Eiffel Software Announces Release of Eiffel ENViSioN!; Eiffel-Language Plug-In for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SANTA BARBARA Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 2002 Eiffel Software Eiffel Software (previously known as Interactive Software Engineering Inc. or ISE) is a software company specializing in object technology, especially tools, training and services for the Eiffel programming language and method, originally introduced by the company in 1985. today announced to the worldwide programming community the production release of Eiffel ENViSioN!(TM), its new Eiffel-language plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio Microsoft Visual Studio is Microsoft's flagship software development product for computer programmers. It centers on an integrated development environment which lets programmers create standalone applications, web sites, web applications, and web services that run on any platforms .NET. The Eiffel Development Framework(TM) is widely known as a powerful system for creating fast, robust, scalable applications and reusable components. By basing their designs on reusable, robust business objects with Eiffel, developers have been demonstrating productivity increases on the order of 2 to 10 times that which they can do with other popular languages. But the Eiffel language has traditionally been available only within Eiffel Software's multi-platform development environment, EiffelStudio(TM). With today's release of Eiffel ENViSioN!, it is now available for developers using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. "For years, `Eiffel' has been synonymous with synonymous with adjective equivalent to, the same as, identical to, similar to, identified with, equal to, tantamount to, interchangeable with, one and the same as quality software and business-critical applications -- and you've needed EiffelStudio to use it. But for millions of developers, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET is the preferred environment. Now, those developers can access the power of the Eiffel language from within Visual Studio .NET A suite of programming languages and development tools from Microsoft that supports the .NET environment. Upon its introduction in 2001, it included Visual C# and .NET versions of Visual Basic and Visual C++. See .NET. ," said Chris Ambarian, Exec VP of Sales and Marketing at Eiffel Software. "The combination of Eiffel ENViSioN! and Visual Studio .NET enables developers to efficiently create extremely scalable, robust applications." "Microsoft is pleased to see this seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. of Eiffel Software with Visual Studio .NET," said Sam Henry, technical product manager for the Developer Platform and Evangelism Division at Microsoft Corp. "Eiffel ENViSioN! enables their developers to use design tools like Design by Contract(TM) and multiple inheritance In object-oriented programming, a class that can contain more than one parent. Contrast with single inheritance. (programming) multiple inheritance - In object-oriented programming, the possibility that a sub-class may be derived from multiple parent classes which are from within Visual Studio .NET." Features of Eiffel ENViSioN! include: -- Fully integrated with the Visual Studio .NET integrated development environment -- A fast, efficient compiler, designed to fully support all of the Eiffel languages supported by Visual Studio .NET -- Class and feature browsing -- EiffelBuild -- Eiffel Software's multi-platform GUI builder -- Auto-Documentation -- Compatibility and signature capability with Visual Studio .NET -- XML support -- Several Eiffel code libraries According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Eiffel Software, the Eiffel language is among the easiest to learn of all programming languages. Passive support for users new to the language is available from the company website, where there are also links to the many Eiffel user groups worldwide. Availability: The new release of Eiffel ENViSioN! has already begun shipping to Eiffel Software's existing customers, and is available immediately via the company's website, www.eiffel.com. Onsite training and consulting are also available from the company by inquiring at sales@eiffel.com. Eiffel Software (a division of ISE Ise (ē`sā), city (1990 pop. 104,164), Mie prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, on Ise Bay. It is one of the foremost religious centers of Shinto, the site of the shrines of Ise. ) is the world leader in Eiffel pure object-oriented programming object-oriented programming, a modular approach to computer program (software) design. Each module, or object, combines data and procedures (sequences of instructions) that act on the data; in traditional, or procedural, programming the data are separated from the tools. Founded in 1985, Eiffel Software produces proven professional tools and component libraries for business-critical and enterprise software developments. Eiffel Software's products enable their customers to output more and higher-quality software in less time than with any other development tools available. Its users span the globe, in industries ranging from large financial institutions, to technology manufacturing, to government and defense contractors, to health care providers and more. Product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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