NetObjects Announces NetObjects ScriptBuilder 3.0; Best of Breed Web Script Development Environment Becomes First Product to Support NetObjects Proposed ECMA JavaScript Script Components Standard.REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 1998--NetObjects, Inc. today announced NetObjects ScriptBuilder 3.0, a powerful scripting environment for creating dynamic, customizable Web sites. In addition to significantly enhanced functionality, NetObjects ScriptBuilder 3.0 becomes the first product to support the proposed ECMA Script See ECMAScript. Component standard, bringing the power of an object oriented See object technology and object-oriented programming. component architecture to script developers. The standard currently being reviewed by ECMA (European Computer Manufacturers Association, Geneva, Switzerland, www.ecma-international.org) An international association founded in 1961 that is dedicated to establishing standards in the information and communications fields. (www.ecma.ch), an international, Europe-based industry association founded in 1961 that is dedicated to the standardization of information and communication systems, was proposed by NetObjects, International Business Machines (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) ) and Netscape. As the Internet matures, Web sites are evolving from static, billboard-like displays to dynamic and interactive entities. In order to deliver dynamic functionality such as sophisticated animation effects and advanced transaction capabilities, developers rely on client and server side scripts. While scripting languages such as Perl, JavaScript, JScript, VB Script See VBScript. etc. have been readily adopted and utilized, there is a glaring lack of products designed especially to aid script development. Therefore, developers are compelled to use text editors to write complex scripts. The new NetObjects ScriptBuilder 3.0 builds on the initial success of NetObjects ScriptBuilder 2.0 and fills this void by providing developers a comprehensive script development environment that supports all the major scripting technologies from vendors including IBM, Sun, Netscape and Microsoft. Additionally, support for components provides scripters with the latest advancements in component technology. "NetObjects ScriptBuilder's comprehensive support for all major scripting technologies and robust feature set have succeeded in establishing the product as a frontrunner in the market for scripting tools," said Bernard Desarnauts, vice president of product management and marketing at NetObjects. The latest version of the product delivers several user-requested enhancements and pushes the envelope on the technological front by introducing technology standards like the script components, which increase the scope of Web script implementation and provide impressive productivity benefits." About Script Components Script Components are a new technology standard introduced by NetObjects in cooperation with Netscape and IBM, which provide script authors the ability to create components using standard ECMAScript (JavaScript) and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. . By following simple conventions, script authors can encapsulate en·cap·su·late v. 1. To form a capsule or sheath around. 2. To become encapsulated. en·cap their scripting code into a component wrapper. Any scripter can then easily reuse these components in their Web pages and server-side applications, working with the component interface instead of dealing with the underlying implementation details increasing programming efficiency and making code reuse and management easier. Script Components provide the only open scripting component solution in the market and are based on a de facto [Latin, In fact.] In fact, in deed, actually. This phrase is used to characterize an officer, a government, a past action, or a state of affairs that must be accepted for all practical purposes, but is illegal or illegitimate. industry standard (JavaScript include files) and can run in the popular client and server environments today. "In our software development and prototyping efforts, we have been using NetObjects ScriptBuilder for work with Java, HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. , ASP and JSP (JavaServer Page) An extension to the Java servlet technology from Sun that allows HTML to be combined with Java on the same page. The Java provides the processing, and the HTML provides the layout on the Web page. files. Its built-in support for a broad range of scripting languages including Java, plus its full set of reference documentation and the ability to create and store script libraries has made it an invaluable tool," said Oliver Muoto of San Francisco-based startup Epicentric. Pricing and Availability A trial version of the product is available immediately for download from the NetObjects Web site at www.netobjects.com. The product is expected to ship in November 1998. NetObjects ScriptBuilder 3.0 will be available for an estimated street price of $149 with a competitive rebate of $50 for users of Allaire Homesite, Silverstream, Microsoft Visual Interdev, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Script Debugger Microsoft Script Debugger is a free lightweight debugger for Windows Script Host-supported scripting languages, such as VBScript and JScript. It offers a minimal but workable user interface that allows the user to step through executiion of script code line by line, and examine , BBEdit, UltraEdit, Microsoft Visual C++/J++ , Symantec Visual Cafe. Registered users of NetObjects ScriptBuilder 2.X ((state 2.0 not 2.x)) will be able to upgrade for $49. The product will be available through a large network of distributors and resellers as well the NetObjects online store www.netobjects.com/products/html/onlinestore.html About NetObjects The NetObjects product family consists of NetObjects Fusion(tm) Personal Editor, NetObjects Fusion, NetObjects Authoring Server(tm) Suite, NetObjects ScriptBuilder(tm) and NetObjects BeanBuilder(tm). NetObjects develops and markets award-winning Web site building software for businesses. (c) 1998 NetObjects, Inc. All rights reserved. NetObjects, NetObjects Fusion, NetObjects Authoring Server, NetObjects BeanBuilder, and NetObjects ScriptBuilder are trademarks of NetObjects, Inc. 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