Borland's new Java IDE JBuilder 2005 to ship in Sept.

Macworld - Borland Software Corp. announced on Tuesday that the latest version of its cross-platform integrated development environment for Java, JBuilder 2005, will ship in September.

The Develop component of Borland's Application Lifecycle Management suite, JBuilder 2005 supports new Java standards such as JavaServer Faces, Java Development Kit 5.0 and J2EE 1.4 and features an integrated performance management suite that offers full J2EE component level profiling with Borland's Optimizeit Request Analyzer, Profiler, Code Coverage and Thread Debugger.

JBuilder 2005 also includes new auditing features that alert programmers to common coding errors and violations of recommended coding practices, as well as the Anew Fortify Software security plug-in, which reviews code for security flaws.

Finally, integration with Borland CaliberRM and Borland StarTeam have been improved for better collaboration, and companies such as Business Objects SA and eBay Inc. have made software development kits and plug-ins available for JBuilder 2005.

Scotts Valley, Calif.-based Borland said it will ship three versions of the software in September: JBuilder Enterprise ($3,500 for a new user, $1,900 for an upgrade), which is aimed at J2EE, Web application and Web services development; JBuilder Developer ($499 new user, $299 upgrade), a Web application and code-centric development environment; and JBuilder Foundation, which is a free, fully functional environment. System requirements call for Mac OS X Version 10.3, an 800-MHz G4 processor and 256MB of RAM (512MB recommended).