DESIGN: Streamlining the Basics
RapidApp:
Reduced Time-To-Market
Traditionally, the initial design stage involves a time-consuming process
of generating user interface prototypes and creating an application framework.
RapidApp(TM)
will change the way you create your software and dramatically reduce
the time it takes to realize your ideas.
Faster Application Design
As an alternative to starting each project at the ground level, RapidApp gives
you a head start. With RapidApp, developers can build a complete Motif(TM)
graphical user interface by interactively selecting and positioning the desired
interface components. Refine the details until you are happy with the final
look and feel. Throughout the development cycle, use RapidApp to adjust the
interface and merge the changes with the rest of your code. RapidApp lets you
streamline the basic steps of your interface, then generate code and start
programming. As a two-way tool, you can come back to RapidApp and change your
design at any point in your development process; RapidApp will merge your user
interface changes into the existing code.
Applications built with RapidApp are automatically integrated
into the Silicon Graphics desktop-they use the same color schemes and icons,
and even have image files that work with the Silicon Graphics Software Packager
utility. RapidApp includes a wide variety of reusable objects for graphics,
images, digital media, desktop integration, and more.
Object-Oriented, Reusable Components
Objects created with RapidApp are reusable. Any dialog box, menu, or other user
interface element can be saved as a user-defined component. Teams and projects
can share these components, saving time and providing greater interface
consistency across your applications. RapidApp builds applications using IRIS
ViewKit(TM), an object-oriented class library that is easy to extend and customize.
Integrated Libraries and Tools
RapidApp integrates and automates the use of IRIS ViewKit(TM),
Open Inventor(TM) and
ImageVision(TM) libraries. Use ImageVision and Open Inventor to quickly add powerful
2D and 3D graphics to your applications. From within RapidApp, you can launch
other Developer Magic tools such as the Debugger, Static Analyzer, and
Performance Analyzer to complete your program. RapidApp is integrated with Fix
and Continue so you can write code for each function as you go, without
rebuilding and relinking each change.
RapidApp uses the ViewKit class library to build your application.
A two-way tool, RapidApp lets
you design, generate code, start programming, and then go back and change your design. And
integration with Fix and Continue means you can quickly add functionality.
All of the Motif controls and user interface elements are available at the click of a mouse.
Drop in widgets as you design a fully functional Motif interface for your
application in hours instead of months.
Now, creating media-rich applications is fast and easy. RapidApp has built-in
libraries for 2D and 3D graphics so you can give your programs that visual edge.
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