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January 04, 2005
New Tools for Building Applications
Macromedia Inc. and Nexaweb Technologies Inc. have brought out upgraded XML development offerings with updates for building thinclient applications with rich features native to the desktop.
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The Nexaweb tools can run in any J2EE application server, allowing developers to use JavaBeans, JSP and other coding structures to build XML user interfaces for Internet applications that need rich features like drag and drop.
Best Western International Inc. in Phoenix used Nexaweb's tool set to replace an HTML-based reservation, room rate and inventory application. An XML-bascd user interface reduced the time the system takes to respond to changes made at the company's 4,000-plus properties from 15 seconds to two seconds, said Harold Dibler, managing director of application development at Best Western. The interface also reduced network traffic by more than 90%, he said.
Macromedia Flex 1.5 allows developers to use a text editor or IDE to build rich-client applications, said Jeff Whatcott, Macromedia's vice president of product marketing.
Posted by editor at January 4, 2005 02:52 PM