Dr. Dobb's Journal March 2004
Akiva has delivered the initial codebase for the open-source Madrid Platform, designed as a standards-based alternative to proprietary architectures for Enterprise Content Management (ECM) applications. The Madrid Platform plugs into Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) and provides native XML document management, user management, collaboration (asynchronous and synchronous), and workflow models. You can create applications using a collection of Java classes for managing security, presence, versioning, presentation, and user extensible schemas. The Madrid Platform is available under the LGPL open-source license.
Akiva Corp.
1901 Camino Vida Roble, Suite 115
Carlsbad, CA 92008
http://www.madrid-project.org/
ActiveState has released the Tcl Dev Kit 3.0, including enhanced code coverage for thoroughly testing applications; true time-based code profiling ensures that code bottlenecks are easily identified for optimal performance; and a new static analysis cross-reference tool for revealing code dependencies. The standard deployment mechanisms for Tcl now have a new cross-platform Virtual File System Explorer that enables the visual inspection of Starkits and Starpacks contents, ensuring the existence of correct components and versions while saving time and avoiding deployment problems.
ActiveState
#400 - 580 Granville Street
Vancouver, BC
Canada V6C 1W6
604-484-6800
http://www.activestate.com/
Python 2.3.3 has been released, fixing several bugs including errors with weakrefs and the cyclic garbage collector. No new features have been added. Python is often characterized as an agile language that promotes speedy development and includes a unit-testing framework for building more robust applications; it is currently shipping with Apple's latest OS X release.
Python Software Foundation
1707 Sinclair Lane
Crownsville, MD 21032-1925
http://python.org/
FirstSQL has released FirstSQL/J Embedded Mobile Edition 2.65, a toolset for creating Java database applications on PDAs and devices using WinCE, PocketPC, and Metrowerks Linux. FirstSQL/J EM has a 500-KB footprint, but can be deployed in as little as 400 KB. FirstSQL/J EM is distributed with its own cross-platform setup program for installation on a desktop/development machine. FirstSQL/J EM supports several options for the installation of a JVM, application, and FirstSQL/J EM preloaded database.
FirstSQL Inc.
P.O. Box 1570
El Cerrito, CA 94530
425-828-4552
http://www.firstsql.com/
The Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP), a not-for-profit association of independent software developers, marketers, and vendors promoting the try-before-you-buy method of software distribution, has launched a software download site at http://downloads.asp-shareware.com/. This site lists software from developer members of the ASP in categories such as business applications, educational software, multimedia programs, Internet and computer utilities, and games. The ASP has over 1000 members.
ASP President's Office
P.O. Box 2209
Dublin, CA 94568
925-828-5892
http://asp-shareware.com/
The Covalent Application Manager (CAM) is designed to manage major open-source web application resources including Tomcat, Jboss, Linux, Apache, and MySQL. CAM presents one integrated application view by automatically discovering and then correlating multiple components of a web application. Users can map applications and supporting resources, measure application service levels, control applications to resolve problems, and analyze application data for reporting, forecasting, and planning.
Covalent Technologies Inc.
303 Second Street, Suite 375 South
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-856-4200
http://www.covalent.net/
Visual Numerics has made available the IMSL C Numerical Library 5.5 for C and C++ developers. This release provides new routines for optimization, data mining, time series, and design of experiments analysis. In addition, the IMSL C Numerical Library runs on a variety of major development platforms, including Windows PC, Visual Studio .NET, Itanium2 with Linux and the Intel C++ compiler, IA-32 with Linux and the gcc compiler, Sun Solaris, and IBM AIX.
Visual Numerics Inc.
12657 Alcosta Boulevard, Suite 450
San Ramon, CA 94583
925-415-8300
http://www.vni.com/
SoftIntegration has released Version 1.1 of its cross-platform SoftIntegration C++ Graphical Library (SIGL) for 2D/3D graphical plotting within the framework of C/C++. Plots can be generated using SIGL for display in a local monitor, through the Web, or saved in a file with a variety of different file formats. SIGL 1.1 adds features for royalty free distribution of applications developed with SIGL. SoftIntegration Graphical Library is available for Windows, Solaris, Linux, HP-UX, and Mac OS X. It requires XDarwin with the OroborOSX window manager in Mac OS X.
SoftIntegration Inc.
216 F Street, #68
Davis, CA 95616
530-297-7398
http://www.softintegration.com/
SYWARE has announced Version 8 of its Visual CE rapid application development software for database and forms development on Windows Mobile and Pocket PC handheld computers. New features include a significantly expanded array of uses for variables, additional alarm functions, support for sounds, and the creation of image maps, built-in support for "one-click" bar code scanning using Socket's ultra-small In-Hand Scan Cards, and the ability to send SMS messages directly from within a database application.
SYWARE Inc.
P.O. Box 425091
Kendall, Cambridge, MA 02142
617-497-1300
http://www.syware.com/
DDJ