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Europa eclipses Callisto in Friday's overhaul

The Eclipse framework and 20 of its applications will be updated at the end of this week when Europa replaces Callisto. Read more »

NetBeans gets Groovy with Coyote

The open source Java IDE now has support for scripting languages thanks to a new project. Read more »

IBM's Rational cooks up Java plan

IBM's software group is getting ready to unveil a Java development tool, the fruit of its acquisition of Rational Software, that promises to make it easier for programmers to build custom business applications. Read more »

Developer Interview: James Gosling

Take a look at Sun Microsystems' recently relaunched Java developer Web site, and you'll see something new: a picture of James Gosling. Read more »

Sun's McNealy swings at rivals

Scott McNealy, the Sun Microsystems chief executive who has become something of a punching bag as his company fights back to profitability, threw some punches of his own on Tuesday. Read more »

AJAX sets off tools race

The growing popularity of interactive Web sites has set off a race among software companies, each pitching their own development toolkit. Read more »

Open source: The newest competitive tool

A few years ago, releasing once-secret source code to the public would have been a highly unusual first move for a company with a newly acquired software product line. Read more »

Flash to jump beyond the browser

Adobe Systems is working on software meant to blur the line between the Web and desktop PCs. Read more »

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Setting up a simple Web service using Java

Web services form the basis for machine interoperability over a network. This guide aims to provide an insight into quickly setting up and deploying a simple Web service using Java, Eclipse, Apache Tomcat and Axis2. Read more »

IBM gets Rational with open source

Big Blue's tools division is expected to detail its plans for using software from the open source project Eclipse to make its products better integrated and to accelerate development. Read more »

Three tools that make Java code review painless

Reviewing and optimising code is a task no developer is too keen on. Use these tools to help automate the process as much as possible. Read more »

Make Java code review painless and effective

Java code analysers can take the pain out of time-intensive code reviews and help you optimise code when you're under the gun. See what these top tools can do for your development process. Read more »

Review: Java Development from Linux to Mac

Local tech writer, Ben Stringer reviews the move from a Linux development environment for Java to one with an Apple PowerMac G5. Read more »

Automate your Java testing with Agitator 3.0

The latest version of Agitar's automatic testing tool aims to make test generation of your Java code automatic. In this review we take the latest version of Agitator out for a spin. Read more »

IBM to Sun: free Java

Big Blue heavyweight Bob wants Sun's Java to be open-sourced and ultimately turned into a standard. Read more »

Deliver RSS content with JSP and JavaScript

You can generate RSS feeds for your JSP-based web site easily. We'll show you how. Read more »

Creating an Advanced JSF graphical component

In the second part of our series on Java ServerFaces (JSF) we take a look at how to create an advanced JSF graphical component. Read more »

Totally RAD: we road test five IDEs

Builder AU technical editor, David McAmis gets down and dirty with the most popular IDE's to see how they they stack up as Rapid Application Development (RAD) tools. Read more »

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Adobe lead charge for a Java SWT port to Apple's Cocoa

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- Reports out of Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference this week indicate a port of Java SWT(Standard Widget Toolkit) to Mac OS X Cocoa is being readied. Read more »

DB2 Viper Gets A Gong

David McAmis [blogs:theneteffect] -- New DB2 tools enhance the developer experience. Read more »

CodeGear Q&A

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- CodeGear is the new name for Borland's developer tools business. Builder AU spoke to CodeGear about the handover and direction of the developer tools business under the new banner. Read more »

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