Sun Java Studio Enterprise 8.1 is the enterprise development platform from Sun for the Java Enterprise System 5, which are also used for deploying Sun's SOA-enabled Web services. Sun claims that Java Studio Enterprise 8.1 is ideal tool for developing, debugging, testing, deploying, and tuning enterprise applications, Web services, and portal components.
Java Studio Enterprise 8.1 supports Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE platform) 1.4 and integrates the NetBeans 5.0 IDE. NetBeans 5.0 offers a rich set of features with which you can create state-of-the-art Java applications, including stand-alone, Web-tier, mobile, and J2EE applications. To learn the advantages of NetBeans 5.0 and higher versions visit NetBeans website.
Also, NetBeans 5.0 supports application development on the J2EE 1.4 Platform and deployment to Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 8.2, as well as deployment to the WebLogic 9 and JBoss 4 containers. Note that Application Server 8.2 comes bundled with the
Java Studio Enterprise 8.1 delivers the following capabilities over Netbeans 5.0:
- Integrated modeling with Unified Modeling Language (UML)
- Instant developer collaboration
- Portlet Builder
- Java Application Verification Kit
- Sample blueprints for J2EE applications
- Deployment to WebSphere 6.0
Also visit this link to see a visual demo of these features online and if you are a SDN member then you can download java studio for free..
