Cast your ballot for the Builder.com Readers' Choice Awards

by Lamont Adams | Jun 27, 2002 7:00:00 AM

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Takeaway: The time has come! Vote for your favorite development tool in the 2002 Builder.com Readers' Choice Awards.

Recently, we asked you to nominate your favorite tools in seven categories for our first-ever Builder.com Readers' Choice Awards. Thanks to your suggestions, we added at least two nominees to each category, and we're finally ready to open the voting. You can find the survey here. Before you proceed to the voting booth, please feel free to look over our final nomination list, which appears below. Where possible, we've included a link to product Web sites so that you can find out more about unfamiliar tools.

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Voting Other and Abstain
Each category has both an Other and an Abstain option. If your favorite tool does not appear in the nomination list, vote Other. That will work like a vote for a write-in candidate. Then, take a moment to e-mail us (look for the link at the top of the survey) with the name of your choice so that we can add it to next year's nominations. Please remember to tell us which category your Other vote applies to.
If you have little experience with tools in a particular category, or you don't have a strong feeling for any of the nominees, just choose Abstain to cast your vote for none of the above. We'll use Abstain votes and reader feedback to gauge the popularity of our award categories.

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Best Java IDE

• Borland JBuilder 6
• IBM WebSphere Application Developer
• IBM VisualAge for Java 3.5
• IntelliJ IDEA 2.5
• Metrowerks CodeWarrior Development Tools
• Omnicore CodeGuide
• Oracle9i JDeveloper
• Sun Forte/ONE Studio
• WebGain VisualCafe 4.5

Best Java Application Server

• Apache Tomcat
• ATG Dynamo
• BEA WebLogic Server 7
• Borland Enterprise Server
• IBM WebSphere Application Server 4
• JBoss
• Macromedia JRun
• Oracle9i Application Server
• Caucho Resin
• Sybase EAServer 4

Best Windows Development Tool

• Borland C++ Builder
• Borland Delphi 6
• Gupta Team Developer
• Microsoft Visual C++ 6
• Microsoft Visual FoxPro
• Microsoft Visual Basic 6
• Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
• PowerBASIC
• PC Soft WinDev 5.5
• SoftVelocity Clarion 5.5 for Windows
• Sybase PowerBuilder 8

Best Web Development Tool

• Curl SurgeLab IDE
• IBM Domino Designer
• Macromedia Dreamweaver
• Macromedia Flash
• Macromedia ColdFusion
• Macromedia Director Shockwave Studio
• Microsoft Visual Interdev
• Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (ASP.NET)
• PCSoft WebDev
• Corel HoTMetal
• SoftVelocity Clarion/ASP
• Zend PHP Studio

Best Linux IDE

• ActiveState Komodo
• Borland Kylix 2
• CodeWarrior for Linux v6
• CodeForge C-Forge 2.5
• Glade
• KDevelop 2
• KDE Studio
• Moonshine
• Qt Designer
• RHIDE
• VDK Builder
• Visual Tcl
• Wing IDE

Best Mobile Development Tool

• AppForge
• CASL
• CodeWarrior Palm Edition/Wireless Studio
• iAnywhere Solutions SQL Anywhere Studio 8
• Falch.net DeveloperStudio
• Microsoft eMbedded Visual Tools
• PocketStudio
• Satellite Forms

Best Modeling Tool

• Computer Associates Advantage Plex
• Embarcadero Describe
• ERwin 4
• Ideogramic UML
• Poseidon for UML 1.3
• Rational Rose
• Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect
• Sybase PowerDesigner 9
• TogetherSoft Together
• Visio 2002
• Visual UML 2

Let the voting commence!
The voting booths are now open, so please step right this way to cast your ballot.

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Categories and nominees for next year's award
Suggest a new category or nominee to include in next year's Builder.com Readers' Choice Awards. If you don't ask for it, you won't see it, so send us an e-mail!

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