I thorougly agree.
Let me add that VAJ features for EJB and JSP development are
particularly great.
Best regards
Javier Borrajo
I+D Spain
>Somewhat off-topic, but ...
>
>I use VisualAge Java and I love it. I have a dual P400 with 256MB RAM.
>VAJ is a resource hog and was sluggish on a single cpu P266. It is very
>powerful, has a very different paradigm from every other Javav IDE
>(non-file,
>repository based). It's very usable, great for managing large projects with
>enormous code bases, has a powerful GUI builder, is very, very stable
>and doesn't support Java 1.2 yet. VAJ is too radical for some, but possibly
>the way ofthe future. Those who use it seem to love it. You can download
the
>
>entry level version for free. It takes a couple of days to get the hang of
>how
>it works.
>
>I gave up on Cafe because it seemed buggy and ugly, wasteful of screen
space
>and unfriendly. But it is very popular. I thinki JBuilder is a better
>implementation
>of eth same sort of tool.
>
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John B Geurink [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: Friday, May 21, 1999 10:48 AM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: ADVICE
>>
>> Hi All,
>> I'm new to your group and this technology and find it very
>> interesting.
>> We are undertaking a development effort to move from our traditional
>> two-tier
>> procedural based architecture to a three tier object based. We will be
>> kicking off a pilot project that will try and develop EJB's that will
>> replace
>> pieces of our COBOL system. Our concern deals with transactional
>> capacity.
>> We are unsure of Java's ability to handle large amounts of data and
>> transactions. The system that we build, has to be scaleable. We have
>> clients
>> that produce 1,000 to 250,000 transactions a day. How much of the
>> scalability falls on the Web Application Server's ability to scale/load
>> balance? When it gets right down to it, you can't just "throw more
>> hardware"
>> at it. We have talked to several industry leading vendors and
>> practitioners
>> but have yet to get a resounding YES. We do have a better feeling about
>> this
>> after our meeting with WebLogic last week. Can anyone give me a feel
for
>> EJB's ability to handle this type of application?
>> A related question is anybody have pros/cons for the IDE's
>> VisualAge
>> Java and Visual Cafe? What about Web Application Servers like WebLogic,
>> WebSphere, NetDynamics, and Sapphire Web?
>>
>>
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