It’s hard to study two programming languages when they both suck most of my brain juices. On the red corner — Java; on the blue corner — .NET. W00t! It feels like Pacquiao and Morales boxing in my head. I can’t seem to grasp everything that I do in Java GUI when I turn my back to .NET… and vice versa. What’s irritating is that I have to learn advance Swing components in Java to make my Java machine problem as interactive as possible. I just can’t ignore it because I might suffer the consequences later. On the other hand I have to learn more .NET because my group is jumpstarting an ASP.NET 2.0 web app for our thesis. How ironic that my specialization is Java but my thesis is built on .NET. It feels good to be a multilingual programmer but what’s the point when you can’t master one? Beats me like hell. Who needs a jack of all trades these days. I certainly have to forfeit one of them later on to raise my standards. Will it be Java or .NET… I don’t know yet. It’s a though choice. To make matters worse, I have to continue mastering PHP regardless of Java or .NET because I love open source. Crap… my brain is bleeding! x_x
Archive for January 27th, 2006
Friday January 27, 2006 11:14
Java Studio Creator 2.0 Released
Posted by MV as Softwares, Technology
Back in November 2005 I posted about free Java IDEs that are available for Sun Developer Network members. One of them is Java Studio Creator. It was offered as an early access version but now Studio Creator 2.0 is finally released.
What’s cool about Java Studio Creator 2.0 is that it can be used for rapid visual web application and portlet development which is almost similar to what ASP.NET 2.0 Framework and Microsoft Visual Studio IDE can do right now. After all both Java and .NET seems to head on the same direction, the web, albeit different philosophy.
From SDN website: Java Studio Creator 2 is built on NetBeans 4.1, and includes features like a new set of JavaServer Faces components, support for building JSR-168 portlets, easy access to databases, a streamlined application model, and more. From novice to expert – anyone building web applications can benefit from the high-productivity features available in Java Studio Creator 2. It’s also interesting that Java Studio Creator 2 has its own AJAX component.
Let me warn you that the system requirements for Java Studio Creator is quite demanding. You need at least 1 GB RAM in order to run this IDE smoothly in Windows, Mac OS X, Linux or Solaris. You can view the complete system requirements here. I’m running it at 512 MB RAM and I can feel that it’s quite slow. Compare that to Visual Studio 2005 which require only a minimum 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended) and you get the picture why many people say Java is slow. Different developers have their own personal bias. It’s up to you if you feel that Java is better than other programming languages.
Links:
Java Studio Creator
Quick tour of Sun Java Studio Creator 2.0