BulletProof JDesignerPro 3.0
 
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In one of our recent issues we discussed a Java applications development tool. Well, here's another you should check out: BulletProof Corporation's JDesignerPro 3.0.
An area where JDesigner distinguishes itself from the competition is its support for Novell's NetWare Directory Services (NDS) as well as e-mail (SMTP/POP3) and paging.
As with similar products (such as JBuilder, Apptivity and CafePro), JDesignerPro sports a visual integrated development environment so that you can build Java-based applications using a drag & drop methodology. Database support includes both ODBC and JDBC.
The NDS support allows JDesigner applications to authenticate with NetWare as well as retrieve and set data in the NDS tree. As far as I am aware, JDesigner is the only tool of its type that has support for NDS.
The potential for using NetWare 5 as an application server is, I believe, huge and largely unexplored. Just think what kind of backend environment you could create for your Web servers leveraging NetWare 5 - high performance, extremely manageable, and completely Java compliant.
At present the BulletProof site doesn't have a lot to say about their NetWare support but if you want to try out the product, they offer an evaluation trail.
Pricing: Product - JDesignerPro 3.0
Standard Developer System (includes Deployment Server for 10 end users), Direct $995 / RRP $1495; JDesignerPro 3.0 Developer Seat, Direct $395 / RRP $595; Enterprise Server 3.0 Standard Management System, $4995; Enterprise Server 3.0 Unlimited Management System, $9995.
Minimum environment: Development platform - Pentium 166 CPU, with big cache; 32MB RAM; Windows NT; ODBC 2.5 or later with MS-Access driver; latest Sun Microsystems JDK. UNIX Hardware: Sun SPARC 5 or Creator 3D or equivalent; 32MB RAM; latest version of Solaris, Linux, AIX, or HP/UX.
Deployment Server - A Web server (includes Netscape, Microsoft IIS); database installed with the appropriate JDBC or ODBC drivers installed (Oracle, Sybase, Informix, SQL Server, DB/2)
BulletProof Corporation
15732 Los Gatos Blvd. #525
Los Gatos, CA 95032.
408-374-2323
Mark Gibbs is an consultant, author, journalist, and columnist. He writes two weekly columns, Backspin and Gearhead, in Network World and authors frequent features for a number of publications.
Gibbs is also a principal of Change Council and affiliated with a number of high tech ventures including Netratings, Inc., the most advanced Web audience measurement firm. Contact him at mgibbs@gibbs.com.
