Jason Dillon wrote: > I develop for both Linux and Solaris (sparc & x86) with no problems. I am > currently using blackdowns 1.1.6v5 and Sun's 1.1.6 native threads + jit. I > don't have to change any of my code to get it to compile/run on either > platforms. The only thing that I have noticed so far, is that the default > dialog font on solaris is not bold, where is is for the blackdown port. > > I don't know about Window foo though or JBuilder. You may have some work to do > there. If you were using Sun's Win32 compiler then I would expect no problems > at all. What jvm does JBuilder use? It is a java product isn't it? If you > don't mind me asking: How is it? > > Anyways the bottom line is that I have found no incompatibilities between sun's > jdk and blackdowns. Hope this helps =) > > --jason Thank you for your answer. I may well make the jump and port my app to Linux. After all Java should be " write once and run (hopefully) anywhere!" More seriously, to answer your question, Jbuilder is an integrated development tool. It is "like" Delphi 4 or MSFT Visual Studio, very interactive, graphically oriented, very easy to use. For instance you can modify your code in the source or on the GUI interactively. Whatever change you make in one environment is made in the other. Also JBuilder is good at generating code for you such as events or code for positioning your objects in the frame. One nice thing is that you can compile against any JRE (from 1.02 to 1.2 so far). You just have to add new classes and tell the compiler which JVM you use. JBuilder is a fantastic tool It is possible that Inprise will port it to Solaris and/or Linux. (check it out at www.inprise.com). Pierre
