Sun's Java Studio Creator 2 is the company's upcoming second release of its
somewhat lauded, somewhat maligned visual application development
environment. In this review I give Java Studio Creator 2 (JSC2) Early Access
edition a fresh look and discuss its merits and limitations.
For the uninitiated, JSC2 is Sun's effort to bring the same visual approach
to Java/J2EE Website development that Microsoft Visual Studio or Macromedia
Dreamweaver users have enjoyed for years. Sun works to make the visual design
approach in JSC2 more comprehensive from a J2EE perspective than what you
would expect from Dreamweaver by allowing JSC2 users to tap directly into
business logic and data represented by EJBs, Web services, or databases using
a drag-and-drop paradigm.
Sun's target audie... (more)