When people ask me why I prefer IntelliJ IDEA for Java development, my answer usually comes down to one thing: it feels like ...

Sun open-sources mobile Java UI toolkit The company releases the code for its lightweight user interface toolkit under a modified GPLv2 license, in what it says was response to developer demand.

The design of the MIDP UI API Existing Java developers can get started with the MIDP very quickly because it leverages some proven design patterns in standard Java UI APIs, such as the AWT and Swing.

Java EE's Servlet and JSP API provide a fine foundation for handling a web-based request-response cycle. Adding UI frameworks like JSR-371 to the spec only causes problems.

Tools being donated include the WindowBuilder Java UI design tool as well as CodePro Profiler, a runtime Java analysis gauging factors like memory leaks.