6.5. JBuilder

JBuilder is an IDE developed originally by Inprise, but it is now distributed by Borland. In addition to support for Windows, Linux, and Solaris, JBuilder runs very nicely on Mac OS X.

6.5.1. Overview

JBuilder is inexpensive (under $10) for the Personal Edition. The Personal Edition is meant mostly for learning, and it is not licensed for commercial projects. The Personal Edition has few of the features that you will need for writing complex applications or Web applications that use XML, JSP, servlets, and so on. The JBuilder interface is shown in Figure 6.4.

Figure 6.4. JBuilder interface.

One particularly nice aspect of JBuilder ...

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