Scott Clark

O’Reilly & Associates this week announced it is shipping WebBoard 3.0, the enterprise version of the company’s IRC-chat and forums software. The latest release of WebBoard 3.0 includes ConferenceRoom Professional from WebMaster, Inc., as well as the 368-page book entitled “Conferencing with WebBoard” by Susan Peck and Jay York. Many popular sites have created dynamic […]

ParaSoft Corp. today announced the pre-release of jtest! v1.1, the bug-finding system for applications written in the Java programming language. jtest! automatically locates and reports any bugs found in Java code, speeding up the testing period while increasing the program’s reliability. Java developers using jtest! can find where the input is being mishandled in the […]

HexMac recently released Challenger XT 1.0, its new DHTML XTension for QuarkXPress 4.0 and 3.3x on Power Macintosh. Challenger XT 1.0 turns QuarkXPress into a full-featured Dynamic HTML development tool. It uses Cascading StyleSheets, absolute positioning, and 3D layering to generate the layout. The CSS which is generated by Challenger XT is compatible with the […]

Netscape Communications Corp this week added additional source code to the developer release of Communicator 5.0 which is now available on the mozilla.org Web site. The new source code includes an advanced XML parser as well as a technical preview of the next-generation layout engine. The early developer release of the Communicator 5.0 source code, […]

Servertec this week announced iScript, a platform-independent scripting language written entirely in Java. iScript is being developed for use in creating scalable server-side, object-oriented, n-Tier enterprise solutions. The iScript scripting language features: platform independence object oriented architecture Web Server integration support for Common Gateway Interface (CGI) dynamic content generator static content preprocessor make facility just-in-time […]

Site Technologies, Inc. this week announced SiteSweeper 2.0 Enterprise Edition, a server-based Web site quality analysis tool for corporate Web environments. SiteSweeper 2.0 Enterprise Edition is based on Site Technologies’ workstation edition of SiteSweeper 2.0, which first shipped in October of 1997. The Enterprise Edition, currently in beta, is expected to ship in May of […]

Netscape Communications is encouraging Web developers to embrace and utilize several open standards-based technologies including JavaScript, eXtensible Mark-up Language (XML), and Resource Description Framework (RDF). In a statement released yesterday, Netscape said that JavaScript is currently being used by more than 3.5 million pages on the Web. Using Wired’s HotBot search engine on April 9, […]

Oracle Corp. today announced that Oracle AppBuilder for Java v1.0 will be shipping as part of its new JDeveloper Suite, which also includes Oracle Application Server 4.0, Oracle8 Data Server, and Symantec’s Visual Page HTML editor. JDeveloper Suite provides developers with the tools needed to create server-based solutions and to move complex application logic from […]

ActiveState Tool Corp. this week announced the release of its Perl Debugger, the industry’s first visual Perl debugging environment for Win32 developers. After a lengthy testing period in which developers used the pre-release version of ActiveState Perl Debugger in production environments, ActiveState said the response to the Win32 Perl Debugger has been extremely positive. Users […]

Netscape this week at CNET’s Web.Builder conference in San Francisco raised the curtain on Netscape Open Studio, a new DevEdge program/Web site for content developers, Web designers, and site administrators. Netscape Open Studio includes material and resources from CNET’s BUILDER.COM and Wired Digital’s Webmonkey, two sites that provide information for Web developers. Members will also […]

MindSlate Inc., in an effort to attract the attention of enterprises interested in gaining the strategic information needed for utilizing the Java platform, developed an efficient and comprehensive solution called Java Knowledgeware. MindSlate’s new Java Knowledgeware solution strategically presents the overall Java platform and enables companies to come to grips with the technology of Java. […]

Adobe Systems Inc., along with IBM, Netscape, and Sun Microsystems, submitted a proposal to the World Wide Web Consortium to improve the creation of and access to vector-based graphics for use on the Web. The proposal was submitted in response to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) interest in creating a vector graphics specification. The […]