This month sees the "double A-side" release of the Wakanda JavaScript
development platform from 4D in both its open source and commercial
versions. Refined through a now completed beta program, 4D says that
Wakanda provides the "first ever" full stack JavaScript development
platform for web and mobile business applications.
Wakanda's roots lie in the development of both web and mobile
applications as well as the creation of a development studio, client
framework, and NoSQL database. Because of this scope, the current
offering is very much positioned as an entire application stack with
JavaScript and its Model Driven Architecture (MDA).
The user interface and application data model are built with a
WYSIWYG designer from Wakanda Studio, and the Wakanda client framework
and GUI designer have been aligned to take advantage of HTML5 and CSS3.
The NoSQL object datastore natively speaks REST/HTTP and server-side
JavaScript (SSJS). Unlike with SQL databases, the company says that
there is no need to use an ORM layer, and there is no hidden SQL
generation — Wakanda natively understands business logic.
Users have enthused that the best part of Wakanda is that it is all
JavaScript-driven. So for web developers, augmenting the Wakanda system
is "as easy as writing JavaScript".
The system can be extended with third-party widgets, libraries,
and server modules — and open source developers get additional support
with the option to add connectors to their preferred databases.
NOTE: Wakanda is industry standard compliant, including JSON, REST/HTTP, W3C, and CommonJS.
"Now that our new Wakanda is available for download, web and mobile
business app developers are programming entire applications with
JavaScript, end-to-end," said Luc Hollande, 4D CEO. "Developers no
longÄer need to learn, integrate, and maintain different technologies in
different languages. The Wakanda platform can also be installed on
major cloud IaaS platforms such as Amazon EC2 and MS Azure."
Program director for application development software at analyst
house IDC Al Hilwa, said the following about Wakanda: "[it] is a
well-designed end-to-end application platform that comes complete with a
graphical development environment catering to modern developer
requirements. The application development approach supported by Wakanda
abstracts much of the complexity in developing enterprise applications
rapidly and productively."
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