VB-like ease for Java

JSR 273 extends the JavaBeans specification and APIs to improve design-time functionality for component authors to leverage within the visual design environments in IDEs. This article reviews JSR 273 with the spec lead, and offers a few hints of where Java IDE tools may be heading.

JSR 273 spec lead, Joe Nuxoll, provides an interesting difference between the .NET and Java developers thought process and provides insight on how Sun is planning to bridge the gap.