Sun Ultra 27 Workstation Installation Guide

Exploring the Preinstalled Developer Software

The following minimum versions of Sun’s developer software are preinstalled on your Sun Ultra 27 Workstation. The following sections provide an overview of each developer software package:

Your system might have later versions of this software preinstalled.

Sun Studio 12 Software

Sun Studio software delivers a high-performance, optimizing C, C++, and Fortran developer toolchain for Solaris, OpenSolaris, and Linux operating systems, including support for multicore x86- and SPARC-based systems. The toolchain includes parallelizing compilers, code-level and memory debuggers, performance and thread analysis tools, OpenMP support as well as optimized math libraries. With a next-generation NetBeans-based IDE, development of multicore applications has never been easier.

It includes a set of basic Java language support modules that can be enabled if needed for JNI (JavaTM Native Interface) development.

The Sun Studio software consists of two major components:

  1. The Sun Studio component, which includes the IDE, compilers, tools, and core platform.

  2. The Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) technology on which the core platform runs.

For more information about the Sun Studio software or to download the software, go to:

http://developers.sun.com/sunstudio

NetBeans IDE

The NetBeans IDE 5.0 includes Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) development capabilities. This new release not only enables developers to develop applications in the web tier, but also includes Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs) and web service development capabilities.

The NetBeans IDE is a single platform with out-of-the-box development capabilities and support for enterprise (J2EE 1.4) applications and web services, mobile or wireless Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) applications and services, and desktop Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) applications. The robust open-source Java IDE has everything that Java software developers need to develop cross-platform desktop, web, and mobile applications straight out of the box.

For more information about the NetBeans IDE, or to download the software, go to:

http://www.netbeans.org