Gregory Smith

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Originally posted by kkyim:
I am new in this area, can anyone explain the difference among VAJ, WebSphere Studio, Websphere Studio Application Developer and Websphere Studio Site Developer.

Thanks


I had pretty much the same question under the topic "Eclipse Fog". See the answers at:
http://www.javaranch.com/ubb/Forum12/HTML/000364.html
I hope that helps.

Originally posted by Kyle Brown:
Unfortunately, you might be waiting a while. I don't think they've announced the dates for the linux versions of WSAD...
Kyle


Why is that? Eclipse is there for Linux and so is Websphere Studio Workbench and since it's all written as Java plug-ins anyway (using IBM's SWT instead of Swing) why does it take longer for the Linux version of WSAD? Is just a matter of testing in the Linux environment and creating the startup scripts and such?
I was also wondering about the price. Since the currently available code for Windows is preview code only and the download page states that the final product will be available for purchase soon. Can you tell me what sort of price tag it will carry -- just a ballpark figure?
Many thanks for any information you can provide.

Thanks for the info, Kyle. It appears that WSAD is what I'm looking for, that is assuming that a Linux version is on its way.
(Either that or cough up the three grand for JBuilder 6 Enterprise.)
Hmmm. JBuilder 6 Enterprise Edition lists for only $2,999.00. No problem. I'll just take out a second mortgage on the ole homestead.
I've been looking for a reasonably priced (or free) IDE for Linux that supports J2EE. It should automate the process of creating EJBs, Servlets, JSPs, etc.
I was impressed with what little I've seen of Borland's JBuilder, but choked on the price at nearly $3K. Their Enterprise Studio, fully loaded is over $5K. They must think we're all millionaires!
I've been reading about IBM's Eclipse project, so I visited their web site to download it. The first time I visited however, they didn't have anything to download and instead directed me to join their PartnerWorld for Developers to download WebSphere Studio Workbench (WSW). I balked at the license agreement the first time around, but eventually went back and downloaded it.
In the mean time, the Eclipse site made Release 1.0 available for download. I downloaded it, too, and installed it. The contents of the .zip files for Eclipse and WSW look very similar. Can anyone tell me the difference?
I've run Eclipse, but it appears very barebones. It insists on opening Netscape to browse its help documents (there doesn't appear to be a way to configure which browser it uses) and I have to kill and reopen Netscape for each new document. It doesn't appear to have any J2EE support.
Now I'm seeing reports of Websphere Studio Application Developers (WSAD). To get this one needs to register for yet another IBM group. I have registered, but have been thus far unable to find a way to download the Linux version. Maybe it's not ready yet. In any case it (and the Windows version) are labelled as Previews only and apparently IBM will charge for the final release. Is this correct?
Can anyone briefly outline for me the differences (i.e., functionality, features, price, etc.) between Eclipse, WSW, and WSAD?

[This message has been edited by Gregory Smith (edited November 13, 2001).]
Please see my previous post in this forum:
http://www.javaranch.com/ubb/Forum12/HTML/000340.html
The last I remember Kawa was up to version 5.0. Where did you find version 4.0?
The Microsoft marketing mavens have assembled a powerful set of benchmarks and analyses comparing .NET with J2EE. Even if their figures were only half-true, a typical IT manager would find them hard to resist.
You can find them at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/net/compare/default.asp
Of course Sun and the JCP have not had time yet to respond, but it would appear that Microsoft has opened fire with a devastating broadside in what must be the beginning of the Web Services War.
Comments?
There is an excellent article entitled, "Web Services, Java and .NET" by Ganesh Prasad, on the LinuxToday site that everyone here should read.
You can find it at: http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-10-28-003-20-OP-LF-MS
Macromedia who purchased Allaire who bought Kawa from Tek-tools (and then tripled the price), is now discontinuing it.
Kawa was a great tool in it's time, although I stopped using it when I switched to Linux because they never came out with a Linux version even though many of us begged them to.
It would be great if they would open source it, but I doubt if that will happen. Macromedia apparently has a deal to push WebGain's VisualCafe and these are not known as open-source-friendly companies.
They do have a special offer to purchase WebGain's VisualCafe Enterprise Edition for $995. Can anyone tell me if that is a good deal and also do they offer a Linux version?
See more on this at: http://www.macromedia.com/software/kawa
The stub class could be downloaded to the client if you are using Code Mobility. For information on Code Mobility see chapter 9 of java.rmi by Esmond Pitt and Kathleen McNiff.
22 years ago
The Java Debug Interface is a package from Sun (com.sun.jdi) that is part of the Java Platform Debugger Architecture in J2SE. From the JavaDoc API documentation (see your J2SE's jdk directory docs/guide/jpda/jdi/index.html):
"The JavaTM Debug Interface (JDI) is a high level Java API providing information useful for debuggers and similiar systems needing access to the running state of a (usually remote) virtual machine."
However, I really think you must be thinking of the JNDI -- Java Naming and Directory Interface. I've never taken the J2EE certification exam, but I would expect that it's the JNDI that would be considered important, not the JDI.
Because J2EE is concerned with distributed objects, it must have a way to look up objects by name. JNDI is the lookup API specified for J2EE.
Thanks. Unfortunately Troy Brian Downing's book is out of print. I ordered "Java.RMI" by Esmond Pitt, et al. instead. It seemed to have pretty good ratings on Amazon.
I read somewhere that another RMI book was due out at the end of October, but I didn't want to wait that long.
22 years ago
I am currently doing the RMI on-line tutorial at http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/rmi/, but I would really like a good book on RMI.
What's the best book for learning RMI?
22 years ago