Nov 96 Newsbits
Volume Number: 12
Issue Number: 11
Column Tag: Newsbits
By Jessica Courtney
Sun And Apple Announce Alliance
Apple and Sun are joining together in a far-reaching strategic alliance. It is
their common goal to provide powerful, flexible and media-rich Internet solutions that
combine Sun’s and Apple’s expertise.
They will work together with Sun to leverage the traditional strengths of their
respective companies - Sun’s leadership position in the enterprise Internet/intranet
server area and their industry-leading Java technologies, and Apple’s legacy in ease of
use and multimedia technologies, with QuickTime, the OpenDoc developer framework
and Open Transport networking technology.
Sun and Apple will enhance their operating environments to provide a seamless
bridge between Sun Solaris servers and Mac OS clients. This means customers will be
able to tap into powerful Solaris-based environments from Macintosh clients,
realizing the benefits of robust, high-performance networking with full connectivity,
advanced network management and complete network security.
Apple will work together with Sun to develop cost-effective, cross-platform and
customizable application solutions by enhancing the integration of OpenDoc and Java
Beans, making compound document development easier. Sun will enhance JavaMedia to
fully support QuickTime
Sun And Apple Announce Alliance Press Release
http://product.info.apple.com/pr/press.releases/1996/q4/960918.pr.rel.sun.html
Sun And Apple Announce Alliance Q & A
http://web.apple.com/Areas/NewsArchive/199609/applesunqa
Metrowerks Launches New CodeWarrior 10
New CodeWarrior IDE improves overall ease-of-use, offers Direct-to-SOM
support and new visual support for Java. CodeWarrior Gold provides support for
software development in four different programming languages (C/C++, Object Pascal
and Java™), for five different operating systems (Mac™ OS, Windows® 95/NT, Be
OS™, Magic Cap™ and PowerTV™ OS), and four different microprocessors (68K,
PowerPC™, X86, MIPS®), all from one intuitive development environment.
Two new features have been added in Version 10 that make developing with Java
considerably easier. A new release of Metrowerks Constructor now allows for visual
development of graphical user interfaces, or GUIs, with Java. The applet viewer is
now conveniently supported from within the IDE so users can run HTML files without
opening a separate application.
Other new features in the Java tools include version 1.0.2 of the JDK from Sun
Microsystems®, a new optimize option in the Java compiler, a new Java utility called
CodeWrangler, which allows developers to view and alter the content of uncompressed
Java zip files, disassembly support in the IDE, plus “thrill-seeker” (or alpha)
versions of Metrowerks’ Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler and a new native Java
compiler.
C/C+ compilers now offer support for Direct-To-SOM language extensions for
OpenDoc development, and a stable debugger for Copland, Apple’s version 8 of the Mac
OS, is also included. CodeWarrior Gold 10 is priced at $399 and is available through
Developer Depot (800) MACDEV-1 or from Metrowerks at (800) 377-5416.
http://www.metrowerks.com
Apprentice 5 is shipping!
Apprentice 5 contains dozens of libraries and classes (including a complete suite
of PowerPlant and Think Class Libraries), from graphics and sounds to menu
management and TCP/IP communications. Many of the libraries include complete
source code.
Apprentice 5 retails for $35, but as a special offer to MacDev-1 readers, you
can buy a copy of Apprentice for only $25 including shipping (800) 835-5514
http://www.celestin.com/macdev1.html
Capite Libro 1.0
Capite Libro is very well suited for ReadMe-documents, since the compiled
documents (i.e., applications) can run on anything from a Mac Plus with System
6.0.5; and the program files are small (and fast). Furthermore, it’s very easy to
update your ReadMe-documents with new compilations.
Capite Libro 1.0 requires a Macintosh Plus or better MacOS compatible computer
with System 6.0.5 or later and 600 K of free memory. Price: $90. For questions,
please contact Torbjoern Larsson Fax: +46-18 212 673-42 Vox: +46-18 212
673-41
Fantasm V4.10 and PowerFantasm V4.10
Lightsoft announces the release of both Fantasm and PowerFantasm versions
4.10. PowerFantasm and Fantasm are complete assembly language development
systems for Macintosh™ computers.
Two versions are available. Fantasm and PowerFantasm. Fantasm will assemble
68k assembly language, and PowerFantasm assembles both 68k and PowerPC assembly
language.
PowerFantasm assembles for all known 68k and PowerPC processors (including
64 bit instructions), and outputs standard Macintosh applications. The PowerPC
assembler handles all 32 bit “extended” instructions as defined in the architecture.
PowerFantasm runs in two distinct modes. In Stand Alone mode, Fantasm can
output code to RAM for testing, or can create a complete double clickable native
application on disk. Build mode uses a linker.
Eddie is Lightsofts’ integrated editor designed specifically for programming.
Eddie is written in 100% machine code (as is Fantasm) for exceptional speed and
responsiveness. Eddie has been written from scratch and does not rely on third party
code to break the 32k limit.
Fantasm V4.1 requires System 7, a Mac with at least an 020 processor and will
run in a minimum of 1 Meg of RAM.
http://www.tau.it/lightsoft
New SentinelWizard GUI
Rainbow Technologies, Inc. announced the SentinelWizard GUI (graphical user
interface). The SentinelWizard, part of the latest software release for the
SentinelSuperPro, guides developers in easily implementing and integrating advanced
protection into their SentinelSuperPro key.
SentinelWizard makes implementing SentinelSuperPro software protection easy.
SentinelWizard automatically programs their SentinelSuperPro key and generates
pseudo code to complete the protection process.
WebSiphon Web-Based Scripting Tool
Purity Software, Inc. announced that it is shipping WebSiphon, its web-based
scripting tool for Macintosh computers. WebSiphon is one of the most anticipated new
CGI (Common Gateway Interface) products for Macintosh web masters delivering a
complete authoring tool for revolutionary sites.
In addition, WebSiphon includes Purity’s database server, Verona, a low
overhead, flat-file database server created specifically for use on the Internet. Verona
is fully multi-threaded allowing multiple concurrent operations among many
databases being served on the web. Unlike other current authoring solutions offered to
Mac OS web masters, WebSiphon completely integrates the SiphonScript language
within the HTML page giving the user the power of a fully featured language.
SiphonScript supports variables, conditional statements, powerful looping statements,
built-in functions, forms processing, and more. An extensive built-in library offers
79 functions users may choose from to aid in creating their site.
WebSiphon requires an Apple Macintosh computer running System 7.5 or
higher, 1 MB RAM for WebSiphon, and a Macintosh web server that supports “sdoc”
CGI AppleEvents. For database functionality, Verona requires an additional 1MB of
RAM. WebSiphon has been tested and is fully compatible with the following web
servers: Boulevard and Web For One by ResNova; WebSTAR by StarNine Technologies,
a division of Quarterdeck; NetPresenz by Peter Lewis; WebCenter by Chris Hawk; and
Sonic Systems’ forthcoming SonicWeb.
WebSiphon has a MSRP of $495, which includes the flat-file database server
Verona (available separately for $195).
http://www.purity.com/
S-CASE 3.0 for Macintosh
MultiQuest announces the release of S-CASE 3.0 for Macintosh. This new version
satisfies the demand for Unified Modeling Language tools brought about by the
increasing popularity of this new method.
S-CASE 3.0 enables analysts, designers and engineers to start using this method
right away, utilizing its potential to create simpler, cleaner and more expressive
models. S-CASE 3.0 also introduces scripted access to its metamodel. Users can now
extract model elements using Tcl scripts, and output them in whatever format they
wish, such as C++, Java, Smalltalk, SQL or customized reports.
S-CASE 3.0 provides C++ reverse engineering capability. It also allows
automatic layout of parsed models for quick visualization and comprehension. Reverse
engineered models can be integrated with existing applications or new projects.
S-CASE 3.0 promotes design reuse by introducing the concept of packages.
Packages encapsulate all the elements needed for reuse. S-CASE 3.0 for Macintosh
lists at $495. (847) 397-9930.
Metrowerks To Support Embedded Development
Metrowerks Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement with Microware
Systems Corp. to extend its CodeWarrior development environment to include support
for Microware’s OS-9 real-time operating system.
Each product in the CodeWarrior for Embedded Systems series will include the
CodeWarrior Integrated Development Environment, or IDE, with full-featured GUI
tools and C/C++ source-level debugging support, on-line documentation.
In an effort to provide developers with a choice of platforms from which to work,
Metrowerks will be offering both Mac OS and Windows 95/NT versions of the software.
These product offerings will enable embedded systems developers to efficiently build
applications for PDAs, smart phones, Web TV, set-top boxes, navigational systems,
car area networks, game machines, and other communications and graphic intensive
platforms.
http://www.metrowerks.com