Netscape DevEdge News
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A biweekly newsletter serving the Netscape developer community
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Vol. 2, No. 11 -- June 5, 1997
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In this message:
PRODUCT AND TECHNOLOGY NEWS
* Communicator and SuiteSpot 3.0: Get them first at DevCon
Next Week
* TechVision: Spotlight on DevCon's Technical Sessions
* Communicator PR5 Publicly Available
* Dynamic HTML Contest - Winners to be Announced at DevCon
NEW RESOURCES
* New Object Signing Tools
* LiveWire SDK Available
* CORBA SDK Available
* Mission Control (formerly Administration Kit)
EVENT NEWS
* SGI Forum 97 and DevCon -- See Both, Save Money
NEW TO VIEW SOURCE
* Server-Side JavaScript Sleight of Hand
* Controlling the User Environment with JavaScript 1.2
CODER CORNER
* Cool 100% Pure JavaScript Application
SUBSCRIPTION INFO/FEEDBACK
* See end of this email
- Product and Technology News -
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* NETSCAPE COMMUNICATOR, SUITESPOT 3.0: GET THEM FIRST AT DEVCON
Netscape will deliver Netscape Communicator, Netscape
SuiteSpot 3.0 and a worldwide developers' conference in San Jose,
California next week. Register now to attend the event June 11-13
and receive a complimentary copy of Netscape Communicator and an
evaluation copy of SuiteSpot 3.0 hot off the press.
Meet your fellow developers, discuss your development plans
with engineers and get the latest announcements direct from Netscape.
Four main tracks of sessions are packed with technical, how-to
content. DevCon is a mecca for Internet developers and
IT professionals deploying and managing intranet applications.
It's where you will hear Netscape product and technology plans in
keynotes by Marc Andreessen and Netscapes product division heads
Rick Schell and Eric Hahn. You'll also hear from
Intel CEO Andy Grove and Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy.
Get the practical know-how needed to create next generation and
crossware apps.
Register now at: http://developer.netscape.com/devcon/
If you require assistance with accomodations check with the
San Jose visitor's bureau for additional rooms at (408) 977-0900.
* TECHVISION THIS WEEK: SPOTLIGHT ON DEVCON'S TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Marc Andreessen in his column this week describes how the timing of
DevCon offers a great chance to learn about creating crossware for
the Networked Enterprise -- applications that run across networks,
platforms and computing systems via open standards. He also discusses
a few of the sessions developers won't want to miss.
http://home.netscape.com/comprod/columns/techvision/devcon3.html
* NETSCAPE COMMUNICATOR 4.0 PR5 AVAILABLE
With the final release expected next week, this is a last chance to
download a prerelease of Netscape Communicator 4.0 if you haven't
already. Just posted to the developer web site is updated
documentation on Dynamic HTML, Netscape’s DDE Implementation,
OLE Automation, and a new Composer Plug-in Guide.
http://developer.netscape.com/library/documentation/index.html
* DYNAMIC HTML CONTEST - WINNERS TO BE ANNOUNCED AT DEVCON
Thanks to all of the developers who entered the Dynamic HTML
contest sponsored by Webmonkey and Netscape. The winners will be
announced timed with DevCon. Contest details and prizes can be
reviewed at:
http://developer.netscape.com/devcon/contest/index.html
- Event News -
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* SGI FORUM 97 AND DEVCON -- SEE BOTH, SAVE MONEY
Take advantage of an opportunity to attend two cutting-edge Bay Area
conferences in one week. Silicon Graphics Forum 97 and
Netscape DevCon share the week of June 9-13, 1997, in the
San Francisco Bay Area.Netscape DevCon attendees can go to the
SGI Forum for $670 (a $225 savings off the standard registration fee).
Alternatively, SGI Forum attendees can go to Netscape DevCon for $895
(a $300 savings.) Attend SGI's Forum 97 June 9-10, finish out the
week at DevCon June 11-13.
see: http://www.sgi.com/Forum97/devcon.html
- New Resources -
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* NEW OBJECT SIGNING TOOLS AVAILABLE
Netscape Communicator has greatly expanded and improved object
signature capabilities. New tools are available to package and
sign your code so it can be distributed securely. A second beta
of JAR Packager has just been released along with two new tools:
Command Line and Page Signer. For more information see:
http://developer.netscape.com/software/signedobj/index.html
* LIVEWIRE SDK AVAILABLE
LiveWire gives you easy access to powerful relational databases
and affords corporate IS developers the ability to quickly deploy
database applications on the intranet. LiveWire Pro 1.01 is
shipping on all UNIX and Windows NT platforms. As a reminder,
LiveWire is included in the soon-to-be-released Enterprise
Server Pro 3.0 and SuiteSpot Pro 3.0. It includes a choice of
either a limited deployment copy of database software for the
INFORMIX-OnLine Workgroup Server, or a development-only copy of
Oracle7 Workgroup Server. For more product info check out:
http://developer.netscape.com/library/one/sdk/livewire/index.html
For development resources on LiveWire and Server-side JavaScript read
the View Source article noted below and:
http://home.netscape.com/comprod/server_central/product/livewire/
* CORBA SDK AVAILABLE
The Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) allows objects
to interoperate across networks regardless of the language in
which they were written. Netscape Communicator has been shipping
with a Java ORB since the PR3 release and Netscape
Enterprise Server 3.0 includes Server Brokers for Java and C++.
Tools, documentation and other information to help you develop with
CORBA can be had in a new software development kit at:
http://developer.netscape.com/library/one/sdk/corba/index.html
* MISSION CONTROL AVAILABLE TO GOLD
Mission Control (formerly the Netscape Administration Kit) allows
developers to customize, distribute, install, and administer
Netscape Communicator over a network. DevEdge Gold members
can download a preview release today at:
http://developer.netscape.com/members/doc/gold/doc/admin.html
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* SERVER-SIDE JAVASCRIPT SLEIGHT OF HAND
Arnold Klind and Dirk Reinshagen show how the 3 C’s of server-side
JavaScript script (clone, customize and capture) through Netscape's
LiveWire technology can make your Web site more powerful.
http://developer.netscape.com/news/viewsource/index.html
* CONTROLLING THE USER ENVIRONMENT WITH JAVASCRIPT 1.2
Angus Davis gives the low-down on getting a more customized and
controlled user experience by using JavaScript 1.2.
http://developer.netscape.com/news/viewsource/index.html
- Coder Corner -
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* COOL100% JAVASCRIPT APPLICATION
The DevCon Scheduler demonstrates how you can build a dynamic,
standalone application using 100% JavaScript. No cookies, no CGI,
no server side interaction required. The Scheduler maintains state
between pages and utilizes one common data source to build custom
itineraries. Combined with other features of JavaScript, the end
result is a powerful, portable application. To view the code go to:
http://developer.netscape.com/library/examples/javascript/scheduler/index.html
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