The New Magic Software Application Platform and the .NET Framework: The Best of Both Worlds

The new Magic Software Application Platform, uniPaaS 2.0, implements a new .NET deployment engine, which turns any existing uniPaaS application into a native .NET application. According to Microsoft, the .NET framework is comprised of a Common Language Runtime (CLR) that provides an abstraction layer over the operating system; Base Class Libraries that deliver pre-built code for common low-level programming tasks; and development frameworks and technologies offering reusable, customizable solutions for larger programming tasks. The new uniPaaS 2.0 engine uses the Windows Forms .NET library as the GUI front-end for applications. To be clear, Windows Forms is the name given by Microsoft to the graphical application programming interface (API) included in the Microsoft .NET Framework. Windows Forms provide access to native Microsoft Windows interface elements by wrapping the existing Windows API in managed code. uniPaaS 2.0 seamlessly leverages this capability to provide superb RIA and client/server GUI capabilities. In fact, uniPaaS 2.0 provides full integration with the Microsoft .NET framework to significantly enhance application design, functionality, and overall user experience. uniPaaS 2.0 also offers new RIA-related enhancements.

With uniPaaS 2.0, Magic Software will soon be offering its first Mobile Enterprise Application Platform with support for devices running the BlackBerry OS or Windows Mobile 6.5 as a client deployment platform immediately and both iPhone and Android in the near future .

In a press release last month, Magic Software Enterprises (NASDAQ:MGIC) included a quote from a Microsoft product manager regarding use of Magic Software’s integration platform for SharePoint integration. With the release of uniPaaS 2.0, it becomes clear that Magic Software is now even more closely aligned to leverage underlying Microsoft Windows and .NET framework technologies.

In fact, one might even say that uniPaaS 2.0 is a .NET programming language (just as one might also say that it is an IBM i programming language or an AIX programming language or a Linux programming language). So the difference is that last week you could only really say of uniPaaS 1.9 client/server programming was that it was a Windows programming language. Now, one can see Magic’s application platform as fully supporting and being fully supported by the .NET framework. In this sense it can sit alongside Visual Basic.NET and other .NET programming languages for Windows servers and clients just as it can sit alongside RPG and COBOL for creating IBM i server applications, etc.

The good news for enterprise IT departments that have adopted .NET application development as an enterprise standard is that uniPaaS 2.0 now meets (and even exceeds) the requirements for being a .NET framework application platform. This is good news because unlike existing .NET languages, uniPaaS supercharges .NET in a way that no other approach can.

How does Magic Software’s uniPaaS 2.0 application platform turbocharge the development and deployment of business applications? First, uniPaaS accelerates the development on .NET framework application by providing straightforward and streamlined development methodology that further abstracts the development process without sacrificing control. Then, it stabilizes the performance and operational integrity of applications by leveraging our proven, highly scalable application platform technologies.

This release is just another example of Magic Software's long history of providing solutions that protect your applications from the underlying changes in operating system , client, server and other technologies. By future-proofing your business applications with the use of the Magic Software application platform, you are able to outperform your competition and surpass all expectations for your ability to adapt to whatever changes the future may bring. To learn more, please access these resources.