The fastest Workshop release ever - BEA Workshop 10.2 is now available

BEA Workshop 10.2 is here and it’s faster than ever. Developers will experience noticeable speed improvements in server start, deployment, incremental & clean build, and the stability of 885+ resolved software defects.

This release updates BEA Workshop for WebLogic, BEA Workshop Studio with Adobe Flex Builder 2, and BEA Workshop for JSP.

Also, the tuxedo control is back, and is shipping with this release. BEA WebLogic Portal users will also want to try the new integration with the BEA Workshop Studio WYSIWYG designers for portlets.

For anyone unfamiliar with the WorkSpace Studio Launcher initiative, please visit the FAQ on edocs to understand this change.

Here are some highlights of what you’ll experience:

Performance vs. BEA Workshop 10.1

Operations with SUN JVM:

Server Start

24%, 22%, 40% improved across sml, med, lrg app

Deployment

From a fresh project deploy a non-trivial application for the first time.

8%, 42%, 73% improved across sml, med, lrg app

Add method to and deploy web service

38% improved for large app

Add an action to a Page Flow then Run on Server.

2%, 22% improved for med, large app

Edit Page Flow by adding reference to a Service Control in a utility project then Run on Server.

2%, 30% improved for med - large app

With SUN JVM doing incremental build

Add action to a Page Flow

29%, 41%, 56% improved across sml, med, lrg app

Add method to Web Service

33%, 51%, 55% improved across sml, med, lrg app

Edit XMLBean by adding two complex types to schema that reference each other

18%, 43%, 65% improved across sml, med, lrg app

Add callback to Web Service

25%, 47%, 65% improved across sml, med, lrg app

Clean Build

20.23% improved with large application

Operations with JROCKIT JVM:

Server Start

15%, 23%, 25% improved across sml, med, lrg app

Deployment

From a fresh project deploy a non-trivial application for the first time.

9%, 56%, 93% improved across sml, med, lrg app

Add method to and deploy web service

7%, 71% improved for med, large app

Add an action to a Page Flow then Run on Server.

66% improved for large app

Edit Page Flow by adding reference to a Service Control in a utility project then Run on Server.

1%, 64% improved for med - large app

With JROCKIT JVM doing incremental build

Add action to a Page Flow

38%,90% improved across med, lrg app

Add method to Web Service

11%, 50%, 96% improved across med, lrg app

Edit XMLBean by adding two complex types to schema that reference each other

33%, 48%, 93% improved across sml, med, lrg app

Add callback to Web Service

26%, 40%, 90% improved across sml, med, lrg app