Applications
Subscribe to this site with RSS
Tool lets Visual Studio developers build Java apps
Mainsoft Wednesday unveiled a suite of tools it says will enable Visual Studio developers to build .Net Web and server applications that can run on Linux or other Java-enabled platforms without writing new code.
Related links
No results were found for your search.
Your query is too restrictive.
You might want to try: application
Mainsoft for Java EE 2.0 (formerly called Visual MainWin for J2EE) adds support for Visual Studio 2005, the .Net framework 2.0, ASP.Net 2.0 controls and C#, said Yaacov Cohen, president and CEO of Mainsoft.
As a result, companies can use Microsoft's Visual Studio development tools to build applications to run on Java servers or portals, he added.
"Everybody is bridging [Java and .Net]," Cohen said. "We are actually enabling Java to support multiple languages. Now developers can use C#, Visual Basic and .Net and get the scalability of the Java platform."
Cohen said the new Mainsoft tool can overcome Java and .Net interoperability challenges when building a service-oriented architecture (SOA) and can add support for both technologies in enterprise portals.
Atul Mistry, vice president of technology at Urix Inc., a Boston-based company that builds analytic software for health care companies, said that his company has saved about $200,000 a year since it started using earlier versions of the Mainsoft tool in 2005. He noted that the company used the tool set rather than hire an engineer to work on adding Unix support to its .Net-based software, a key requirement of some customers.
"[Mainsoft] allows us to effectively maintain one skill set," Mistry said. "We don't have to go out and hire Java programmers to help support Unix environments. We can standardize on one code base, one coding language, but still be able to support Unix as well as Windows."
Urix plans to begin using the 2.0 version of the tool by early next month, he added.
Mainsoft for Java EE 2.0 is available now in three editions:
- The Developer Edition, which is free and is designed for individual developers or small groups building applications for Apache Tomcat.
- The Enterprise Edition, which is designed for corporate developers and for developing software to run on multiprocessor-based systems. It includes integrated development support for IBM WebSphere Application Server and Tomcat and the ability to run applications on JBoss and BEA JEE software.
For more enterprise computing news, visit Computerworld. Story copyright Computerworld, Inc.
| Use this form to start a public discussion with other Linux World users on this article. Log In | Register for an account (Why you should) |
Note: Register to have your user name appear; otherwise your comment will show up as "Anonymous."
*Anonymous comments will only appear once they are approved by the moderator.
• Dell puts Linux and Atom in Vostro PCs
• Mozilla names best Firefox 3 add-ons
• Torvalds: Fed up with the 'security circus'
• Dell Latitude ON - big win for Linux
• Open source advocates hail appeals court ruling
LinuxWorld Conference and Expo San Francisco, August 4-7, 2008.
Linux Plumbers Conference Portland, OR, Sept. 16-19, 2008.
FreedomHEC Santa Monica, November 8-9, 2008.