Tool Uses Web To Automatically Update Java Applications.Atlanta-based THWT Software has just released JavaRunner, a development tool that automatically updates Java applications A Java program that is run stand alone. The Java Virtual Machine in the client or server is interpreting the instructions. Contrast with Java applet. See servlet. as new versions are released. The product is available at THWT's e-commerce Web site: www.JavaToolShed.com. "As a company that uses Java development tools on a daily basis, we realize the challenge of keeping applications current," says John Shilling SHILLING, Eng. law. The name of an English coin, of the value of one twentieth part of a pound. In the United States, while they were colonies, there were coins of this denomination, but they greatly varied in their value. , founder of THWT. "We created JavaRunner to solve the problem of distributing software updates to users of a Java application without the hassle Hassle () is a location in Närke, Sweden, where a Celtic treasure was found in 1936. It comprises a large bronze cauldron which contained two Bronze Age swords of the Hallstatt type, a pommel of bronze, two bronze buckets with of manually distributing them." When included in an application, JavaRunner automatically checks for a new version of the application on a Web server anywhere on the Internet, Intranet or LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. each time it is started. If a new version is found, it automatically downloads, installs and executes it. JavaRunner even checks for a new version of itself. It works with all components of an application: graphics files, text files, databases, and Java class files. |
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