Eric Ries

Rooms by ichat is the premier comprehensive solution for creating Web sites that allow multiple users to interact. It provides several key features that make it suitable for Web sites of any size and has cross-platform support that makes it accessible to users on almost any imaginable platform. History of Chat Rooms Chat rooms have always been an important part of the online experience. They provide users with an interactive environment which gives them a sense of community while logged onto a particular site. The earliest chat rooms were available on local BBS systems that provided modem users with the ability to talk with others on the same system. Of course, this was limited by the number of telephone lines connected to any one BBS and so most chats were small, local and short. The first company to bring chat rooms national access and commercial success was Americ... (more)

Vibe by Visix Software

JavaSoft has promised that they will deliver many enterprise-based APIs to the Java environment, and, hopefully, they will one day make Java the ideal language for creating professional business applications quickly. Until that day comes, however, we have Vibe. Vibe is the latest in the long line of Java IDEs that claims to deliver high-performance, easy-to-use, Java power to developers. In this newly maturing field, there have been two basic approaches to the creation of development environments. Sun Microsystems, not surprisingly, has placed their faith in an IDE created entire... (more)

Microline Component Toolkit 3.0

The Microline Component Toolkit (MCT) is a powerful new product with years of experience behind it. Designed for professional developers, but usable by even a novice, the MCT brings new levels of GUI sophistication to Java, and for the first time brings professional UNIX-style components to those who still believe that "Motif" refers only to interior decorating. The MCT carries all the advantages of slick, powerful, UNIX widgets without the complexity and single-platform constraints traditionally associated with them. Using Java, Microline has helped to usher in a new era in GUI ... (more)

Java WorkShop 1.0

Sun's Java WorkShop, the most important product to enter the Java Integrated Development Environment (IDE), is a powerful integrated toolkit that allows quick and easy cross-platform application development in Java. Sun Microsystems, whose JavaSoft group created Java, has taken its time developing this IDE, and poses a serious challenge to Symantec, Borland, Microsoft and other companies who sought to win market share by coming out with a product much faster. Sun's offering is clearly a full industrial strength development tool; however, as with most first release versions, it ... (more)