IBM WebSphere App Server 7 Feature Pack for OSGi and JPA 2.0 Open Beta If you're running IBM WebSphere Application Server, download the Feature Pack for OSGi Applications and JPA 2.0. You'll get implementations of the OSGi Blueprint service specification and Java EE 6 JPA 2.0, and you can choose to assemble, deploy and manage applications as a collection of versioned OSGi bundles.

Developing Game-Changing Applications with JavaFX Technology Find out how Sun used JavaFX technology to develop two rich client applications for the Vancouver Organizing Committee for Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC)—and to deliver them on a tight schedule. It's all in this free white paper.

Open-Source Java SDK for VMware vCloud API VMware has announced the availability of Java open-source SDKs for the VMware vCloud API, making it easier for developers to leverage VMware vCloud services. The open-source client libraries and tools for this release are now available from cloud software resources including Dasein, jCloud and LibCloud.

Oracle JDBC Logging Using java.util.logging A recent Oracle white paper describes in detail how to use the standard Java log mechanism, java.util.logging, with Oracle JDBC drivers.

Dig Your Own Hole: 12 Ways to Go Wrong With Java Security Fortify, a company specializing in software security, offers a webcast that describes 12 common Java security pitfalls.

JFileDownload - Java downloader JFileDownload is a file and folder downloader applet working with either FTP or HTTP. It can resume broken transfer and skip/overwrite duplicate downloads. It allows selecting target folder before download, displaying a progress bar with transfer rate and optionally redirecting after successful download.

JNode JNode is a simple to use and install Java operating system for personal use on modern devices.

Maximizing Your Java Application Development While Java helps in fulfilling the promise of "write once, use anywhere," there are practical concerns developers need to address in developing their code.

Download DrJava DrJava is a lightweight development environment for writing Java programs. It is designed primarily for students, providing an intuitive interface and the ability to interactively evaluate Java code. It also includes powerful features for more advanced users. DrJava is available for free under the BSD License, and it is under active development by the JavaPLT group at Rice University.

JavaRebel released JavaRebel is a JVM plugin (-javaagent) that enables you to see changes to your code immediately, without the need to redeploy an application or perform a container restart.

Java Print Dialog Framework version 2.1 released Soft Frame Works has recently released the Java Print Dialog Framework version 2.1. The JPDF provides a comprehensive printing capability for Java.

Skyway Builder, Community Edition As the open source version of Skyway Builder, Community Edition (CE) provides code generation and scaffolding capabilities for developers looking to accelerate their delivery of Spring-based web applications.

Maximizing Your Java Application Development Learn how you can get the most out of your Java code. Download the eBook now--free and easy Internet.com registration required.

Eclipse: Java EE Applications Made Easy, sponsored by IBM Discover why Eclipse is the best framework for developing Java EE applications and learn how you can build the high quality enterprise applications in the shortest amount of time. Get the eBook now--free and easy Internet.com registration required.

JavaFX Mobile JavaFX is the best way to bring feature-rich content to mobile devices. JavaFX Mobile runs directly on Java ME to combine the mobile experience with a capable feature-set available across the broadest number of devices.

Project Looking Glass Project Looking Glass is an open source development project built upon Sun Microsystems' advanced technology project. It supports running unmodified existing applications in a 3D space, as well as APIs for 3D window manager and application development. For now, existing integration is supported for Solaris x86 and the Linux platforms. The library is available for Linux, Solaris and Windows.

The Java Developer’s Guide to Web Development Frameworks Java developers today have many choices for web development frameworks. To help you decide which is best for your web development projects, this guide introduces you to the leading open source frameworks: JavaServer Faces, Spring, Struts, Tapestry, and Wicket. Free download with simple registration.

iBATIS Java 2.3.4 The iBATIS Data Mapper framework makes it easier to use a database with Java and .NET applications. iBATIS couples objects with stored procedures or SQL statements using an XML descriptor.

Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 11 This release provides a new Java Plug-in that combines features of applet and Java Web Start technologies, a new Direct3D pipeline for Microsoft platforms, an updated documentation bundle, and more.

JavaFX 1.0 SDK The JavaFX 1.0 Software Development Kit (SDK) contains libraries and supporting documentation for developing JavaFX applications.

JavaFX 1.0 Production Suite JavaFX 1.0 Production Suite is a set of tools that enables designers and developers to work independently on graphics and application logic to produce rich Internet applications (RIAs).

Eclipse: Java EE Applications Made Easy With the latest release of Eclipse, you can get the most up-to-date components of the Eclipse framework which will speed your development of Java EE applications. Discover why Eclipse is the best framework for developing Java EE applications and why with the addition of Rational tools built on top of Eclipse, you can build the best quality enterprise applications in the shortest amount of time. Sponsored by IBM

Java SE Development Kit (JDK) 6 Java SE Development Kit 6u10 First Customer Ship

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IBM Data Studio (IBM Data Studio Administration Console) IBM Data Studio is an integrated database development and management environment.

WebSphere MQ 6.0 WebSphere MQ Client for Java

NetBeans IDE 6.1 with JavaFX See JavaFX technology in action. This download installs the JavaFX SDK, NetBeans IDE 6.1 and plugins for JavaFX tools.

Trial download: WebSphere MQ 2.0.0.1 WebSphere MQ internet pass-thru makes the passage of MQSeries channel protocols into and out of a firewall simpler and more manageable.

WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 2.1.0.0 IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition is a lightweight Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) application server built on Apache Geronimo technology.

Trial download: Lotus Symphony 1 Lotus Symphony is a set of applications for creating, editing, and sharing word processing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.

Java SE Development Kit (JDK) 6 The Java SE Development Kit (JDK) includes the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and command-line development tools, such as compilers and debuggers, that are necessary or useful for developing applets and applications.

eBook: Maximizing Your Java App Development This eBook will help you understand issues such as porting from another language, working in the best IDE or optimizing for today's multi-core computing environments. Get the most out of your Java code.

eBook: The Road to Ruby Does the Ruby programming language offer enough power and elegance to make it a legitimate alternative to the current heavyweight languages such as Java? Many Ruby converts believe so, but don't take their word for it. Find out for yourself.

Download IBM Data Studio v1.1 An integrated development and management environment that empowers you to design, develop, deploy and manage your data-driven applications throughout the data management life cycle utilizing a consistent and integrated user interface.

Rational Method Composer v7.2 30 day fully functioning trial of IBM® Rational® Method Composer, which helps you deliver customized yet consistent process guidance to your project teams and IT organization. Includes the latest version of IBM Rational Unified Process® (RUP®).

Project and Portfolio Management Executive Resource Kit White papers, case studies, and other resources to help you with project and portfolio management.

Rational Software Architect V7.0 IBM® Rational® Software Architect is an advanced model-driven development and static analysis tool for software architects and model-driven developers who are creating SOA, J2EE and portal applications. Trial version available.

Trial: IBM Lotus Sametime Standard V8 A platform for unified communications and collaboration that combines security features with an extensible, open solution including integrated Voice over IP, geographic location awareness, mobile clients, and a robust Business Partner community offering telephony and video integration.

Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5 Tools Bundle Update 4 Java EE 5 Tools Bundle Update 4 is a complete, developer-friendly environment with all necessary runtimes installed and fully configured.

NetBeans IDE 6.0 A free, open-source Integrated Development Environment. Create professional desktop, enterprise, web and mobile applications, in Java, C/C++ and even Ruby. The IDE runs on many platforms including Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris.

Sun ODF Plugin 1.1 for Microsoft Office This plug-in gives users of Microsoft Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint the ability to read, edit and save to the ISO-standard Open Document Format (ODF).

StarOffice 8 Software Comprehensive, easy to use office suite that reads and edits Microsoft Office files, runs on Solaris, Windows and Linux, has a built-in PDF export and supports the OpenDocument file format.

Solaris Express Developer Edition Hone your competitive edge by leveraging the latest and greatest Solaris technologies just weeks after they are developed by the Solaris team.

Sun Studio 12 This is the Solaris operating system development environment. It's optimizing C, C++ and Fortran compilers, combined with a Netbeans-based, IDE and other performance tools.

JavaMail API 1.4 The JavaMail API provides facilities for reading and sending email. It is a set of abstract APIs that model a mail system and provide a platform independent and protocol independent framework to build Java technology based email client applications.

Java Studio Enterprise 8.1 Sun Java Studio Enterprise 8.1 is available for the Solaris, Linux and Windows platforms. This product is free when you join Sun Developer Network (also free). This release is certified and supported on the Solaris and Windows platforms.

Sun Device Detection Tool 1.1 The tool provides you with driver availability data in just a couple of minutes. See if your devices will work on Solaris!

Java(TM) SE Development Kit 6 Update 1 The Java SE Development Kit (JDK) includes the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and command-line development tools that are useful for developing applets and applications.

JRuby JRuby is an 100% pure-Java implementation of the Ruby programming language.

GlassFish V1 UR1 P01 A free, open-source, production-ready, supported application server based on Java EE 5.

Apache Velocity Project Apache Velocity is a lightweight, easy-to-use templating library for creating dynamic web sites and performing other text-generation tasks.

Eclipse SDK 3.2.2 The Eclipse SDK is the starting point to using the Eclipse IDE.

WebLogic Server 10 Trial Build applications within a SOA environment. BEA WebLogic Server 10 is fully Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 5 compliant, and has support for the new EJB 3.0 technology.

Apache Ant 1.7.0 Apache Ant is a Java-based build tool. This new release contains a new resource framework, the ability to work with compressed files, and more.

NetBeans IDE 5.5 NetBeans IDE 5.5 builds on the success of NetBeans 5.0 and adds support for Java EE 5 and Sun Java System Application Server PE 9. It generates JAX-WS 2.0 artifacts, and it includs Java Persistence support and support for Enterprise Java Beans 3.

GLUT Toolkit A utility toolkit for writing OpenGL programs.

Download DB2 9 Express-C This hybrid data server is a production-ready, no cost version of DB2 Universal Database Express Edition for the community and capable of supporting both relational and pure XML storage. It's free to develop, deploy, and distribute. No limits — just data.

Solaris 10 Operating System The most stable, reliable, and interoperable operating system available - and it's free. Get all the Solaris 10 information you need and download the software today. For x64, x86 and SPARC platforms.

Solaris Operating System for x86 Installation Check Tool 1.1 In just 2 minutes you can know if your system is likely to run Solaris. This tool reports whether Solaris drivers are available for the devices you have in your x86 system. This information helps you to determine whether the Solaris 10 6/06 OS is likely to run on your system.

IBM Message Service Clients Extensions for Generic Programming A generics-based technology for facilitating the interchange of objects between Java 5.0 and .NET 2.0 applications

Trial: Rational PurifyPlus V7.0 15-day trial of IBM Rational PurifyPluss. This is a runtime analysis tool for checkign memory corruption, memory leaks, performance, and code coverage.

Trial: Rational Systems Developer V6.0.1 30-day trial of IBM Rational Systems Developer. This is a design and development tool for creating applications that leverage UML.

WebSphere Application Server Community Edition V1.0.1 This is a free, lightweight J2EE application server built on Apache Geronimo technology. Available at no charge, it harnesses the latest innovations from the open source community to deliver an integrated, readily accessible and flexible foundation for developing and deploying Java applications.

AJAX Toolkit Framework A technology that assists in constructing Eclipse framework support for AJAX Toolkits and provides enhanced DHTML/Javascript IDE features for AJAX developers.

Backward Compatibility Tester A Java-based tool for testing the backward compatibility of JAR files.

HeapAnalyzer A graphical tool for discovering possible Java heap leaks.

Java 3D API The Java 3D API enables the creation of three-dimensional graphics applications and Internet-based 3D applets.

Microsoft Visual J# 2005 Express Edition Use the Java language for building applications with the Microsoft .NET Framework. This Express Edition is now free.

Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Microsoft's Virtual Server is now available for free download. You can get the full 32-bit or 64-bit versions.

Java Platform, Standard Edition 6 Beta Beta that is a feature complete version of the next major release of the Java Standard Edition expected this fall.

Java EE 5 SDK Preview Get a feel for the next-generation Java EE 5 platform, which makes building robust, scalable enterprise applications easier than ever and is the perfect platform for implementing SOA and Web 2.0 applications.

NetBeans IDE 5.0 The release of the NetBeans 5.0, which includes support for developing IDE modules and rich client applications based on the NetBeans platform, a GUI builder, CVS support, Sun Application Server 8.2, Weblogic9 and JBoss 4 support, and a lot of editor enhancements.

Application Server Platform Edition 8.2 A J2EE 1.4 platform application server that is free for development, deployment and redistribution.

DB2 9.5 for Linux, Unix, and Windows Download a free trial version of IBM® DB2® 9.5 for Linux®, UNIX®, and Windows®. DB2 9 merges the high performance and ease of use of DB2 with the self-describing benefits of XML. DB2 9.5 can be deployed on Linux, UNIX, or Windows servers of any size, from one CPU to hundreds of CPUs.

Java TV API Evaluation 1.1 Maintenance Release A Java ME Package that provides control over functionality unique to television receivers. Features include access to the service information database, content selection, TV-specific media player control, and access to data that is broadcast with the television signal. The Java TV API is primarily directed at developers who are producing interactive television content or content-creation tools.

Apache Geronimo, Version 1.0 This is a J2EE server project of the Apache Software Foundation. Geronimo is an open-source, certified J2EE server that is licensed under the Apache License, passes Sun's TCK for J2EE 1.4, and reuses the best ASF/BSD licensed code available today, with new ASF code to complete the J2EE stack.

Java Web Services Developer Pack 1.6 The Java WSDP is an all-in-one download containing JAXB, JAXP, JAX-RPC, SAAJ, JAXR, JSF, JSP, JSTL, and Java Servlets. These technologies simplify building Web services using the Java 2 Platform.

Oracle Database 10g Express Edition Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (Oracle Database XE) is an entry-level, small-footprint database based on the Oracle Database 10g Release 2 code base that's free to develop, deploy, and distribute; fast to download; and simple to administer.Beta versions available for Linux and Windows.

NetBeans IDE 4.1 Final Product The full release of the NetBeans 4.l Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Also available is the NetBeans Mobility Pack 4.1 installers.

MySQL 5.0 The latest version of MySQL, the most popular Open Source SQL database management system developed, distributed, and supported by MySQL AB.

OpenOffice.org 2.0 The latest version of the open source office suite.

Apache Axis 1.3 Apache Axis is an implementation of the SOAP ("Simple Object Access Protocol") that can be used when implementing Java Web services.

IBM Continuous Data Protection (CDP) for Files Trial IBM Continuous Data Protection (CDP) for Files is an integrated recovery solution that provides complete data protection in case of a corruption, user error, virus, or system failure. IBM's CDP for Files installs and configures in minutes, and runs invisible in the background.

Maven 2.0 Maven is a software project management and comprehension tool. Based on the concept of a project object model (POM), Maven can manage a project's build, reporting and documentation from a central piece of information.

Apache Lucene Apache Lucene is a high-performance, full-featured text search engine library written entirely in Java. It is a technology suitable for nearly any application that requires full-text search, especially cross-platform.

IBM® WorkplaceTM Designer Pre-Release IBM Workplace Designer is an Eclipse-based integrated development environment (IDE) on par with Lotus Domino Designer.

The Apache Software Foundation's Struts Struts combines Java Servlets, Java ServerPages, custom tags, and message resources into a unified framework.

Oracle ADF Faces Components, Early Access Release The early access release of Oracle ADF Faces component is a rich set of user interface components based on the new standard for JavaServer Faces (JSF). ADF Faces ensures a consistent look and feel for your application, allowing you to focus more on user interface interaction rather than look and feel compliance.

DB2 Universal Database V8.2 Trial DB2 Universal Database for AIX V4.x, AIX V5.x, HP-UX 11.x, Linux, Solaris (Sun Microsystems), Windows. Available in a variety of languages.

Apache Ant 1.6.4 Apache Ant is a Java-based build tool. This new release contains bug fixes.

The Eclipse SDK The Eclipse SDK provide a development environment for creating tools that integrate seamlessly into the Eclipse Platform.

IBM Cloudscape Version 10.0 Cloudscape is an all Java, object-relational database management system (ORDBMS). IBM Cloudscape version 10.0 supports only a DB2-compatible syntax. This change facilitates a transition to DB2 UDB in environments where an enterprise class database becomes necessary. There have been changes to the data types supported, data type limits, and SQL syntax.

Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 The J2SE Development Kit (JDK) 5.0, which supports creating J2SE applications as well as th J2SE Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0, is available. Also available is the documentation and more.

Borland JBuilder 2005 Trial versions of JBuilder. This includes 30-day version for JBuider Enterprise or Developer as well as a non-expiring version of JBuilder Foundation.

DB2 Universal Database Express Server Edition V8.2 IBM DB2 Universal Database™ Express Edition is the lowest-priced full-function relational database available. Designed to meet the needs of small and medium businesses, DB2 UDB Express Edition features self-tuning and self-configuring capabilities for ease of manageability, use of Linux™ or Windows® operating systems, application development flexibility, and support for transparent installation with business partner applications.

ANTLR Translator Generator Version: 2.7.5 Date: January 28, 2005 The ANTLR parser and translator generator comes with the complete public-domain, free source code (See rights for more information). A whole bunch of examples are included in the standard distribution (e.g., a Java grammar). Type 'parser generator' into google and see that ANTLR is at the top or just under!

IBM Workplace Client Technology, Micro Edition 5.7 Workplace Client Technology, Micro Edition, including WebSphere Studio Device Developer, WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environment, WebSphere Everyplace Custom Environment and Updates. Available for Linux or Windows. Trial version available for free with registration.

StringTemplate Template Engine StringTemplate is a java template engine (with ports for C# and Python) for generating source code, web pages, emails, or any other formatted text output. It evolved over years of effort developing jGuru, ANTLR.org, and ANTLR v3.0 etc... The main distinguishing characteristic between it and the many other engines is StringTemplate's strict enforcement of separation between model (business logic) and view (template). From the 2.0 release, StringTemplate makes it much easier to do code generation type work.