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Robert, VisualAge Java is a great Java development tool. It looks like IBM has decided to stop supporting it. In its place you can use Eclipse. At this time you might be somewhat be disappointed. Eclipse is very open, which is good. If IBM can garner enough momentum behind Eclipse it will be much better than VisualAge Java. Eclipse is very similar to NetBeans. From what I have seen it is built on a better foundation, but a lot of the pieces are still missing. They still have a long way to go in leveraging the current open technologies like CVS and Ant. Compared to what IBM did with VisualAge Java, the work should be trivial. Hopefully they also bring in the incremental compiler and debugger from VisualAge Java and the Code/400 editor. I rarely use the GUI designer and I doubt many AS/400 people do. I have heard that a GUI designer will be provided by a third party. David Morris >>> rupshall@psasoft.com 11/14/01 09:48AM >>> I need some help verifying something. I want to know if I am understanding tthe following relationship correctly. 1. My understanding that VisualAge will be intergrated into the WebSphere Application Developer and will eventually not exist as VisualAge on its own. Is this the correct understanding? Is this where IBM is headed. 2. Is Eclipse the opensource version of the WSAD? Have I been correctly informed or did I miss the point somewhere? The reason I am asking is because I am wondering if it is worth learning Eclipse to prepare for the future phaseing out of VisualAge for Java? Thanks in advance, Robert Upshall Professional Software of Amarillo (806) 358-8928 rupshall@psasoft.com
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