Paul Krill
Editor at Large

BEA touts folder feature in tools update

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Dec 4, 20061 min

Company's Workshop Studio 3.3 is released

BEA Systems on Monday is launching its BEA Workshop Studio 3.3 developer tools platform, featuring Web Folder Mapping.

Although the platform upgrade is considered minor by BEA, the company is highlighting Web Folder Mapping. This feature allows developers to assemble source files in a folder organization that matches the needs of a development team, not in a structure required by the server or IDE, said Bill Roth, vice president of the Workshop group at BEA. The same feature is known as “split development directory” in BEA’s WebLogic Server application server.

Productivity is key to version 3.3.

“The simple read is that this is an update that will better allow companies who have large development staffs and are working on large code bases to be more productive,” Roth said in an e-mail.

Other improvements in version 3.3 include:

* Inclusion of the Eclipse Web Tools Platform 1.5.2, which is a bug fix release.  Formerly, Web Tools Project 1.5.1 was offered.

* An upgrade from the the Kodo 4.0 persistence engine to Kodo 4.1.

* Support for the Spring 2.0 Java framework.

* Support for opening .tld and .tag files located in Java Archive files.

* Minor bug fixes and general improvements.

Paul Krill

Paul Krill is editor at large at InfoWorld. Paul has been covering computer technology as a news and feature reporter for more than 35 years, including 30 years at InfoWorld. He has specialized in coverage of software development tools and technologies since the 1990s, and he continues to lead InfoWorld’s news coverage of software development platforms including Java and .NET and programming languages including JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, and Go. Long trusted as a reporter who prioritizes accuracy, integrity, and the best interests of readers, Paul is sought out by technology companies and industry organizations who want to reach InfoWorld’s audience of software developers and other information technology professionals. Paul has won a “Best Technology News Coverage” award from IDG.

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