Migrating From Sun Java Studio Enterprise 7 to Sun Java Studio Enterprise 8

Overview

Sun Java Studio Enterprise 8 (henceforth, Java Studio Enterprise 8) Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is a major step forward in the life of the Java Studio Enterprise product. The introduction of the new Ant-based projects system provides tighter classpath management, more versatile build and run options, and the tightest integration to Ant of any IDE on the market. It also presents a major change in work flow for users who were used to the "mounting" system of Sun Java Studio Enterprise 7 IDE (henceforth, Java Studio Enterprise 7). This white paper is aimed at providing guidelines and steps for transitioning the applications and IDE settings from Java Studio Enterprise 7 to Java Studio Enterprise 8.