New development tools simplify Java web development

Recent discussions of total cost-of-ownership have led to the increased use of browser-based applications in the automation of business processes. While the initial focus of savings lies in the realm of operating costs, the development costs of web-based front-ends and the productivity of the end user are frequently neglected areas. The tool provider Innoopract addresses itself to efficiency upgrades in the realm of development and end user productivity by transferring proven practices into the context of web applications with a component library and a visual design tool. This tops up current Java technologies supplying business logic in the application server with a powerful new front-end.

With the W4 Toolkit and W4 Designer, the state-of-the-art approach to the object-oriented development of desktop front-ends is transferred to the development of HTML front-ends. With these new tools, Innoopract has made it possible for a large group of application developers from the Java, Visual Basic and C++ realms to develop user-friendly and functional user interfaces with comfort similar to that of Windows. Envisaged applications are primarily transaction-oriented systems for medium and large companies, for example customer self-care or Intranet applications in the realms of accountancy, purchasing, or personnel.

The W4 Toolkit library provides widgets such as menus, treeviews, and index cards, control flow is driven by events. Thanks to the active cross-browser support of the W4 Toolkit components and their rendering kits, the principle ‘write once – run anywhere' is now considerably closer to being realised for web front-ends as well. With the W4 Designer, front-ends with integrated data binding can be created very rapidly by way of a visual development process. A W4 Designer version as Eclipse Plugin will be availabe this quarter.

About Innoopract
The roots of the company, which was founded in Karlsruhe in 1992, lie in the realm of Enterprise Resource Planing. Innoopract has been a GmbH (private limited liability company) since 1997. In 2001 Innoopract expanded its business profile by the addition of development tools for Java web applications. The company has been increasing its efforts toward developing indirect operations via partners and distributors since November 2002. Currently Innoopract products are available in 17 countries around the world. The Karlsruhe firm maintains technology partnerships with Borland, Sun Microsystems, and IBM.




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