Oracle delivers simplified Java tools 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.

A standard Java class-based API is also available that exposes M7s data persistence, data validation and data caching layers to direct developer control.

The company said it's readying a "technical preview" of Project Rave for this quarter; Sun VP Joe Keller cited rival Microsoft's Visual Basic as an influence on Sun's rapid development tool ...

During a teleconference, Sun Java executives sketched out a plan-expected to be unveiled at the upcoming JavaOne show-to provide simplified developer tools aimed at enabling an entirely new class ...

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The latest version of Java, Java 18, is now available, with nine new approved enhancements. A Simple Web Server is now available in Java 18, and it can be used for prototyping and testing purposes ...

Java's long-term appeal was to offer a 'utility model' of computing, with a simple and rigidly-defined client. 'In the utility model the complexities of a system are handled by people paid to do it.