“IBM’s VisualAge for Java, Professional Edition 3.0, beta,
stands poised to deliver a stiff challenge to rival Java
development tools. The VisualAge development interface offers
productivity enhancements and distributed debugging capabilities
that will turn up the heat.”
“My beta copy included the Professional Edition of this version
of VisualAge (with Java Development Kit 1.1.7 support) as well as
two previews of forthcoming VisualAge for Java technology. The
previews included a version of VisualAge that supports Java 2 and
an early version of VisualAge for Java for Linux. IBM also expects
to offer an Enterprise Edition of VisualAge this fall, which should
offer greater enterprise integration capabilities.”
“Though this beta version showed a VisualAge for Java update
that is a work in progress, site administrators looking for strong
Java tool support will want to keep an eye out for the production
version this fall. The addition of Java 2 support, expansion to
Linux, and the improved developer interface are worth
considering.”