Jude 0.99 is now available. Jude is my documentation browser software; it competes with both Sun's javadocs and my own book Java in a Nutshell, and is much easier to use than either of those alternatives.
This is a release candidate for Jude 1.0. If anyone reports showstopper bugs, I'll fix them. Otherwise, I'll soon release a 1.0 version
This is also, therefore, your last chance to buy Jude at its pre-release price.
New features in Jude 0.99 include:
- Site licenses are supported. If you have evaluated a single-user license for Jude and are interested in a site license, contact me and I'll get you one you can try.
- Jude now exists in 2 feature levels. Ordinary Jude is intended for developers who just want to browse the public API of existing libraries. "Jude Pro" is intended for developers who want to use Jude with the public API and internal implementation details of APIs they are developing themselves. Jude Pro allows you to view documentation for package-private types and for package and private members. It includes a "View Source Code" command to display the numbered and colorized source code for any type or member. And it can scan multiple releases of an API to determine which types and members were added (or deprecated) in which release. Contact me if you'd like to evaluate the Pro version of Jude.
- The keyboard shortcut for full-text queries has been changed to Q (for query). This frees up the "S" key for the Jude Pro "View Source" command.
- Jude's configuration file syntax and command-line options have changed. And its internal file format has also changed, which means that you will have to re-juice any APIs you have already juiced when you upgrade. This is explained in the new Jude Administrator's Guide, which has been separated out from the Jude User's Guide.
- Various display changes, such as improved navigation links in page headers, automatic detection and grouping of factory methods, the ability to display a recursively complete set of cross references for any type, and the display of tips for new users.
not everyone knows what jude is. is it a desktop app? web app? is there a web demo? screenshots? i still don't know what it is and wont download something if can't understand.
Jude is a web application, but includes an embedded web server, so it is typically run on the desktop and used in a web browser.
Follow the links in the original blog posting to learn more. The User's Guide includes screenshots.
David:
I am an associate professor teaching Java the third time. We have been using Deitel and Deitel but I personally have purchased copies of your Java in a nutshell and Java Examples in a nutshell.
Sorry I could not find a way to contact you so I use this comment on Jude 0.99 to reach you.
I quoted your example of Java's BIgIntger class a lot in my Java lectures. Right now I bumped into problems when trying to run some code from older versions of Java Example in a nutshell (in 1st edition and 2nd edition). Some examples I have access to simply do not compile.
I wander if you and your assistants still support older versions of your books. If you only support or answer questions for the most current version, do examples of older versions have equivalent examples in the new version?
Thanks a lot
Tim Lin
Associate Professor
ECE Department
Cal Poly Pomona
909-869-2542
4/13/05, Wednesday, 1:40 p.m. PDT
Jude is so great~~Now I am eacape from the awful of searching the api document~But I am in China,and I can not use PayPal because I am a student,and I have no credit card to active my paypal account right now,How can I purchase your jude? Maybe I can use the bank system "west union" to remit to you?
Litchi,
Thanks for your kind words about Jude.
I'll email you so we can discuss payment options.
David