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February 11, 2003
Dr. Dobb's Software Tools NewsletterDella Song
Do you find keeping up with new developer products and version updates harder than keeping up with the Joneses (whoever they are)? If so, Dr. Dobb's Software Tools e-mail newsletter is just the deal for you. Delivered once a month to your mailbox, this unique newsletter keeps you posted on the latest in SDKs, libraries, components, compilers, and the like.
Software Engineering Associates has released
Plankton, a PHP-based toolkit for developers. It consists of both a general-purpose
class library, which provides the basic building blocks of a PHP web application,
and framework-specific classes, which provide a streamlined architecture
for PHP web development. Some features in the general-purpose class library
include generating HTML, creating and processing XML, DBMS-independent
database functionality, creating PDF documents, and more, including session
management, abstract data types, and network protocols. The framework-specific
features include classes that can configure themselves from XML configuration
files, advanced form classes, and "MegaWidgets," which are self-contained,
mini-applications that can easily be dropped into a web page.
Perforce Software has launched Perforce 2002.2, an update to its software
configuration management system. Perforce 2002.2 includes Perforce Proxy
(P4P), which utilizes a caching technology to facilitate distributed development.
P4P gives remote users quick response times when downloading versions
of files that have already been requested by other remote users. P4P caches
file revisions sent from the central server-subsequent requests for that
same revision are delivered from the proxy server, reducing both network
traffic across the WAN and CPU load on central servers.
Polar SpellChecker Component 4.0, a Windows-based tool from Polar Software
that performs advanced spell-checking functionalities, is now available.
Version 4.0 is upgraded with features such as easy integration with RichEdit
and Edit text controls, simultaneous use of multiple dictionaries, support
for text statistics, as-you-type spell checking, and new dictionaries
based on new and refined word lists for 14 languages.
SoftIntegration has released its SoftIntegration Graphical Library (SIGL)
for Mac OS X, a 2D/3D graphical plotting tool within the framework of
C/C++. With SIGL, you can design and deploy the graphical application
running across different platforms. It contains a plotting class with
many member functions for visualization, and allows for the compilation
and linking of code with the Graphical Library in the desired C++ compiler.
SoftIntegration Graphical Library is available for Windows, Solaris, Linux,
HP-UX, and Mac OS X.
Data Junction has announced the release of GoPeep!, a freely available
data browser that lets you view more than 160 different applications and
formats including XML, binary, COBOL, and dBase. GoPeep! lets you search
within live data and access "mystery" data that was previously
unavailable. With GoPeep! you can browse any relational database without
the application being installed on your system, and it provides a range
of metadata adapters including XML DTDs, XML schema, and COBOL 01 for
viewing unstructured data.
New from iVoice is the iVoice Speech SDK 3.0, which lets you speech-enable
PC or telephony applications. It has been improved to incorporate iVoice's
Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) engine enhancements. The SDK lets you
write applications that treat the voice as an input device such as a mouse,
keyboard, or joystick. Enhancements in Version 3.0 include a COM library
that lets you easily create speech applications in both Visual C++ and
Visual Basic. The SDK is multithreaded and supports simultaneous input
processing by supporting buffering on up to eight speech channels in three
different recognition modes.
Software Research has released Version 4.0 of its eValid Website Test
Suite, which provides a way to access and expose defects or bottlenecks
on web sites. The new release expands eValid's capabilities to provide
XML and multiwindow support, introduces thin and limited-fidelity test
playback options, and delivers web-site testing without the need for plug-ins,
JavaScripts or VBScripts, proxies, or wrappers. It supports cookies, Flash
objects, and Java Applets in an intuitive way. The new version also introduces
new dashboard controls, simplifies user preferences, and automates testing
even further.
General Software has released a new version of its Firmbase SDK for embedded
x86 firmware applications. The new functionality in Firmbase 1.1 improves
upon the fault-tolerant, run-time infrastructure that embedded devices
need to run high-availability firmware applications concurrently with
the run-time operating system. Firmbase 1.1 offers a system registry,
cacheable kernel, polled interrupt model, dispatcher controls for load
leveling, an integrated high-availability subsystem, O/S system death
detection, network boot, Media Access Control drivers, and a Socket library
for building network-aware firmware applications. Sample code for drivers
and applications is included, allowing OEMs to leverage existing working
code in the development of new drivers and applications.
Codagen Technologies announced the availability of Codagen Architect 3.0,
a software development tool that enables the automatic generation of application
source code from UML models by using either a J2EE or .NET Framework.
By using the standardized XML-based environment, you use templates for
transforming your own software architecture into a reusable asset. Key
product enhancements include: interoperability with Together ControlCenter
as well as Rational Rose and Microsoft Visio UML; a generic UML adapter
that allows the generation of code from any XML-compliant modeling tool;
ANSI C++ source-code generation (in addition to Java, Visual Basic, C#,
and XML); the addition of statechart, use case, and activity diagrams;
and Technology Accelerators, which are ready-to-use transformation templates
for the most popular technologies and frameworks that enable you to build
your own or to take advantage of templates created through industry best
practices.
Trolltech has released Qt 3.1. New in this version are the QMotif
integration module, which lets you insert Qt-based code into existing
Motif applications; and ActiveQt, which lets you use the Qt API to write
ActiveX servers and controls. There are also improvements in the Mac OS
X integration including integration with Mac Appearance Manager, antialiased
text drawing, user setting, and improved OpenGL support; and Qt 3.1 now
supports Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar). Other Qt 3.1 benefits include an easier
GUI design, enhanced documentation assistance, improved multithreading,
and many improvements to the existing class library.
Agilis Software has released EasyLicenser, a software license manager
for both ISVs and end users. EasyLicenser protects Java programs on all
platforms, and C/C++ and Visual Basic 6 products on Windows. Most commonly
used license models are supported, and the licensing options can be further
customized to meet your needs. It includes an eCommerce feature that allows
you to issue and maintain end-user licenses over the web automatically,
and EasyLicenser also supports the import and export of customer, product,
and license-key data in a variety of formats including XML. Additionally,
EasyLicenser has a License Manager GUI that can be used to manage your
customers' license keys and accounts as well as your own. This GUI includes
online documentation and Help.
New from Ware Valley is Version 2.1 of Orange for Oracle, an application
development and performance management tool. Targeting Oracle application
developers and DBAs, Orange provides an integrated set of tools for developing,
tuning, and managing Oracle database applications. Orange is available
as a Standard Edition, which provides development, performance tuning,
and monitoring tools, and DBA Extended Edition, which contains all the
Standard Edition tools as well as a full suite of management, diagnostic,
and reporting tools. Version 2.1 includes an Auto Update feature that
allows you to receive all product updates as they become available
Novilit has released Novilit AnyWare 2.0, a development environment
for embedded communications protocols. The two main components of AnyWare
are the Communication Machine Definition Language (CMDL), a high-level
definition language for describing protocols; and the Communication Machine
Development Engine (CMDE), a multistage compiler that automatically turns
CMDL protocol descriptions into working code. AnyWare 2.0 includes a state
machine definition technology and a message-flow debugging program.
Quality First Software has released qftestJUI, a tool for the automation
of Java user interface tests. It manages the creation and execution of
automated tests for Java/Swing Applications with a GUI. Key features include
a test reusability, minimizing the effort necessary for regression testing;
an intuitive graphical design; and a set of features for advanced users
such as variables, procedures, and scripting. Documentation, including
a tutorial, is also available. qftestJUI runs on Windows and all major
UNIX systems.
NewMonics has released PERC 4.0, a development platform for embedded
systems. Enhancements in this release include: a reduced memory footprint;
improved application transparency, with new PERC shell commands that detail
memory heap organization and utilization; deterministic timing service;
direct memory API, giving compiler optimized access to buffers and memory-mapped
I/0; and PERC-scheduled native tasks, which improves the performance of
JNI and eases integration with native applications and operating system
management tools.
Desktop Orbiter 1.0, a security application from Anfibia Software, is
a client-server solution capable of providing remote (IP-based) desktop
security and management. Security features include a suite of Desktop
Restrictions and Access Control procedures to avoid running untrusted
or forbidden applications. Additional features in Desktop Orbiter include
the ability to send messages, take snapshots, run software, reboot machines
remotely, and more. It is available for Windows NT4/2000/XP.
Aviva has announced the launch of the Aviva Host Integration SDK 5.0
(AHI SDK) for the Oracle 9i Application Server (Oracle 9iAS). It includes
a suite of development tools for building Java applications, servlets,
Java Server Pages, Portlets, and Enterprise Java Beans. The AHI SDK provides
tools such as the Aviva Developer Assistant, templates, application prototypes,
and the Aviva Trace Player. Other features include a testing and diagnostic
tool that allows you to record and playback a complete host session, and
the ability to create fully customizable application prototypes used to
bind the Hostlet with applications. It is available for all Windows versions.
PowerSecure, from Mazu Networks, is a network traffic security platform.
PowerSecure products deliver behavioral IDS capabilities, dynamic risk
assessment, and functions for identifying attacks. It also delivers functionality
for optimizing network operations and performance. The key enabling technology
in PowerSecure solutions is MCube, Mazu's software for generating advanced
network traffic intelligence. MCube uses advanced algorithms and statistical
models to understand and represent the characteristics and patterns of
network traffic.
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