The company releases a starter kit, which features a tutorial and development tools, to allow software developers to use Java to build and run Web services.

A number of Java tools providers, including Sun and BEA, are talking about creating a common way to share plug-ins among their different tools.

Overview Java powers apps, enterprise systems, and cloud solutions efficiently.Developers skilled in Java have high demand ...

Sun Microsystems will launch its newest Java development tool at the JavaOne conference next week and lay out plans for improvements to the Java language. The company is expected to tout Java ...

There's no be-all and end-all or one magic Java testing tool. If you want your Java projects secure, you'll need a variety of options. Check out our list of automated testing tools for Java unit ...

Java’s come a long way since its first commercial release in 1995. Perhaps the best gauge of Java’s success is the growth in Java tools over the last eight years: from the first applet ...

Java tools undergo an extreme makeover... Thanks to the influence of Eclipse's open-source tooling platform, the new face of the Java IDE will resemble a lean plug-in environment rather than the ...

Java tools vendors may form an organization to make Java-based IDEs more interoperable, officials at Java tools vendors confirmed on Monday. The organization, which may be called the Java Tools ...

Executives from IBM and Sun Microsystems defend their positions with respect to a common tools framework for Java. Here in Part 2, Sun's Simon Phipps has his say.