J2EE IDE Toolkit Software 2.1: Now Supporting Forte CE 3.0

The Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) IDE Toolkit Software 2.1 integrates Forte for Java, Community Edition (CE) 3.0 and the J2EE 1.3 Application Deployment Tool.

The goal of the Toolkit is to provide a more user-friendly application development environment for the J2EE SDK so as to promote wider adoption of the J2EE platform. To achieve this goal, the Toolkit integrates the packaging and deployment functionality of the J2EE SDK into the Forte CE product using the Open API model provided by NetBeans/Forte.

This release supports the Solaris/SPARC, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows 2000, and Red Hat Linux platforms.

This release supports the J2EE 1.3 SDK. It has the following features that were new at Toolkit Release 2.0:

• You can start the Toolkit by using the Forte startup script, runide.
• You can use the Toolkit to create source code templates for J2EE components.
• You can use the Toolkit to debug Enterprise JavaBeans components and servlets.
• An installation wizard simplifies the process of installing the Toolkit. A script for uninstalling the Toolkit is also provided.

Configuration Information

The J2EE IDE Toolkit Software requires either Windows NT 4.0; Windows 2000; Solaris 2.7 or 2.8; or Red Hat Linux 6.2.

The Software must be installed on a system with a minimum of 128 MB of memory (RAM) and a minimum of 128 MB of hard disk space.

Please see the following Web page for more details on system requirements: http://www.sun.com/software/sundev/jde/sysreq.html

Download J2EE IDE Toolkit Software 2.1

For instructions on how to install and run this tool on the Solaris, Microsoft Windows, and Linux platforms, see the following:

• Solaris Installation Notes
• Microsoft Windows Installation Notes
• Linux Installation Notes

Comments

We welcome your comments, questions, and suggestions. Please send them to idetoolkit-comments@sun.com.

Before sending a question, please make sure that it is not already in our list of Frequently Asked Questions.

If you find bugs, please check the known problems list first, in the file README.IDE-TK. This README is kept current, and it is more up-to-date than the README found in the Toolkit you downloaded. If you do not find your bug or request for enhancement (RFE) listed there, please submit it to the bug submittal page, http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi.