CodeChargeStudio 2

In Conclusion:

Front Page Add-in

With the FrontPage Add-In you can extend the flexibility of both FrontPage and CodeCharge Studio. CodeCharge Studio integrates seamlessly with FrontPage and other html editors including but not limited to Dreamweaver and GoLive. Just set your HTML editor as the primary HTML editor in CodeCharge and HTML editing will be seamless.

Just in case I missed something...below are the features directly from the CodeCharge web site.

INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT (IDE)

Integrated editors:

• Visual page designer: to design pages graphically.
• HTML editor: to edit your HTML & JavaScript with color syntax coding.
• Code editor: with auto-indent and color syntax coding.
• Page preview: for local viewing of templates.
• Live data viewer: for instantaneous viewing of pages with live data locally or on your server.

Project navigation:

• Project Explorer: provides a comprehensive view of all project pages, code, included files and media assets.
• Code Explorer: lists each object on the page and provides instant access to related code.

Precision controls: Property inspector provides precise control over the properties of every page and page element:

• Format: to set format and styles.
• Data: to control data sources and security.
• Events: to program events and insert custom actions.

Drag-and-drop objects: Drag-and-drop objects allow you to visually create pages in the Designer that include:

• HTML Elements: for all HTML tags and objects.
• Controls: to add data-aware labels, links and navigation.
• Components: to add sophisticated data-driven groups of integrated controls such as grids.

Integration with HTML editors: CodeCharge Studio includes special integration features to work seamlessly with your favorite HTML editors.

• Microsoft® FrontPage® Add-In: The first product to extend FrontPage® functionality into a full-featured, integrated development environment, CodeCharge Studio allows developers to generate professional quality code in all popular server-side programming languages and offers a professional code editor to extend and fine-tune generated code.

• Macromedia® Dreamweaver®, Adobe® GoLive® and other HTML editors-Use virtually any program as your HTML editor in CodeCharge Studio. Set that program as your primary HTML editor CodeCharge will seamless use the program for HTML editing.

LANGUAGE, SERVER AND DATABASE SUPPORT

• Languages: Supports ASP.NET/C#, ASP/VBScript, JSP, Java Servlets, ColdFusion 4.0, PHP 4.0 and Perl 5.0.
• Application servers: Supports industry-standard servers including Microsoft IIS, Macromedia ColdFusion, IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic, and Netscape Enterprise Server.
• Site publisher: publishes the project to the sever with a single click.
• Databases: Data Source wizard-speeds connectivity to virtually any database including: Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, MySQL, and Microsoft Access. Supports access to multiple databases simultaneously. Visual query builder creates SQL queries without coding.

PRODUCTIVITY FEATURES

Powerful wizards CodeCharge Studio's sophisticated component and application wizards automate the most common application interactions with a simple point-and-click interface:

• Power Wizard: creates a multi-page application supporting user queries and administrator updates based on your database structure.
• Component Wizards: generate sophisticated search, grid, login/logout, and record update components and pages automatically.
• Code generation: CodeCharge Studio generates your code on the fly using the CodeCharge code generation engine. The code is architected according to industry-wide best practices, easily extensible, and highly reliable. The engine automatically separates HTML pages from code logic, improving workflow and isolating changes to design, programming and deployment. Sites are faster to develop and easier to maintain because designers and programmers can focus on their respective responsibilities without affecting each other.
• Security management: CodeCharge Studio's integrated security management simplifies multi-level security.
• You define the privileges: Full, Read, Insert, Update or Delete-for each security group or user, and CodeCharge automatically includes the appropriate authentication code to link username and passwords to security level and privileges.
• Jumpstart solutions: CodeCharge Studio includes several pre-built fully functional applications so you can see real CodeCharge-generated solutions in action. Copy and paste the code into your application or study how the experts did it.
• And if you have questions, go to www.GotoCode.com, the CodeCharge developer community site to get answers and pointers. Or go to support.codecharge.com for the latest bulletins, product updates or to submit email support requests.
• Customizable themes: CodeCharge Studio includes over 35 customizable themes using CSS or HTML tags so you can generate professionally designed sites or support any corporate presentation standard.

New Personal Edition!

Personal Edition of CodeCharge Studio is aimed at single Web developers who may not need all the programming languages offered with the full version of CodeCharge Studio. It is also a good choice for students and novice developers that want to get their "feet wet" without spending a lot of money.

CodeCharge Studio Personal Edition offers the same features as the full version of CodeCharge Studio, except for the following differences:
- CCS PE allows maximum of 100 Web pages in a project
- CCS PE allows single database connection in a project
- CCS PE does not support Stored Procedures
- CCS PE supports single technology chosen by the user: .NET, ASP, PHP, Java or Perl.

Both the full version and Personal Edition of CodeCharge Studio are distributed as a single executable file. During the 20-day trial period you are evaluating the full version of CodeCharge Studio. At any time during your evaluation you can purchase the CodeCharge Studio or CodeCharge Studio Personal Edition. If you purchase the Personal Edition you will be required to chose your programming language at the time of purchase. After you make the purchase you will receive a serial number that activates your downloaded evaluation version of CodeCharge Studio and re-enables the features specific to the product version you have purchased.

If you purchase CodeCharge Studio Personal Edition and select .NET you will be able to work with both C# and VB. If you select Java, your copy of CCS PE will support both JSP and Servlets.

CodeCharge Studio Personal Edition is available for $139.95/year (non-perpetual license) and $199.95 (perpetual license).

Hopefully I've shown you how easy CodeCharge Studio is to use. Most importantly I wanted and hope I have gotten across just how critical a tool like this can be to web programmers. Time is money and with CodeCharge Studio you're going to save a lot of time not to mention finger tips. This is one tool I will not be without!

As I mentioned, I may not have covered everything but, I think I've covered the major items. You can tell by now that after doing one project you will probably have the gist of working with all the other tools in CodeCharge Studio because the developers have made things recognizable and kept the look and feel as well as the actual working model familiar. It may have gotten repetitive in the review but it shows just how much familiarity can help. You know what to expect and how to deal with it. I like that. What I like more is the ability to create complex database driven web applications in a matter of hours as compared to days.

One other thing I'd like to mention before ending is that the documentation is awesome. The help, the extra samples available for download on their web site, the samples included, all will show the power that this application can give you.

CodeCharge Studio is now at version 2.2

To get a comparison of all the different versions of CodeCharge on one page you can go here.

For a product tour you can go here.

The CodeCharge web site is full of useful information and help. Check it out. Go download the demo application and the samples to get the full impact of the power of CodeCharge Studio.

Review Navigation

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 Editable Grid Builder | Grid and Record Builder | Search Builder | Directory Builder
 Pop Up Date Picker Builder | Authentication Builder | Forms and HTML Tools | Menus
 FrontPage Add-In and Conclusion

Perpetual License
499.95 (US) per user

This is the Standard License that gives you the right to own and run the software forever, similarly to buying a packaged software in a store.  Minor software upgrades/updates/patches will be offered free of charge for unlimited time.  However, major software upgrades may be offered in the future at an additional cost, for example an upgrade from version 2.0 to version 3.0 may be priced at $150 (exact pricing to be determined at the time of the release). You can protect yourself from additional upgrade fees by subscribing to the Annual Maintenance Plan, or by purchasing a non-perpetual license (subscription) instead. Non-Perpetual License
279.95 (US) per year per user

This is License Rental that gives you the opportunity to cost-effectively "subscribe" to, or rent, licenses of CodeCharge Studio software on an annual basis.  You  benefit by having the right to always use the latest version of the product at no additional charge.  For tax-saving purposes, you can also report such software expenditure as a business expense rather than depreciating capital investment.

Personal Edition:

Pricing and Availability
CodeCharge Studio Personal Edition is now available for the Windows platforms at $ 139.95 (non-perpetual annual license), $ 199.95 (perpetual license), and is available directly from YesSoftware or any authorized reseller. Please visit the YesSoftware Web site at www.codecharge.com/studio for more information, to download a free 20-day trial version of CodeCharge Studio Personal Edition, or for a list of authorized resellers. 

 

System Requirements

Development Environment Requirements

CodeCharge Studio is available for computers running the following operating systems and environments:

• Intel Pentium Processor or equivalent
• 64 MB available RAM
• 30 MB available disk space
• 256-color monitor capable of 800 x 600 resolution
• Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000 or XP
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher
• Databases Supported

  CodeCharge Studio can connect to virtually any ODBC compliant database using the appropriate drivers installed on the computer where CodeCharge Studio is present. Supported databases include:

  • Microsoft SQL
  • Oracle
  • MySQL
  • Microsoft Access
  • All other databases with an appropriate ODBC driver

  The generated code does not require ODBC connectivity and connects to the database using the method appropriate for the particular environment, for example ADO for ASP, JDBC for Java, PHPLib for PHP, or DBI for PERL.

• Server Requirements

  Generated code runs on all operating systems with installed application servers capable of executing the following programming languages:

  • ASP 3.0 (runs on IIS and PWS servers with VBScript 5.5)
  • ASP.NET (C#) 1.0
  • ASP.NET (VB) 1.0
  • ColdFusion 4.0.1
  • PHP 4.0
  • J2EE 1.2
  • PERL 5

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