Rational XDE Enhanced With Powerful Industry-First 'Assisted Modeling' And
Multidimensional Modeling Support
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rational User
Conference -- Rational Software (Nasdaq: RATL) today announced that it has
further expanded its unique "Extended Development Experience" by extending the
reach of Rational(R) XDE(TM) Professional with support for Microsoft Visual
Basic .NET and ASP.NET.
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Rational has also added more power to Rational XDE Professional with
industry-first assisted modeling and multidimensional modeling support for
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and ASP.NET developers. The enhancements to
Rational XDE Professional enable Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and ASP.NET
developers to simplify and accelerate the creation of higher-quality business
applications.
Rational's "Extended Development Experience" for Microsoft .NET developers
provides a frictionless design and development environment. At its core is
Rational XDE Professional: .NET Edition, which presents Rational's design and
modeling capabilities inside Microsoft Visual Studio .NET to give the
developer a single user experience. Rational XDE Professional also is
integrated with Rational's complete life-cycle software development solution,
and is augmented with the comprehensive and skill-building content on the
Rational Developer Network(SM) (http://www.rational.net/).
"With the addition of ASP.NET support in Rational XDE Professional, we
were able to realize significant time savings when developing our Web
application," said Saurin Shah, chief architect, Unisys Full Service Provider
Practice, Unisys. "We used Rational XDE Professional to reverse-engineer a
large existing ASP.NET application and generate the object model in minutes
instead of hours. We feel that this round-trip engineering feature, as well as
the access to design patterns within Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, are two of
Rational XDE Professional's most valuable features."
"Enterprise customers of Rational and Microsoft will greatly benefit from
Rational XDE Professional: .NET Edition," said Tom Button, vice president for
the Developer Platform and Evangelism Division at Microsoft Corp. "Developers
using Visual Basic .NET and ASP.NET will especially appreciate the
enterprise-ready capabilities and features in Rational XDE Professional, such
as patterns and code templates, which will improve productivity in today's
demanding IT infrastructure landscape. Rational's life-cycle offering truly
benefits enterprise-level development teams by complementing Microsoft Visual
Studio .NET in many key areas."
New Language Support
Until now, developers creating complex business applications with
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and ASP.NET have had to use separate tools for
visual design and development. This requires developers to switch between the
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET integrated development environment (IDE) and
other applications, making it more time-consuming and challenging to create
code.
Rational XDE Professional solves this problem by presenting itself to
developers as a seamless part of the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET IDE. It
enables developers to accelerate Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and ASP.NET
design and development through the addition of the following:
-- Round-trip engineering support for Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and
ASP.NET, ensuring that code and models are always in sync
-- New UML stereotypes for ASP.NET Web applications and Web services,
providing enhanced visual representation of Web components
"Assisted Modeling" for Microsoft .NET Developers
"Assisted Modeling" allows developers to model their application using
native Microsoft Visual Basic .NET or ASP.NET terms and concepts. A developer
can drag a language construct from the tool bar onto a UML class, and Rational
XDE Professional will automatically generate the correct UML syntax for that
construct. This automation helps developers realize the power of visual design
and development with only a basic knowledge of UML. Assisted Modeling
technology uniquely helps developers learn the UML naturally by enabling them
to think "in code" and generate UML.
Multidimensional Modeling Support
Unlike other tools that can only have one active model in the work space
at a time, Rational XDE Professional supports multidimensional models by
allowing multiple models to be active in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET at the
same time. Developers and architects can benefit from multidimensional models
in many ways:
-- The relationships between models at different levels of abstraction,
such as requirements models, architectural models and implementation
models, can be viewed simultaneously, which enables teams to assess
the impact of change.
-- Large models can be broken up into smaller, manageable work packages
while maintaining their relationships. Rational XDE Professional will
"demand load" other pieces of the model when required, speeding up
development time.
-- Many projects also will choose more than one development language to
implement an application. Rational XDE Professional allows the
developer to simultaneously work with multiple languages at the same
time, which enables a complete view of the application in one work
space.
"Rational's new support for Microsoft Visual Basic. NET and ASP.NET
continues our strategy of expanding Rational's unique 'Extended Development
Experience,' which we introduced just six months ago with support for Visual
C# .NET," said Eric Schurr, chief marketing officer, Rational Software. "The
new support for these key Microsoft .NET technologies and the advanced
features in Rational XDE Professional liberate developers from unproductive
activities that stifle creativity, enabling them to focus on creating great
code."
Additional information on news announced at the Rational User Conference
2002 is available at http://www.rational.com/announcing_at_ruc2002.jsp.
Pricing and Availability
In the United States, versions of Rational XDE start at $1,595 per user
license.
Rational XDE Professional v2002 Release 2.1 will be made available at no
charge to all users of Rational Rose(R) Enterprise, Rational Suite(R)
Development Studio, and Rational Suite(R) Enterprise with an active support
contract, as this represents a significant upgrade to a user's license.
Rational Rose models can be imported directly into Rational XDE Professional
v2002 Release 2.1.
Upgrades will be available within 30 days. Customers will be notified when
their upgrades are available.
Prices for countries other than the United States will vary due to
shipping and delivery costs, custom clearance costs, translations and other
factors. Non-United States customers should consult their local sales office
for the prices in their country of intended usage.
About Rational Software Corporation
Rational Software provides a software development platform that improves
the speed, quality, and predictability of software projects. This integrated,
full lifecycle solution combines software engineering best practices,
market-leading tools, and professional services. Ninety-eight of the Fortune
100 rely on Rational tools and services to build better software, faster. This
open platform is extended by partners who provide more than 500 complementary
products and services. Founded in 1981, Rational is one of the world's largest
software companies, with revenues of $666.4 million in its twelve months ended
June 30, 2002, and over 3,500 employees worldwide. Rational is a member of the
S&P 500 Index and a component of the Nasdaq-100 Index(R). Additional
information is available at http://www.rational.com and http://www.therationaledge.com, the
monthly e-zine for the Rational community.
"Rational, the Rational logo, and XDE, among others, are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Rational Software Corporation in the United States
and/or in other countries. All other names are used for identification
purposes only and are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
companies."
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