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Java and Visual Basic have always resided on opposite corners of the developer universe. New technology in the works through the Java Community Process now aims to bring VB-like ease to Java development. This article reviews JSR 273, the Design-Time API for JavaBeans, and offers a few hints of where Java IDE tools may be heading.

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Some of the technologies enabling that development ease may eventually be standardized via the newly accepted JSR 273, Design-Time API for JavaBeans. Recently approved to be developed through the JCP program, this JSR will benefit vendors of both IDEs and components. Indeed, it is that latter category, components, that's sorely missing in action compared with the VB landscape. According to Joe Nuxoll, Studio Creator's co-creator, the lack of a vibrant Java component market may partly be the result of a cultural gap, and partly due to Java lacking standard design-time mechanisms to work with components.