Write once, debug/test everywhere is a variant on Java's write once, run anywhere claim, and it defines the Java Platform Debugger Architecture (JPDA). The JPDA is a client/server system built from ...

When I first heard about Mainsoft Corp.’s Visual MainWin for Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE), I thought the concept was a harebrained idea. Just skimming some of the product’s help topics sent me ...

Both major platforms push Web services as a means of integrating applications across platforms. Check out another alternative that tightly integrates Microsoft code with Java apps. Given the potential ...

In the last year or two, interest in "alternative" languages on top of the Java Virtual Machine has grown exponentially, to the point where three languages were blessed with official acceptance in the ...

Microsoft open sourced a Java debugger it developed for the lightweight, open source Visual Studio Code editor. About a month ago, the company released the VS Code extension to provide Java debugging, ...

Visual Studio Code is getting more Java programming functionality in a new extension from Microsoft that adds debugging capabilities. We earlier reported that, in view of the lack of support for Java ...

When I first heard about Mainsoft’s Visual MainWin for J2EE, I thought the concept was a harebrained idea. Just skimming some of the product’s help topics sent me reeling: “Developing ASP .Net ...