Spider Technologies Inc of Palo Alto, California claims its NetDynamics interactive database application development tool is the first Java-based Web-database development system that automatically creates server-side Java code for application run- time. It enables users to access and update Java-based applications that draw on existing databases from Web pages. It sees internal company applications such as 401k as ideal development targets for NetDynamics. Spider claims the software supports any Web graphical user interface, runs under Unix and Windows and supports Object DataBase Connectivity and other databases. The development system comes with a personal World Wide Web server, HyperText Mark-up Language editor and browser priced between $1,300 and $2,000, including the database option. Spider says NetDynamics provides corporate developers with a familiar client-server application development-style desktop environment with wizards, graphical palettes and object editors. Java applications run against a NetDynamics server layer which includes Rogue Wave Software Inc’s connector libraries, enabling calls to be made to individual databases. It is using Visigenic Software Inc’s software for Object DataBase Connectivity communications (CI No 2,813). The rest is its own work. It will continue to ship its Spider 1.5 development environment and provide a migration program to get 1.5-based applications up to NetDynamics. It is marketing through integrators and is looking for other resellers.
