Microsoft adds Web apps to Java conversion tool
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Continuing attempts to lure developers from the rival Java development camp, Microsoft on Tuesday is releasing Version 2.0 of its Java Language Conversion Assistant (JLCA) software to enable migration of Java applications to the Microsoft .Net framework.
Key to Version 2.0 is support of migration of Web applications based on JavaServer Pages (JSP) and servlets, said Microsoft's Dan Fernandez, product manager for Visual C# at Microsoft, in Redmond, Wash.
"The real key thing here is we're targeting what the customers are going to do," Fernandez said. Eighty percent of Java development today is done using JSP and servlet applications, he said. The first version of JLCA, released in April with the Visual Studio .Net 2003 integrated development environment, did not convert Web applications, said Fernandez.
"We see a lot of people wanting to go to our platform for productivity, reliability, etc.," said Fernandez.