(openPR) Canoo releases drag-and-drop user interface editor for Eclipse and UltraLightClient
Basel, December 06, 2004 - Canoo today announced that it has released ULC Visual Editor 3.0 for Eclipse 3.0.1 ( http://www.canoo.com/ulc/products/ulcvisualeditor.html ). ULC Visual Editor is a "drag-and-drop" user interface designer for UltraLightClient and Eclipse 3.0.1. Using this new editor, Java developers can visually compose rich, desktop-like graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for enterprise web applications within the Eclipse development environment.
Build Rich Internet Applications Visually
The newly enhanced ULC Visual Editor helps developers to visually design web applications with Canoo's Java library for Rich Internet Applications, UltraLightClient. The ULC Visual Editor is based on Eclipse Visual Editor 1.0.1, which uses the Java Beans component model.
Using the new visual class wizard, developers can easily create reusable user interface dialog components: an added benefit for prototyping and large-scale GUI design. In addition, direct editing of text and title properties on the canvas and in the Java Bean Tree, and events on ULC widgets are now supported in the new version.
While editing a visual class within Eclipse, the ULC Visual Editor displays the UltraLightClient widget set in a palette. The palette lists ULC containers, components and menus. To build a user interface, a container is added to the canvas by drag-and-drop, and the required ULC widgets are positioned in the container.
About UltraLightClient
UltraLightClient is a library to build Rich Internet Applications (RIA) in Java. Using this standard Java library, developers achieve unprecedented productivity in providing rich, responsive graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for enterprise web applications within J2EE and J2SE infrastructures. UltraLightClient builds on available developer know-how by following the Swing API, yet shields the developer from the complexities of client/server code distribution by taking care of the code split and optimizing communication. Application releases are deployed on the server only. The user interface is handled by an application-independent Java presentation engine distributed as an applet to a browser, to Eclipse RCP, or via Java Web Start. See Key Differentiators (http://www.canoo.com/ulc/home/keydifferentiators.html) to find out how ULC compares with other technologies.
Software Requirements
ULC Visual Editor 3.0 requires the following software:
* Eclipse 3.0.1
* Eclipse Visual Editor 1.0.1
* UltraLightClient 5.2.1 or higher
* JRE 1.3.1 and higher
Pricing
A developer license for ULC Visual Editor 3.0 is available for purchase at the UltraLightClient website and costs US$ 499.- per developer seat. A free evaluation license is available for 15 days.
A developer license of UltraLightClient costs US$ 1495 and includes free runtime distribution on any number of servers. A free evaluation license may be obtained for 30 days.
UltraLightClient Community
The ULC Community (http://ulc-community.canoo.com) provides a platform for ULC developers to share useful extensions, add-ons and integration snippets. All code contributions are free. Contributions for Eclipse developers include:
* Eclipse IDE Integration plug-in (http://ulc-community.canoo.com/snipsnap/space/Contributions/Integration+Snippets/Eclipse+IDE+Integration)
* Eclipse RCP Integration plug-in (http://ulc-community.canoo.com/snipsnap/space/Contributions/Integration+Snippets/Eclipse+RCP+Integration)
About Eclipse
For more information about Eclipse 3.0, the Eclipse consortium, open-source community and royalty-free downloads, please refer to http://www.eclipse.org.
About Canoo
Canoo (http://www.canoo.com) is specialized in object-oriented, J2EE-based software, delivering solutions for business applications and products for software development. The software company is based in Basel, Switzerland and is participating in the Eclipse Visual Editor project. Canoo's GUI designer is the first software tool that is based on the Eclipse Visual Editor project.
