In addition to supporting Java EE 6 with wizard-based development capabilities, the open source NetBeans 6.8 IDE supports development of PHP 5.3 applications and backs the Symfony framework.

“They may not wish to use a Java EE application server; even [if] they are on Java EE, they may not be running Java EE 6; they may be in a cloud environment where Java EE is not available; they ...

Oracle is banking on REST and JSON to modernize Java EE for microservices and the cloud. It may seem like ages since REST stole thunder from SOAP as a mechanism for providing web services ...