Re: What Java tools/application should I use for this... pls help..

> Do you know how JDeveloper compared to JBuilder ?

JDeveloper was completly re-written for the 9i release - today, there is no Borland code left in JDeveloper.

How do they compare?
Price
JDeveloper $995 - or free if you get the Oracle Application Server Borland JBuilder - ~$3,500 for a new one - and around 1800 each time you want to upgrade.

Functionality that JDeveloper has and JBuilder is missing - Visual JSP editing
Visual XML Schema
UML Class Modeling with forward engineering (Borland only does reverse)
UML Use Case and Activity diagrams (Borland will try to sell you TogetherJ for this $$$$$)
DB development (PL/SQL editing/debugging, publish Stored procedures as Web services and more).
And many other small things.

But the biggest difference for JDeveloper is the Oracle ADF - do a simple test try to develp a JSP application like this one in JBuilder and see how much more code you end up writing - http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/jdev/collateral/papers/10g/reviewer/viewlets/reviewer_bc4j_viewlet_swf.html http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/jdev/collateral/papers/10g/reviewer/viewlets/reviewer_jsp_viewlet_swf.html

Get JDev at : http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/jdev/ Received on Mon Aug 09 2004 - 12:39:51 CDT