Servoy Blurs Line Between Web Apps, Desktop Apps - The Servoy Way: What's New?
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Version 3.5.5 of Servoy was released in February 2008 and built upon many of
the features offered by the development environment. It proved to be a success
by melding RAD with Web-based development,
but to really make some noise in the Web development world, something more was
needed, and that led to the development and release of Version 4, which for all
intents and purposes is a brand-new product.
Version 4 changes the Servoy landscape completely, and all for the better.
First off, Version 4 moves Servoy over to Eclipse, an open-source IDE
(integrated development environment) that is now the world's most popular IDE.
With Servoy operating as a plug-in to Eclipse, a new level of familiarity can
be experienced by those who are new to Servoy but have used other Eclipse-based
plug-ins. That should improve Servoy's chances at displacing other application
development environments.
Of course, there is a lot more to Version 4 than Eclipse. For example, Servoy
4.0 now includes form inheritance, which allows developers to reuse forms and
override methods rather than having to duplicate forms with similar
functionality. Servoy also now supports Form Variables, which allow developers
define variables in the context of a form, eliminating the need to use multiple
application-wide "global" variables for simple form-based tasks.
Another notable improvement comes from the inclusion of live client debugging
for both smart client (client/server) and Web client (browser-based) solutions,
which will speed debugging applications. The list of enhancements and
improvements also includes new reporting tools, menu control options, autoupdating
and support for managing development teams. Servoy Developer is priced at $895,
while client licenses are priced at $349 per user (includes smart client, Web
client and headless client). The Servoy 4.0 Application Server is free and is
included with the client software.
