Designed to meet a broad range of developer requirements and skill sets, Oracle today announced Oracle JDeveloper 10g Release 2. The new release features a brand new look, smaller footprint and scores of developer productivity enhancements. In addition, Oracle is announcing early availability of Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) Faces, a rich set of graphical user interface components that implement the JavaServer Faces standard and improve productivity for Java developers building Web interfaces. For Java developers who are primarily focused on coding Java applications, Oracle JDeveloper 10g Release 2 features enhanced Java editing, compiling, and deployment, as well as XML coding features like an XML Editor, XML Schema Editor and XSLT Mapping Tools. Advanced code navigation, hierarchy browsing, code refactoring and code templating features all help streamline the development process. Oracle JDeveloper 10g Release 2 also includes major enhancements to support team development including more seamless integration with Concurrent Versions System (CVS) and Clearcase for source code management, shareable project files and collaborative development facilities. For the J2EE developer, Oracle JDeveloper 10g Release 2 also provides enterprise-class support for Web services, relational database access and object persistence, the Struts framework, and Web application development. Integration with the award-winning Oracle TopLink Java Persistence Architecture is a key component, enabling enterprise developers to simplify data access and integration of Java objects with any JDBC compliant database. Professional developers of all skill levels can take advantage of Oracle JDeveloper's enhanced ADF, a J2EE productivity layer that simplifies application development by implementing J2EE and Service Oriented Architecture best practices as a set of pre-built runtime components. Architected with 100 percent open Java and Web services interfaces, Oracle ADF speeds development, improves code reuse, and deploys to any J2EE server. "Application development is not a black and white process as the needs and requirements of developers vary greatly," said Ted Farrell, chief architect, Oracle Application Development Tools, Oracle Corp. "Oracle JDeveloper 10g provides developers with a comprehensive offering for all skill sets, with a J2EE development framework that allows newer Java developers to quickly become productive while minimizing tedious low-level coding for more experienced developers." Rich Support for Developing Standards-based User Interfaces Illustrating its continuing support of open standards-based interoperability, Oracle has developed ADF Faces, based on the JavaServer Faces (JSR-127) specification. ADF Faces speeds application development by providing a set of user-interface components that can be easily customized and re-used, ensuring a consistent look and feel while allowing developers to focus on simply designing the user interaction and application flow. Oracle ADF Faces can be used in any Integrated Development Environment that supports JavaServer Faces. Many of the framework features most needed by JavaServer Faces developers are available now and include, integrated file upload support, automatic client-side validation, a page flow scope that makes it easier to pass values from one page to another, and a hybrid state saving strategy that gives developers the best of both client and server-side state saving. Additional information on Oracle JDeveloper 10g Release 2 can be found at: http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/jdev/index.html .