Rational adds more support to .Net tools
ZDNet | at | by Mike
Rational Software has updated its development tools to support Microsoft's .Net software strategy. Rational on Monday spruced up its XDE Professional tool with support for Microsoft's Visual Basic.Net language and ASP.Net class library technology, which makes it easier to build complex Web-based business systems by handling much of the underlying plumbing. XDE Professional, originally released in February, is a tool that allows software developers to "model"--or create graphical representations of--their software, so they need to write less code to build applications. The original version of XDE for .Net edition supported Microsoft's C# language. The new XDE--with the Visual Basic.Net and ASP.Net support--will ship within 30 days. A future iteration will support the C++ language, said Bill Taylor, Rational's director of developer marketing.