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Zat, Inc. has introduced an authoring tool for Internet applications they say can be used by non-programmers. Spin uses Java as a scripting language allowing users to create JavaBeans components and integrating them into distributed applications. According to Zat:
"Spin's intuitive authoring architecture is optimized for developing distributed applications for the Internet. Users work with components, called "actors," and define "behaviors" for the actors. An actor is an arbitrary JavaBeans component; for example, a cartoon character, and a "behavior" might define how high that character jumps.
Actors and their behaviors are contained in "capsules," higher-level objects that contain one or more components. Capsules, which can also contain other capsules, break a large project into smaller modules, easing both development and maintenance."
The estimated retail price of Spin 1.0 is $1,495. Multi-user licenses for Spin are also available. The product supports Win95, WinNT, and Macintosh as development platforms. Applications developed with Spin can be deployed on any operating system that includes a Java Virtual Machine.
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