JBuilder
Encyclopedia
JBuilder is an integrated development environment
(IDE) for the programming language
Java
, from Borland
, and then CodeGear
. Codegear was purchased by Embarcadero Technologies
in 2008.
JBuilder's main competitors are the products from Eclipse Foundation (Eclipse
), JetBrains
(IntelliJ IDEA
), and Oracle
(JDeveloper
and NetBeans
). Oracle used to base the first versions of JDeveloper on code from JBuilder licensed from Borland, but it has since been rewritten from scratch.
Integrated development environment
An integrated development environment is a software application that provides comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development...
(IDE) for the programming language
Programming language
A programming language is an artificial language designed to communicate instructions to a machine, particularly a computer. Programming languages can be used to create programs that control the behavior of a machine and/or to express algorithms precisely....
Java
Java (programming language)
Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities...
, from Borland
Borland
Borland Software Corporation is a software company first headquartered in Scotts Valley, California, Cupertino, California and finally Austin, Texas. It is now a Micro Focus subsidiary. It was founded in 1983 by Niels Jensen, Ole Henriksen, Mogens Glad and Philippe Kahn.-The 1980s:...
, and then CodeGear
CodeGear
CodeGear is a wholly owned division of Embarcadero Technologies. CodeGear develops software development tools such as the Delphi IDE, the programming language Delphi, and the database server InterBase. Originally a division of Borland Software Corporation, it was launched on 14 November 2006...
. Codegear was purchased by Embarcadero Technologies
Embarcadero Technologies
Embarcadero Technologies is an American computer software company that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services related to software through its various dynamic product divisions...
in 2008.
JBuilder's main competitors are the products from Eclipse Foundation (Eclipse
Eclipse (software)
Eclipse is a multi-language software development environment comprising an integrated development environment and an extensible plug-in system...
), JetBrains
JetBrains
JetBrains is a Czech software development company with offices in Prague, Czech Republic; Saint Petersburg, Russia; Boston, USA and Munich, Germany...
(IntelliJ IDEA
IntelliJ IDEA
IntelliJ IDEA is a commercial Java IDE by JetBrains. It is often simply referred to as "IDEA" or "IntelliJ."-History:The first version of IntelliJ IDEA was released in January 2001, and at the time was the only available Java IDE with advanced code navigation and code refactoring capabilities...
), and Oracle
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...
(JDeveloper
JDeveloper
JDeveloper is a freeware IDE supplied by Oracle Corporation. It offers features for development in Java, XML, SQL and PL/SQL, HTML, JavaScript, BPEL and PHP...
and NetBeans
NetBeans
NetBeans refers to both a platform framework for Java desktop applications, and an integrated development environment for developing with Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Groovy, C, C++, Scala, Clojure, and others...
). Oracle used to base the first versions of JDeveloper on code from JBuilder licensed from Borland, but it has since been rewritten from scratch.
Versions
| Name | Year | Editions |
|---|---|---|
| JBuilder 1 | 1997 | Client/Server, Professional, Standard |
| JBuilder 2 | 1998 | Client/Server, Professional, Standard |
| JBuilder 3 | 1999 | |
| JBuilder 4 | 2000 | |
| JBuilder 5 | 2001 | |
| JBuilder 6 | 2001 | |
| JBuilder 7 | 2002 | Enterprise, Standard (SE), Personal; updated (code patches) to at least Update 3 |
| JBuilder 8 | 2002 | Enterprise, Standard (SE), Personal; updated to at least the first one: JBuilder 8 Update |
| JBuilder 9 | 2003 | Enterprise, Standard (SE), Personal; updated to at least Update 2 |
| JBuilder X | 2003 | Enterprise, Developer, Foundation; updated to at least Update 3 |
| JBuilder 2005 | 2004 | Enterprise, Developer, Foundation; updated to at least Update 4 |
| JBuilder 2006 | 2005 | Enterprise, Developer, Foundation |
| JBuilder 2007 | 2006 | User interface and features changed much from prior versions, first version redone to work on Eclipse |
| JBuilder 2007 R2 | 2007 | Enterprise, Standard (SE), Turbo |
| JBuilder 2008 | 2008 | Enterprise, Professional, Turbo |
| JBuilder 2008 R2 | 2009 | Enterprise, Professional, Turbo |
See also
- Comparison of integrated development environments