I want to develop a database application using Java. I want a tool that
has database aware widgets. I can't find anything like this on Linux so
I may need to use a Windows development tool and then run the Java code
on Linux.
There seems to be two commonly used Java/Database application
development
tools and they are Visual Cafe and JBuilder. Here are my questions:
1. Has anyone tried to use the code they generate on Linux?
2. Will they hook up to a JDBC database on Linux like SOLID Server or
PostgreSQL?
3. Is Java on Linux (or Windows 95 for that matter) at the point where
I can expect to develop end-user commercial software and have the
stability and ease of use I need?
4. Are there other options besides Visual Cafe and JBuilder?
I'm leaning towards JBuilder since the company that used to be known
as Borland seems to be more open and states on their web page that
they embrace all operating systems and are not Windows centric. The
new version (2.0) just came out and I'm waiting for any sort of press
reviews before purchasing. I have a demo copy of Visual Cafe but
haven't got far into it since it doesn't like the SOLID Server I just
downloaded (Windows95 version). SOLID says its a Winsock 2.0 problem
and I've got to downgrade to Winsock 1.? for it to work. Any other
databases supporting JDBC that I can download for evaluation so that
I can test Visual Cafe?
Thanks for any help on any of this!
Brad Pepers
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
