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| Nexaweb Technologies Makes Nexaweb Studio 2.4 Available Nexaweb Technologies has announced the availability of Nexaweb Studio 2.4 - the latest version of its Eclipse-based Integrated Development Environment (IDE) toolset. Nexaweb Studio 2.4, a component of the Nexaweb Enterprise Web 2.0 Suite, offers enterprise Web developers, J2EE/Java developers and software engineers a standards-based visual design environment for creating EW2.0 applications. Nexaweb's Enterprise Web 2.0 solutions enable customers to leverage Rich Internet Application (RIA), Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), and traditional enterprise technologies to deliver composite business applications with a rich user interface (UI) via the Web. Nexaweb Studio 2.4 builds on early versions of its plug-ins that provide additional Eclipse Perspectives with enhanced UI design, business logic development and data integration capabilities that speed the development of EW2.0 applications. The new and enhanced features offered in Nexaweb Studio 2.4 include: - Nexaweb Business Logic Development - An enhanced Event Wizard guides users through the steps required to connect business logic to UI components. Business logic resides between the presentation-tier and the data-tier in an application. Event handlers are used to connect the business logic to the presentation tier (UI components). Studio 2.4 eliminates the need for users to remember which types of events are available for a given component type, which elements are required to make the connection and the exact XML syntax. - Nexaweb Data - A new data interface provides a flexible approach to binding UI components to data through a data component directory. The interface presents Web application designers with a comprehensive list of data components that make it easy to identify and select data to bind to a UI component without having to manually code XML or manually open data files in separate views. Additionally, when data wizards are invoked, the context (the component selected at the time the wizard is invoked) is used to pre-populate form fields wherever possible. The new data interface includes support to browse the content of a XML or object-based data source. The data source schema is extracted and displayed such that the fields may be reviewed and connected to a UI component via drag-and-drop. Drag-and-drop capabilities are available among many other views and appropriate wizards are invoked based on the UI and data component types. - Nexaweb Visual Editor - New Panel Templates reduce the time required to develop UIs and eliminate the need for learning the nuances of specific layout managers. For experienced users, several new templates are available that provide predefined panels, menus, and controls for quickly creating UIs that mirror common UI metaphors. For new users, there are new templates that clearly demonstrate layout manager capabilities. The Nexaweb Platform - is a product set that separates business logic from application presentation to simplify the development and deployment of EW2.0 applications. The Nexaweb Platform is composed of three components: - Nexaweb Conductors - Declarative XML UI engines that run in any browser, delivering services that support light weight, reliable EW2.0 applications across multiple client technologies - Nexaweb Internet Message Bus (IMB) - Increases user productivity by intelligently managing communication between Web servers and clients, enabling consistent high-performance over any bandwidth, and any kind of network - Nexaweb Enterprise Services - A set of J2EE 2.3-complaint resources (Servlets, Listeners) which intelligently manages all elements of application presentation and enterprise integration to provide a highly scalable solution that reduces operational costs. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Computing News :: home page |