (Java SE 6, a.k.a. Mustang) beta is feature complete and stable enough for mainstream evaluation. I downloaded and test drove the release in its first week of availability and came away particularly impressed with the new desktop features. Besides sporting the new naming convention for all Java platforms (the "2" has been dropped), it has been improved with many new features that are worth exploring. The improvements can be broken down into two categories: desktop and core.
The desktop improvements focus mainly on user interface (UI) performance and native OS desktop integration. The core improvements focus mainly on improving developer productivity and Java application management. Sun's Mustang team also put significant effort towards Web services support and security improvements.
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