Over 700 of our readers sent in their favorite software products, web sites and books, making for our largest nominee pool yet. The judges for the 12th Annual Software Development Jolt Product Excellence Awards are now convening to choose the best from among these nominees. We will be announcing the winner in April at this year's Software Development West conference in San Jose, CA and will provide detailed reviews in the July issue of Software Development magazine.

Books

• The COM and COM+ Programming Primer
• A System of Patterns: Pattern Oriented Software Architecture
• Active Server Pages 3.0
• Advanced CORBA Programming with C++
• Advanced JavaServer Pages
• After the Gold Rush
• Agile Software Development
• Agile Software Development with Scrum
• Applying UML and Patterns
• Bertrand Meyer's .NET Video Course
• Building Kylix Applications
• Building Oracle XML Applications
• Business Rules Applied: Building Better Systems Using the Business Rules Approach
• C# and the .Net Framework
• C# In a Nutshell
• Code Complete
• ComputingFailure.com
• Core J2EE Patterns
• Core Java 2, Vol. 2 5/e
• Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government Saving Privacy in the Digital Age
• Debugging Applications
• Definitive XML Schema
• Definitive XSLT and XPath
• Delphi in a Nutshell
• design pattern
• Design Patterns - Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
• Designing Enterprise Applications with J2EE
• Developer's Guide to Integrating Electronic Payments
• Developing Applications with JAVA and UML
• DEVELOPING ENTERPRISE JAVA APPLICATIONS WITH J2EE AND UML
• Discover Pascal in Delphi
• Effective Java
• Effective Requirements Practices
• Embedded Linux
• Enterprise Java beans
• Expert One-on-One Oracle
• eXtend Suite
• Extreme Programming Applied
• extreme programming explained
• Extreme Programming Installed
• Extreme ProgrammingExplored
• Graphic Java, Mastering the JFC
• Hack Attacks Denied
• Hack Attacks Revealed
• InterBase
• Interpreting Lisp
• J2EE Applications and BEA WebLogic Server
• J2EE Connector Architecture and Enterprise Application Integration
• Java & XML
• Java Ptifalls
• Java RMI
• Java Tools for Extreme Programming
• JavaServer Pages
• JCertify
• Jini Technology : An Overview
• LDAP Developers Guide
• Lessons Learned in Software Testing
• Linux Desk Reference
• Managing High-Intensity Internet Projects
• Mastering Enterprise Java Beans
• Modern C++ Design
• Moving To VB.NET
• Object-Oriented Application Development Using the CACHÉ Postrelational Database
• OpenGL SuperBible
• Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture: Patterns for Concurrent and Networked Objects
• Patterns for e-business - A Strategy for Reuse
• Peer Reviews in Software: A Practical Guide
• Peopleware
• Perl Black Book
• Perl By Example, 3/e
• PHP4 Developer's Guide
• Planning Extreme Programming
• Practitioner's Handbook for User Interface Design and Development
• Pragmatic Programmer : From Journeyman to Master
• Problem Frames
• Professional Java Programming
• Professional Java Server Programming
• Professional VB.NET
• Programming C#
• Programming ColdFusion
• Programming Python
• Programming Ruby
• Project Retrospectives: A Handbook for Team Reviews
• Python Essential Reference
• Rapid Development
• Red Hat Linux Administrator's Handbook
• Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
• RS Logix 5000
• Sams Teach Yourself TCP/IP in 24 Hours
• Software Craftsmanship
• Software Fundamentals: Collected Papers
• Solid Software
• SSH The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide
• Streamlined Object Modeling
• Taking Your Talent to the Web
• TCP/IP Lean, Web Servers for Embedded Systems
• The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork
• The Accidental Project Manager
• The C++ Standard Library
• The CICS programmer's Desk Reference
• The Elements of Java Style
• The Humane Interface:New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems
• The Inmates Are Running the Asylum
• The Java Message Servicr
• The Object Primer
• The Peopleware Papers: Notes on the Human Side of Software
• The Pragmatic Programmer
• The Software Architect's Profession
• The Tomes ofDelphi Algorithms and DataStructures
• Thinking in C++
• Thinking in Java
• UML for Database Design
• Under Pressure and On Time
• Use Case Driven Object Modeling with UML
• User Interface Design For Programmers
• User-Centered Design
• Web Services: Building Blocks for Distributed Systems
• XML in a Nutshell
• XSLT
• XSLT Programmers Reference

Libraries, Frameworks and Components

• .NET Framework
• ACE -Adaptive Communications Environment
• ACE/TAO
• ADAPTIVE Communication Environment (ACE)
• Apache Avalon Framework
• Apache Cocoon
• Apache FOP
• AspEmail
• Boost C++ Library
• CLX
• combit List & Label
• CppUnit
• e_Db
• e_Fs
• Fusebox
• HiColor Tools
• Internet Professional
• JRules
• JUnit
• openadaptor
• PopChart Server
• Qt
• Rogue Wave/Stingray Studio
• VBSF
• WebLogic Application Server
• Wine/Wineilb
• wxWindows

Languages and Development Environments

• ACE / TAO
• ActivePython
• ACUCOBOL-GT/ACUBENCH
• Apache::ASP
• AppForge Professional
• Arriba! Development Suite
• BitKeeper
• BlackBox Component Builder
• Borland C++ Builder
• Clarion for Windows
• ClarioNET
• Code Warrior Pro (for Java)
• CodeSurfer
• CodeWarrior for Palm OS
• Cold Fusion Professional Application Server
• ColdFusion 5 UltraDev 4 Studio
• dB2k
• DBPartner Debugger for Oracle
• Delphi 6
• Dolphin Smalltalk
• Eclipse
• ED4W
• eMbedded Visual Tools
• Enterprise Studio for Java
• Euphoria
• FileMaker Pro Developer 5.5
• Flash
• G2
• GNU Compiler Collection (gcc)
• IDEA
• Ideaj
• IntelliJ IDEA
• ISE EiffelStudio
• J programming language
• Java
• Java Development Environment for Emacs
• JBuilder
• Jedit
• Kylix
• lcc-win32
• Matlab
• Microsoft Visual Studio
• MLAB
• Netbeans
• php 4.0
• PL/SQL Developer
• PowerBuilder
• PowerHouse Web
• Progress ProVision Plus
• Python
• Quexal
• REALbasic
• Ruby programming language
• SoftModeler
• Source Insight
• TOAD
• Together Control Center
• TogetherJ
• Tool Command Language
• UltraEdit-32
• UML Essentials for Rose
• Universal Application
• Versata System
• Visual FoxPro 7
• Visual Studio.NET
• VisualAge for Java
• VisualWorks
• WebObjects
• WebSphere Studio Application Developer
• WinBatch/Compiler
• XMLSpy

Design and Management Tools

• BetaSphere Feedback Management Server (FMS)
• Describe
• DYNASITE XP
• Embarcadero ER/Studio
• Extreme Programming
• Jtest
• LANutil Elite
• MagicDraw
• Microsoft Visio Professional
• Perforce
• Poseidon for UML
• Power User Suite
• Pragmatier Data Tier Builder Personal Edition
• Rational Rose
• RequisitePro
• Rose Modeler
• Ruled White Index Cards, 4" x 6", 100-Pack
• Select Component Factory
• Select Enterprise
• StarTeam
• Together ControlCenter
• Unified Process
• VAPS
• Visio Professional
• Visual Build

Utilities

• Ant
• Araxis Merge
• Beyond Compare
• Datatect
• Epsilon
• Evolution
• Insure++
• Jindent
• JProbe
• KlassMaster
• MarkMagic/400 Bar Code Label and SM@RT Forms Software
• Merge 2001 Professional
• MKS Source Integrity Enterprise
• Mozilla
• NeoTrace Pro
• Palmersoft Generator
• Sleuth QA Suite
• Sorenson Squeeze
• SQLView XP
• Swish
• TextPad
• Ultraedit
• Utility Dog
• Virtual PC for Windows
• Visual Assist

Web Sites/Portals

• Blender Creator
• Cafe au Lait
• Softheon's Enterprise Information Portals (EIP)
• java.sun.com
• Zope

Special/Other

• $$$ ON THE NET
• 6D-Research Motion Measurement and Analysis Software Engine
• BeOS
• Capability Maturity Model Integrated
• Centurion
• CodeWright
• Cygwin
• eComstation
• EDN
• Hercules
• Joel On Software (www.joelonsoftware.com)
• JOnAS Java Open Application Server
• JTest
• JTest & JContract
• KeyDev
• Libranet GNU/Linux
• Libranet OS (debian clone)
• LumberCore
• Mandrake Linux
• MicroCross GNU X-Tools
• MSDN Universal Subscription
• Niku Portfolio Manager
• OpenBSD 2.9
• OS X
• QKS CLASSIFIER
• RedHat Linux
• RootCause
• Test Realtime (was Attol)
• WikiWikiWeb
• www.infojukebox.com