Ten software vendors, including Sun Microsystems Inc., BEA Systems Inc. and Oracle Corp. on Tuesday announced the Java Tools Community (JTP), an organization devoted to improving interoperability ...

Update: The Java creator seeks to gain ground on rivals with the Sun ONE Web Services Platform, a bundle of new tools and a plan to simplify Java programming.

The company releases JDeveloper 10g with a "framework" to simplify services-oriented Java development, in an effort to take market share from IBM and BEA Systems.

BEA Systems announced a new tool aimed at easing the development of Java-based Web services applications, but the software only supports its own application server platform.

But the new Java Platform Module System features need development tools to really take advantage of them. Here is where several key Java development tools stand in their modularity support.

January 30, 2006—Ajax (asynchronous JavaScript and XML) programming figures prominently in a free upgrade of the Sun Java Studio Creator developer tool being released by Sun Microsystems.

Oracle has revamped its development tools with support for the latest Java and Web services standards. The database software company has released Oracle9i JDeveloper version 9.0.3, a revised ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. has killed two of its Java tools, Java Workshop and Java Studio, and is expected to replace them by buying a tools company within the next few weeks, say sources close to the ...

One way to cut through marketing hype when evaluating Java Web application tools is to look back at basic Java Web development tools and see where the new tool takes you from there. Adding new tools ...

There are a number of great Java build tools from which to choose when working on enterprise projects. But for those looking for the best Java build tool around, Maven makes a great deal of sense.