What is Visual JavaScript?
A tool for rapidly creating sophisticated "Crossware" applications
that connect web pages to databases. With Visual JavaScript, you
can drag and drop existing software components -- whether they
are written in Java, JavaScript or HTML -- onto Web pages to build
platform-independent applications.
Visual JavaScript includes a "Component Palette" with a rich array
of pre-built HTML form elements, JavaScript and JavaBeans that
will be available from Netscape. This component architecture and
pallette is fully extensible by third party developers. Along
with the Prerelease 1, Netscape has posted a Component Developers'
Kit to jump start these efforts.
(See URL below for more detail on this CDK.)
VISUAL JAVASCRIPT FEATURES OVERVIEW
* Design web pages with the built-in WYSIWYG HTML Page Builder
* Drag-and-drop components on to web pages from the extensible
Component Palette
* Customize component functionality by using the Inspector to view
and edit properties and events
* Create connections between components using simple visual
programming
* Debug applications using the built-in JavaScript debugger,
enabling the setting of breakpoints and stepping through code.
Read the data sheet at:
http://home.netscape.com/comprod/products/tools/visual_js.html
A screen shot of the interface for Visual JavaScipt is available at:
http://developer.netscape.com/members/doc/community/doc/visual_javascript/sc
reenshot.html
To download either Netscape Visual JavaScript 1.0 Preview 1 or the
Component Developers' Kit for third parties, go to:
http://developer.netscape.com/members/doc/community/doc/visual_javascript/in
dex.html
A press release announcing the product can be found at:
http://home.netscape.com/newsref/pr/newsrelease377.html