Forte for Java

An earlier family of Java development environments from Sun. The products included an editor, compiler, debugger, object browser and JavaBean creator plus the ability to edit and view HTML files. Most prominent was the Forte for Java Community Edition, which used to be known as NetBeans Developer and whose functionality lives on in the NetBeans open source IDE that Sun released in 2000. See Forte.

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Forte for Java 4 early access code is currently available free of charge to members of the early access developer community at http://forte.sun.com/eap.

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This enables users to simultaneously view and manipulate the class model and its underlining code in the same environment and better understand the relationships between them, It offers developers the option to work within the familiar, development environment of their choice, beginning with Sun's Forte for Java with additional IDE support later in the year.

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