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

• 1.0 - JBuilder Standard, JBuilder Professional (Sep 1997), JBuilder Client/Server Suite (Nov 1997)
• 1.01 (1998)

JDK 1.1.x, JDK 1.2

• 2 (May 1998) - Inprise Corporation
• 3 (Dec 1999) - Foundation Edition
• 3.5 - Editions: Foundation, Professional, Enterprise

Java 2 JDK 1.3

• 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

Java 2 JDK 1.4

• 2005 (Oct 2004) - Foundation, Developer, Enterprise
• 2006 (Sep 2005)

Eclipse based

• 2007 (2006)

CodeGear

• JBuilder 2007 Turbo Edition (May 2007)

See also: Embarcadero JBuilder

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