[ANN] CodeWarrior Pro 5 for Mac OS Shipping
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[ANN] CodeWarrior Pro 5 for Mac OS Shipping
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Metrowerks Ships New Release of CodeWarrior for Mac OS
Release 5 Supports Mac OS X and Rapid Application Development for Java on
Mac OS
Austin, Texas-July 1, 1999-Metrowerks Inc., (Nasdaq: MTWK, TSE: MWK) a
leading provider of software development tools for telecom, desktop,
embedded systems, and consumer electronics, today announced Release 5 of
CodeWarrior for Mac OS, Professional Edition began shipping to customers
this week.
With Release 5, Metrowerks provides support for Mac OS X and Carbon
programming, more extensive support for the AltiVecÅ processor, improved
optimizations, XML support, and a significant new Rapid Application
Development (RAD) layer to the CodeWarrior Development Environment.
"CodeWarrior for Mac OS, Professional Edition, Release 5 is the toolset of
choice for development for Apple¼s iMac and G3 Internet-ready platforms,"
said Greg Galanos, president and chief technology officer, Metrowerks.
"CodeWarrior now includes a new design layer to support RAD for a wide
range of Java-based technologies, providing the easy-to-use, forms based
programming also found in Visual Basic for Internet programming. We¼ve
also added significant performance improvements to our C and C++ compiler
technologies for desktop engineering. Professional developers now have a
wide range of tools that allow them to target either the desktop or the
Internet from one powerful, cross-platform development environment.
Projects developed with CodeWarrior for Mac OS are compatible and portable
to versions of CodeWarrior available on Windows, Solaris and Linux. No
other development environment offers such mobility and efficiency in
targeting and developing for a wide range of Internet-enabled platforms."
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Java Support for RAD and KL Group¼s JavaBeans
CodeWarrior for Mac OS, Professional Edition, Release 5 introduces RAD
tools for Java including wizards (helpers) for Java applet, application
and bean development. The Java RAD tools provide developers with a
graphical layout editor that builds their Java program¼s graphical user
interface (GUI) using fast, click-and-drop technology.
As announced on June 23, Release 5 of the Professional editions for both
CodeWarrior for Mac OS and CodeWarrior for Windows bundle KL Group¼s
JClass Java Lite components with CodeWarrior. KL Group¼s JavaBeans added
to CodeWarrior give developers versatile tools that enhance the look and
functionality of their user interfaces, and provides the only truly
integrated development tool suite for multiple language and multiple
platform development. Developers can easily build powerful grid and
charting functionality into their applications, all from the CodeWarrior
IDE.
MAC OS X Support
CodeWarrior for Mac OS, Release 5 allows developers to easily target their
existing applications to Mac OS X. Support for prerelease Mac OS X is
included in CodeWarrior¼s compilers, linkers, Integrated Debugger and
libraries.
Carbon Support
Carbon is a set of APIs that enable Mac OS source code to be compiled for
both Mac OS 8.x and Mac OS X. Metrowerks fully supports Carbon in
CodeWarrior for Mac OS, Release 5. Included in this support are the
following features:
- Metrowerks Standard Libraries (MSL) are updated for Carbon to permit
writing console applications that use SIOUX window.
- Certain runtime libraries have been Carbonized
- The ProfilerLib has been Carbonized to provide the ability to tune the
performance of Carbon applications on Mac OS.
- CodeWarrior¼s PowerPlant framework has been Carbonized. Release 5
includes some sample projects that can be built and run on either
operating system.
- Debugging capability for applications that have been ported to Carbon
Greater IDE Extensibility
Release 5 provides an IDE with increased extensibility and customization
options. These include XML import/export and customization of many of the
CodeWarrior IDE user interface elements. The CodeWarrior APIs have been
greatly enhanced to allow developers to write plug-ins to both extend the
user interface and automate the IDE. Also included in Release 5 is
support for Perl scripting, and the ability to debug applications across
networked computers.
Pricing and Availability
CodeWarrior for Mac OS, Professional Edition, Release 5 is priced at
US$449MSRP in the United States, and is available from Metrowerks and
Metrowerks authorized resellers. To order, please visit the Metrowerks
website at www.metrowerks.com, telephone Metrowerks at 800-377-5416, or
email sa...@metrowerks.com. For pricing and availability outside the USA
and Canada, please email int...@metrowerks.com. Distributors and
resellers are listed on www.metrowerks.com/buy.
About Metrowerks
Founded in 1985, Metrowerks (NASDAQ: MTWK, TSE/ME:MWK) develops, markets
and supports CodeWarrior software development solutions for a number of
operating systems targeting the most popular microprocessors. Intended
for use for embedded systems or desktop computers, the cross-platform
compilers support C, C++ and Java, and allow programmers to build
applications from one unique Integrated Development Environment (IDE).
Metrowerks' CodeWarrior products are used by more than 200,000 registered
users in 80 countries.
Metrowerks, the Metrowerks logo and CodeWarrior are registered trademarks
of Metrowerks Inc. AltiVec is a trademark of Motorola, Inc. JClass is a
trademark of KL Group Inc. Visual Basic is a registered trademark of
Microsoft Corporation. Power Macintosh G3 Computer and iMac are a
trademark or registered trademark of Apple Corporation. All other company
and product names may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their
respective companies/holders, and are hereby recognized.
Statements in this press release are forward looking statements that
involve risks and uncertainties, including successful and timely
development of the product and customer acceptance of the product.
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