Revving up once:radix for RAD Web apps

to develop security or design database schema developers can focus purely on the end-user application.

For external communication once:radix has its own Web API, and the company is keen to get the open source community building servlets for easy integration of popular online services like Facebook.

There is already a range of Web API functions, from database connectivity to user management, and for Web services there is a SOAP-like API. Better servlet documentation is coming.

Other features include Rhino support for server-side scripting, caching, and two levels of native debugging.

Once:technologies claims applications developed with once:radix are as scalable as Java, Tomcat and PostgreSQL will allow them to be and an average server should be able to cater for 200 users.

What's good

Intuitive user interface

All Web-based

Reduced development complexity

What needs work

Dependent upon Firefox only

Browser needs to be configured