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The EchoStudio2 Eclipse plug-in enables point-and-click AJAX web application development using the Echo2 framework. With EchoStudio2, forms can be created visually using a WYSIWYG interface. An application's look-and-feel can be defined using the integrated style editor. Echo2 applications can be run and debugged from within the integrated development environment. EchoStudio2 is distributed by NextApp, Inc. under a commercial per-developer license.



EchoStudio2 Features Include:

• A visual form editor enables the creation of complete user interfaces as well as reusable Echo2 components using a point-and-click interface.


• A visual style sheet editor creates reusable themes to define the look-and-feel of applications.


• Wizard-driven development tools automate the creation of projects, forms, and style sheets.


• Applications can be run and debugged entirely within the EchoStudio2 environment.


• Highly integrated support for localizing web applications, including the ability to instantly preview forms with different locales as they are being edited.


• Built-in support for Echo2 component libraries such as Echo2 Extras and Chart.


• Applications may be packaged as Java Web Archive (WAR files) and deployed to any J2EE Application Server or Servlet Container.


• Built on the Eclipse 3.1 platform to provide state-of-the-art source editing, refactoring, testing, collaboration and debugging facilities.


• Includes the Echo2 Web Application Framework, v2.1.

About the Echo2 Framework



Echo2 is the next-generation of the Echo Web Framework, a platform for developing web-based applications that approach the capabilities of rich clients. The 2.x series holds true to the core concepts of Echo while providing dramatic performance, capability, and user-experience enhancements made possible by a new AJAX-based rendering engine.



Echo2 features include:

• Applications are developed in server-side Java using a component-oriented and event-driven API that works like a user interface toolkit.


• All development work is performed using the Java API. No JavaScript, HTML, XML, or AJAX-related development work is required of the end-developer.


• Rendering is accomplished entirely via AJAX, using a single HTML document. Server-based updates are rendered in the smallest form possible, only updating portions of the HTML document that have changed. No external plugins such as Flash or Java are required on the client.


• Applications can display true modal dialogs, where the application will disallow input outside of the modal area.


• Server push technology enables an application to control client browsers outside of the traditional web request/response cycle.


• An extensible component development API allows the creation of reusable AJAX components.


• Support is provided for modern web browsers including Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Konqueror, Safari, Mozilla, and Netscape.


• Development support is available via a growing online community as well as commercially through NextApp.


• Open source licensing: Echo2 is provided under the Mozilla Public License (MPL).

Please visit http://www.nextapp.com/platform/echo2/echo for more information on the Echo2 framework, documentation, and downloads.