JBuilder 3.5 Enterprise for Windows, Solaris, and Linux

Price: $99.00
  

Product Review
Borland's JBuilder Enterprise 3.5 delivers a state-of-the-art set of tools for serious development in Java based on the Enterprise JavaBean (EJB) and CORBA standards. Designed to grow with the needs of your organization, JBuilder works with Linux, Windows NT, and Solaris, offering a host of wizards and high-end features that help make this one of most advanced tools for Java development currently available.

Because the JBuilder programming environment is itself written in Java, it runs on Linux, Windows, and Solaris. This integrated development environment features many wizards that simplify working with EJBs and CORBA (for distributed computing), plus it offers extensive support for programming with databases. Borland pioneered rapid application development with Delphi, and JBuilder benefits from this legacy of expertise. You'll find that JBuilder is an extremely capable programming tool that supports a visual component-based style of development.

The heart of this Enterprise version of JBuilder is the bundled Inprise Application (IAS) Server 4.0, which includes the industrial-strength Visigenic ORB for CORBA support. (IAS also runs across server platforms--Solaris, Linux, and Windows--so you can deploy it on whatever server hardware your organization uses.) IAS implements all the features that are available in Sun's Java 2 Enterprise Edition standard, centering on Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs), servlets and JavaServer Pages (JSPs). This combination of CORBA, EJB, and JSP support helps make JBuilder Enterprise an outstanding choice for developing today's distributed applications and Web sites.

Besides these core features, this package also bundles useful additional tools, like a database written in Java (called JDataStore), dozens of data-aware Java components in DataExpress, plus copies of other Inprise programming tools (Delphi 4 and C++Builder 4 Professional). This product includes 11 printed manuals as well as extensive online help.

With state-of-the-art support for today's Java standards and truly excellent cross-platform abilities, JBuilder Enterprise 3.5 is a top performer. Many Java programmers will consider themselves fortunate to be able to work with such a capable suite of tools. --Richard Dragan