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Visualage for Java Professional Edition 3.0 | 
 enlarge | From: IBM
Category: Software
Buy New: $99.14
Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 25406
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Me, Windows 95, Windows Nt, Windows 2000, Windows 98, Unix, Macintosh, Linux
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Macintosh
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 8 x 1.5
Model: 41L1270
UPC: 098594440685
EAN: 0098594440685
ASIN: B00003W8IH
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Complete, brand new software kit with all booklets and manuals. In shrinkwrap and never opened. Will ship within 48 hours of purchase.
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Amazon.com Product Description
IBM's VisualAge for Java is an application development environment for building Java applications, applets, servlets, and JavaBean components. By automatically connecting Java clients to existing server data, transactions, and applications, VisualAge for Java exploits your existing business applications today and enables you to extend your business to the Web. Don't code to low-level interfaces; connect with VisualAge for Java to reach more people, deliver more content, and drive new business opportunities.
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 Best IDE for JAVA 2 Enterprise Edition March 22, 2001
keku
Well I used Visual age for java 3.0 on my previous project ... and it was very nice ... It's very easy to create EJBs .. JSPs and testing all those in this IDE it self. .... and I read this book to find out all answers and possible soultions to problems I faced ... It's a nice book and Nice IDE too...p I recommand it for all those who want to use or using J2EE .. Check it out and find how ease is to create J2EE applications.
Brilliant IDE, but requires a different development style January 9, 2001
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Visual Age (latest version is 3.5) is a very productive Java environment, but prepared to change the way you work. It's greatest strengths are: - A great debugger that lets you edit, recompile, inspect variables while you're running your program. It's hard to oversell how great this is -- but it if you are in to XP, you'll like this - A great repository that keeps versions of your methods and classes while you work so you can easily find older versions of things that worked before you 'fixed' them - A rich collection of class, package and project browsers. If you're used to a one-screen-at-a-time IDE, you'll take a while to adjust. - Good feedback on errors (once you've compiled your method)pBut there's some catches that really bug people until they get used to them: - VA views development as a method-by-method process; each time you exit a method you save it - The code repository is not file-based, but is logically organized around projects, packages and classes. You'll need to export and import to see it as files. - The UI builder is fine for building widgets, but a lot of people don't like how it handles events with its bean wiring. (My advice, use the UI painter, but code the controller-specific behavior the old-fashioned way)pFinally, there are a couple of things it needs to improve: - integration with other source control is less than perfect - it doesn't support JDK 1.3 yetpBottom line is that it's the best out there
 Better than notepad.... but barely October 19, 2000
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
The only real advantage to using Visual Age for Java is its support for team development. Compared to most environments, this IDE is simply behind the times.... pThe some of the good features are that many people can work on the same class at the same time without any problems, it gives you one function (not one class file) to work on at a time. Integrated JAVADOC and quick and easy formatting.pSome of the bad things are that the IDE does not assist the developer with things that people have come to expect, like drop down lists and the Navigation is very difficult at best!pOverall.... If you have to work in a team, this is something you might want to look into, if not, most other IDE's are better.
 IBM VisualAge for Java - tried it - loved it! August 2, 2000
Charles H Fisher Jr (South St. Paul, MN USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have tried several IDE's for Java ( J++, VisualAge, Java Workshop, Forte'). I found VisualAge to be very friendly - AND - the apps ran as expected. I have a few quibbles. I'm not too sure about the multiple window environments called browsers. There seems to be one for everything with only some differences between them. In addition, I'd like to see it generate an HTML trial page to test run the app as there are differences in runtime output/interaction in a JSP page and the applet viewer. The online documentation search engine sucks. I had lots better luck over at Sun's java site finding what I needed (thank you Sun). Overall, though, I rate VisualAge as my primary Java app builder IDE - no question on that.
 WTF? July 10, 2000
5 out of 18 found this review helpful
You know the theory. Heads up programming will replace heads down programming. Everybody will use beans at design time. Guess what? Its another science project with more hype than reality. After 4 days of fiddling, I finally got an Visual age to author a bean that adds two numbers. Another fine productivity breakthrough. The visual age product only shows one method/property at a time in the IDE. What were they thinking? This is probably the worse IDE I have ever tried....And I have evaluated *MANY* of them.
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