Borland JBuilder

Borland JBuilder

History
Originally released in 1997 and then a Windows only product since it used a Delphi based IDE frontend. From version 3.5 it has used a 100% Java front end and even though the company only supports it on Windows, Mac OSX, Linux and Solaris, it actually runs on any Java platform with a little bit of massaging (see below).

The freeware Oracle JDeveloper was originally based on JBuilder code licensed from Borland but has since diverged considerably.

Version
JDK 1.1 JDK 1.1.x, JDK 1.2 Java 2 JDK 1.3 Java 2 JDK 1.4
 * 1 - JBuilder Standard, JBuilder Professional (Sep 1997), JBuilder Client/Server Suite (Nov 1997)
 * 2 (May 1998) - Inprise Corporation
 * 3 (Dec 1999) - Foundation Edition
 * 3.5 - Editions: Foundation, Professional, Enterprise
 * 4 (Nov 2000)
 * 5 (Jun 2001) - Enterprise, Professional, Personal
 * 6 (Jan 2002)
 * 7 (Jun 2002)
 * 8 (Dec 2002)
 * 9 (May 2003)
 * X (Dec 2003) - Foundation, Developer, Enterprise
 * 2005 (Oct 2004) - Foundation, Developer, Enterprise
 * 2006 (Sep 2005)

Eclipse based See also: Embarcadero JBuilder
 * 2007 (2006)
 * CodeGear
 * JBuilder 2007 Turbo Edition (May 2007)

Publications

 * Michelle Manning: Teach Yourself JBuilder in 21 Days - SAMS, ISBN 0-57521-104-1
 * Steven Holzner: Java Programming with JBuilder - MIS Press, ISBN 1-55851-507-0
 * John Zukowski: Borland JBuilder: No Experience Required - Sybex, ISBN 0-7821-2135-7

Links

 * Borland JBuilder 6 Personal: jbuilder6.zip
 * REXX script to run Borland JBuilder 9 Personal: jb9pos2.zip