Java Product News (updated August 16, 2002)

TogetherSoft acquires WebGain Studio

August 16 — TogetherSoft will assume full support of all WebGain Studio products, which include the VisualCafé Java IDE, StructureBuilder, Business Designer, and Quality Analyzer. The company will also offer WebGain customers the opportunity to migrate to TogetherSoft’s application development environment.

http://www.togethersoft.com

Whizlabs releases test simulator

August 16 — The SCEA@Whiz (Sun Certified Enterprise Architect) Certification Test Simulator from Whizlabs is now available as a trial version. It features six mock tests, revision tips, performance evaluations, and technical support.

https://www.whizlabs.com/scea/scea.html

Borland adds unit-testing tool to IDE

August 16 — Parasoft will integrate Jtest, its automated unit-testing tool for Java, with Borland Software’s Java IDE, JBuilder 7.0. Jtest automates testing practices such as white-box, black-box, and regression testing and performs static analysis to enforce coding standards.

https://www.parasoft.com/jsp/products/home.jsp?product=Jtest

https://www.borland.com/jbuilder/index.html

Metrowerks opens new development center

August 16 — A Metrowerks Wireless Development Center has opened in Austin, Texas. These centers offer developers an opportunity to test their applications on a live wireless network and on varying devices. The Austin center includes GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), and CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) networks with connectivity to the Internet and back office servers.

https://www.metrowerks.com/mw/default.htm

Softera integrates modeling tool with JBuilder

August 16 — Borland’s JBuilder 7 companion CD will now include an evaluation version of Softer’s SoftModeler Enterprise Edition. This tool offers UML modeling for Java, J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition), and EJB (Enterprise JavaBean) development.

https://www.softera.com/index.htm

18minutes available in beta

August 16 — Written in Java, The 18minutes graphical shell allows users to invoke batch commands. A tool invoked with 18minutes opens a dialog box, substitutes the entered values, and then executes.

https://www.18minutes.com/index.html

Websina enhances bug-tracking system

August 16 — Websina has added support for servlets and J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) containers to Bugzeo, its Web-based bug-tracking system. Version 1.4.1 supports Tomcat, JBoss, WebLogic, WebSphere, Oracle 9iAS, Orion Server, JRun, and Resin.

https://www.websina.com/bugzero/

Manning publishes Ant development book

August 9 — Java Development with Ant by Erik Hatcher and Steve Loughran describes powerful and creative uses for Ant. The book shows readers how to compile, test, package, and deploy an application, and presents solutions to situations common in projects such as enterprise Java applications and Web services.

https://www.manning.com/hatcher/

Advanced Systems enhances conversion tool

August 9 — Advanced Systems Concepts has released version 2.0 of its RIO (Rpg Into Objects) tool. RIO is a conversion tool for the AS/400 or iSeries that automatically converts RPG into C++ programs or Java classes. Version 2 uses IBM’s Web Facing tool to create JavaServer Pages (JSPs) in place of the display files.

https://www.asc-iseries.com/rio.htm

ObjectAssembler 2.0 now available

August 2 — ObjectAssembler is ObjectVenture’s visual Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) development environment. Version 2.0 supports J2EE 1.3 and Struts, and provides real-time synchronization between an application’s visual representation and its source code.

http://www.objectventure.com

VisiComp releases RetroVue 1.1

August 2 — VisiComp has updated its RetroVue debugger tool to version 1.1. RetroVue graphically displays the state, execution, and thread interactions of Java programs so developers can trace bugs back to their root. Version 1.1 features a command-line launcher, a GUI (graphical user interface) launcher, and save/load capabilities.

http://www.visicomp.com

Tangosol improves Coherence’s clustering capabilities

August 2 — Tangosol has added distributed caching and automatic cluster restart capabilities to Coherence 1.2. The tool adds clustering to any Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) server.

https://www.tangosol.com/products-clustering.jsp

Visual Numerics combines IMSL with Java

July 26 — Visual Numerics has released JMSL 2.0, mathematical, statistical, and charting classes written for Java. JMSL combines the mathematical and statistical functionality of the IMSL set of algorithms with Java, allowing developers to create network applications that perform complex data analysis and visualization across multiple groups or regions.

https://www.vni.com/products/imsl/jmsl.html

Websina zeroes in on bugs

July 26 — Bugzero from Websina is a Web-based bug and defect tracking system written in Java. Version 1.4 includes a GUI (graphical user interface)-based setup program.

http://www.websina.com/bugzero

RemoteApps introduces testing framework

July 26 — RA TestHarness is a Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) testing framework from RemoteApps. The tool tests individual software units of code through standard class tests.

http://portal.remoteapps.com/ratestharness

Amber Archer updates class library

July 26 — San Jacinto 1.9.1, Amber Archer’s latest Java class library, includes a re-architected XML-to-Java binding layer. This version also fixes the previous library’s bugs.

http://www.amberarcher.org/products/san_jacinto

Covont launches Web framework for Java

July 26

— Covont Software has released Advanced Application Platform 1.0, an event-driven Web application framework for Java application servers. Built on top of the Java Servlets API, the platform is compatible with most app servers.

https://www.covont.com/product/overview.jsp