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'''VisualWorks''' had one notable cross platform development feature in that it could mimic the look and feel of the other operating systems it supported from any of their platforms, so you could design your program on OS/2 and test how it would function on Motif or Windows.
'''VisualWorks''' had one notable cross platform development feature in that it could mimic the look and feel of the other operating systems it supported from any of their platforms, so you could design your program on OS/2 and test how it would function on Motif or Windows.


After the merger of VisualWorks developer ParcPlace Systems and [[Digitalk]] a version of VW was released under the name '''VisualWave''' that integrated the development system with Smalltalk libraries developed by Digitalk. These included mainly web development tools but also a host of others, and existing VisualWorks customers could buy it as an upgrade. While this package could develop for OS/2 as a target, it is not certain if a native OS/2 hosted version was ever shipped.
==History==
Objectworks was renamed to VisualWorks in 1994. After the merger of VisualWorks developer ParcPlace Systems and [[Digitalk]] a version was released under the name '''VisualWave''' that integrated the development system with Smalltalk libraries developed by Digitalk. These included mainly web development tools but also a host of others, and existing VisualWorks customers could buy it as an upgrade. While this package could develop for OS/2 as a target, it is not certain if a native OS/2 hosted version was ever shipped.


The VisualWorks product product line was acquired by Cincom in 1999 who have sold and developed it since, although active development has slowed down considerably as the company places more emphasis on their own in house developed Smalltalk system for MS Windows.
The VisualWorks product product line was acquired by Cincom in 1999 who have sold and developed it since, although active development has slowed down considerably as the company places more emphasis on their own in house developed Smalltalk system for MS Windows.


==VisualWorks add-ons and utilities==
==Versions==
* [[Sina/st]] - OO abstraction language - Open source - Discontinued.
;OS/2
* [[Objectworks FACETS]] - Library and utilities collection - Commercial - Discontinued.
* 1.0 (1992)
* [[Versant Argos]] - IDE/RAD and OO Database system - Commercial - Discontinued.
* 2.0 (1994) - added Database Application Creator a visual RAD database development system and a tighter OS/2 and Windows integration.
*:Windows 3.1, Windows NT, Macintosh, Power Macintosh, OS/2
*:SunOS, Solaris, HP/UX, IBM AIX/6000, Digital UNIX
* 2.5 (1995)
* 7.4 (2005)
* 8.0 - supports MS Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, Solaris and AIX
* 8.3 (Sep 2017)


==Versions==
==Add-ons and utilities==
* Current version: 8.0, supports MS Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, Solaris and AIX
* [[Sina/st]] - OO abstraction language - Open source
* Up until the turn of the century the toolkit also supported both native and cross development for SunOS, HP/UX and Digital UNIX.
* [[Objectworks FACETS]] - Library and utilities collection - Commercial
* Version 2 introduced in the summer of 1994, added Database Application Creator a visual RAD database development system and a tighter OS/2 and Windows integration.
* [[Versant Argos]] - IDE/RAD and OO Database system - Commercial
* Initial 1992/3 versions for OS/2 2.0 and Windows 3.x were both called v1.0 even though they were based on UNIX versions with higher version numbers, they were later synchronised.


==Licence==
==Licence==
* Commercial, OS/2 and MacOS version discontinued; Unix, MacOS X and MS Windows versions still available.
* Commercial, OS/2 and MacOS version discontinued; Unix, MacOS X and MS Windows versions still available.
* A freeware version is available for download with a [[no commercial usage clause]].
* A freeware version is available for download with a [[no commercial usage clause]].
==Links==
* [http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/main/products/visualworks/ Cincom VisualWorks homepage]


==Author==
==Author==
* [[ParcPlace Systems]] (Original developer)
* [[ParcPlace Systems]], ParcPlace-Digitalk, ObjectShare (1992-1999)
* [[Digitalk]] (1995 to 1999)
* [http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com CinCom homepage] (1999-)
* [http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com CinCom homepage] (Current developer)


==Related Articles==
==Related Articles==
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* [http://books.google.com/books?id=JzwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA69 A review of VisualWorks] - From InfoWorld 1993 - Part of a "Component software" review.
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=JzwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA69 A review of VisualWorks] - From InfoWorld 1993 - Part of a "Component software" review.
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=JPe8NkxyxGYC&pg=PA118 Buyer's Scorecard: ParcPlace's Objectworks tops users satisfaction ratings] - Computerworld (1993-06-14)
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=JPe8NkxyxGYC&pg=PA118 Buyer's Scorecard: ParcPlace's Objectworks tops users satisfaction ratings] - Computerworld (1993-06-14)
==Publications==
*Trevor Hopkins; Bernard Horan: ''Smalltalk: An Introduction to Application Development Using VisualWorks'' - Prentice-Hall 1995, ISBN 0-13-318387-4
==Links==
* [http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/main/products/visualworks/ Cincom VisualWorks homepage]


[[Category:Smalltalk development environment]]
[[Category:Smalltalk development environment]]

Revision as of 01:59, 9 November 2018

VisualWorks had one notable cross platform development feature in that it could mimic the look and feel of the other operating systems it supported from any of their platforms, so you could design your program on OS/2 and test how it would function on Motif or Windows.

History

Objectworks was renamed to VisualWorks in 1994. After the merger of VisualWorks developer ParcPlace Systems and Digitalk a version was released under the name VisualWave that integrated the development system with Smalltalk libraries developed by Digitalk. These included mainly web development tools but also a host of others, and existing VisualWorks customers could buy it as an upgrade. While this package could develop for OS/2 as a target, it is not certain if a native OS/2 hosted version was ever shipped.

The VisualWorks product product line was acquired by Cincom in 1999 who have sold and developed it since, although active development has slowed down considerably as the company places more emphasis on their own in house developed Smalltalk system for MS Windows.

Versions

OS/2
  • 1.0 (1992)
  • 2.0 (1994) - added Database Application Creator a visual RAD database development system and a tighter OS/2 and Windows integration.
    Windows 3.1, Windows NT, Macintosh, Power Macintosh, OS/2
    SunOS, Solaris, HP/UX, IBM AIX/6000, Digital UNIX
  • 2.5 (1995)
  • 7.4 (2005)
  • 8.0 - supports MS Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, Solaris and AIX
  • 8.3 (Sep 2017)

Add-ons and utilities

Licence

  • Commercial, OS/2 and MacOS version discontinued; Unix, MacOS X and MS Windows versions still available.
  • A freeware version is available for download with a no commercial usage clause.

Author

Related Articles

Local articles
External articles

Publications

  • Trevor Hopkins; Bernard Horan: Smalltalk: An Introduction to Application Development Using VisualWorks - Prentice-Hall 1995, ISBN 0-13-318387-4

Links

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