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WebDNA Commerce Edition X - 5.1

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This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	5.1
Release Date:	2003-09-08
License:	Commercial
Downloads (this version):	1,703
Downloads (all versions):	1,905
Price:	$995.95

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Product Description:

WebDNA is a complete solution for online commerce and dynamic web publishing. This lightning fast application works wit existing web servers and allows users to design online storefronts with all the features found in the leading sites, from displaying the product to closing the sale. A few of WebDNA's features include unlimited storefronts, fast internal database, ODBC and SQL support, electronic shopping carts and invoice calculations.

What's new in this version:

XML: full support for XML document parsing, including Xpath queries and the ability to validate XML documents not only for well-formed XML, but also for specific type, range, or enumeration against XSD schemas.
XSLT: full support for XSL scripts and XSLT translation, allowing the ability to store and execute XSL transforms and bind them to WebDNA named variables to create libraries of translation scripts. XSLT support allows you to transform an XML document into a wide variety of filtered outputs, including the ability to define XSL transforms that actually generate WebDNA code, e.g., to take XML data and import it into a database.
Array: a new context allowing web developers to use a multi-dimensional data types to store and process data in a local context where the added complexity of database is unnecessary overhead.
Table: a new context for holding temporary data in a table form without utilizing a full database. This allows you to conveniently hold intermittent search results without the overhead of creating temporary databases.
Scope: when used in conjunction with the function context, the new scope context provides the ability to define explicit range of scope for WebDNA variables. This allows for the definition of 'local' and 'global' scope, a key element of most mainstream programming environments. Together with the Function context, it is now possible to define a scope that is local to a function, allowing the construction of truly recursive function calls, allowing WebDNA templates that traverse arbitrary hierarchical data structures.
Function: the new Function context allows a developer to build reusable business logic and utilize this in a form that is much more flexible that simply including code in-line in the form of macros. When used in conjunction with the new 'scope' context, this allows WebDNA programmers to build re-usable and component business logic in ways that do not collide with existing variable names.
ISP Sandbox: While WebDNA has always supported the ability to host multiple web sites on a given server, the new ISP Sandbox allows each web site to have it's own secured folder access, users database, trigger definitions, e-mail settings and server, and administrative settings, providing a new level of flexibility on controlling access and configuration that was previously unavailable to multi-domain ISP solutions.
Misc.: Assorted language extensions including:
- New 'FileCompare' language element - for comparing file date, size, or CRC32 checksum.
- Ability to add new database fields 'on-the-fly'.
- New flags for 'Send Mail' language element for 'save-on-success' or 'save-on-failure' options.
- 'List Files' language element now allows the programmer to filter list results.
- Database column can now be flagged as an 'Auto Number' field to automatically increment and assign the 'next-largest' value.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.2
Mac OS X 10.1
Mac OS X 10.0

Additional Requirements:

Apache or WebSTAR V

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A fantastic product - Version: 5.1, 1/20/2004 04:01AM PST

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chris - France

I use webDNA (ex-webcatalog) since version 1.6. Can do 90% of what php/mysql can do, but 5 times easier to program: it is also extremely stable, faster than php/mysql, and though i am not a programmer, i usually build my applications with it faster than php/mysql professional programmers build theirs. Applications are easy to debug and/or modify. I love this product. The main drawback is the price, far too high in my opinion, preventing a proper diffusion of the product.