John Chamberlain
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JDKs, VMs and Compilers  JDKs  Sun Standard JDKs (J2SE) - download from Sun Sun all other JDKs - enterprise, micro, embedded, APIs Blackdown Project - JDKs and tools for Linux IBM JDKs - AS/400, OS/390, AIX, etc HP JDKs - for HP-UX systems SGI JDKs - for Silicon Graphics IRIX systems  Specialized VMs  JRockit - high-performance VM (bought out by BEA) Kaffe - GPL, wide platform support, small footprint Sun's K VM - embedded VM for Palm OS Japhar - cleanroom LGPL VM  Compilers  Jikes - the gold standard from IBM JET - commercial native compiler for Windows BulletTrain - commercial native compiler with emphasis on scalability Jasmin - free assembler  Resources  Volano Report - JVM performance comparisons Marco Schmidt - comprehensive JVM coverage and links  Integrated Development Environments JBuilder - the leading IDE Win/MacOS/Linux Eclipse - up and coming, underwritten by IBM WebSphere Studio - the cadillac of IDEs Codewarrior - Java/C++ for Win/MacOS/Linux Javelin - a survivor SunONE Studio - Sun's IDE Netbeans etc (was Forte) apps for phones - integrated J2ME IDE  Deployment InstallAnywhere - commercial installer DeployDirector - commercial deployer for enterprise/intranet SmartJ - a free generic Windows launcher JExpress - commercial installer Java Web Start - Sun's new one-click web installer Executor - turns a jar into a win exe InstallWiz - creates windows and linux installers Marner Java Launcher - open source windows launcher		Tools  Testing & Profiling  OptimizeIt - commercial profiler JProbe - strong for server-side analysis JTest - works on Windows/Linux/Solaris HeapRoots - heap analyzer from IBM Alphaworks  Obfuscators & Shrinkers  ProGuard - the best free obfuscator Klassmaster - (un)obfuscator with class edit abilities RetroGuard - free obfuscator CodeShield - commercial obfuscator JShrink - commercial shrinker JAX - free shrinker from IBM alphaWorks  Decompilers  DJ - excellent visual interface to JAD with many features Jad - free decompiler ClassCracker - shareware decompiler D-Java - Jasmin-compatible disassembler  Byte Code Analysis & Instrumentation   Jikes Bytecode Toolkit - from IBM Alphaworks Byte Code Engineering Library - GPL class manipulation system Soot - a byte code optimization framework Bytecode Instrumentation Tool (BIT) - free instrumentation tool JTrek - my mirror of a byte code analysis and instrumentation tool from Compaq  Web  Applet Development & Tools  Usingit - commercial canned applet generators  Servlet Runners  JRun - leading commercial servlet runner Tomcat - open source from the Jakarta Project at Apache.org  Application Servers  WebLogic - the leading eCommerce app server WebSphere - from IBM; the best all-around server Sun ONE - used to be iPlanet app server Enhydra - open source app server JBoss - open source app server Jetty - light-weight distributable app server Orion - commercial app server

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