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Streamline app dev aptly with a single tool

February 26, 2001, 10:44 AM —  InfoWorld — 

In today's ultrafast-paced business world, companies need quick and productive turnaround from their programmers. The tools programmers use, the languages with which they code, and their development methods must all be rock solid. A complete, all-in-one IDE (integrated development environment) that leverages these requirements while keeping programmers in their coding groove further ensures timely turnaround.

Together Control Center 4.2

BUSINESS CASE


Using a single tool for app development fosters synergy between programmers and boosts their productivity. Coupling modeling capabilities with code development, TCC 4.2 allows users to see the fruits of their efforts, both visually and textually.

TECHNOLOGY CASE


TCC 4.2 can deal with just about any technical challenge. Its adherence to the UML specification and its support for almost any development methodology make this a prime choice for shops that have yet to standardize with a software platform.

PROS


+Simultaneous round-trip engineering

+Excellent integration opportunities

+Impressive help and sample applications

+Improved workflow opportunities

+Strong use of UML

+Highly intuitive and customizable interfaces

CONS


-Slow startup (but this is minor)

COST


$5,995 per seat plus required first-year 20 percent maintenance (includes upgrades and support); volume discounts available

PLATFORMS


Any Java 2-compatible platform (Windows, Solaris, Linux, and so on)

Fortunately, thanks to vendors such as TogetherSoft, with its Together Control Center (TCC) 4.2, having a swift yet fruitful development cycle is easier to accomplish than ever. TCC provides a complete end-to-end development environment for designing, deploying, debugging, and administering complex applications.

In a field littered with competition, including Rational Software's Rose for creating and working with object models and IBM's VisualAge for developing with Java on the development side, TCC stands alone by offering the best of both worlds. This powerful combination, coupled with TCC's functionality and ease of use, earns it a score of Excellent.

Version 4.2 supports deployment of Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) and servlets on BEA Systems' WebLogic 5.1 and IBM WebSphere 3.5 application servers. It also offers the option of automatically generating a Java Server Page (JSP) client for testing, thereby eliminating the need to write custom code or to use other tools.

Another new feature is an improved Java debugger, replete with support for debugging applets and servlets. It shows users the results of expressions and allows them to set new values on the fly while they are debugging.

Anxious to begin testing, we downloaded TCC 4.2 via the Web and started our installation. In addition to being fairly quick and painless to work through, TCC provides a copy of the Version 1.3 Java 2 Standard Edition SDK (software developer's kit).

We put the solution to the test by creating Java code from our UML (Unified Modeling Language) models and, on the flip side, by creating UML models from our code.

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